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TrueCrypt 4.2 Released
The latest version of TrueCrypt encryption software has been released. This is one of the best tools available out there for securing your data. TrueCrypt 4.2 Released April 17, 2006; 1900 GMT We are pleased to announce that TrueCrypt 4.2 … Continue reading
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Making and Breaking HDCP Handshakes
Freedom to Tinker has an interesting post on how HDCP could be broken. Every new HDCP device is given two things: a secret vector, and an addition rule. The secret vector is a sequence of 40 secret numbers that the … Continue reading
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The Torn-Up Credit Card Application
Cockeyed.com has a disturbing story where a guy tears up a credit card application he received in the mail into smallish pieces, tapes it all back togther, and then fills it in. He even changes his return address to his … Continue reading
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Google Hacking: Ten Simple Security Searches That Work
The Ethical Hacker Network has some tips on using Google queries to check the security of a site. The article is an excerpt from the book Google Hacking for Penetration Testers. Although we see literally hundreds of Google searches throughout … Continue reading
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The Document Which Used To Be Called The MIT Guide to Lock Picking
This is the classic hacker text on how many locks work and how to pick them. This was apparently published by a student at MIT in 1991, but MIT requested that their name be removed from the title. Link (via … Continue reading
xpy – Fix default threats on Windows XP
xpy is a useful utility that helps close some security holes in Windows XP by tweaking certain registry settings for you. Small tool which disables the default threats of a Windows XP installation. Besides disabling Windows and some of its … Continue reading
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Essential Wireless Hacking Tools
The Ethical Hacker Network has a good article on some tools for finding out about the wireless networks available around you, and also how to defend your own network against these tools. Anyone interested in gaining a deeper knowledge of … Continue reading
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RootkitRevealer 1.6
Sysinternals has released an update for their root kit detection utility. Link
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