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delicious/cdman83
FIRE: FInding RoguE Networks Posted: 27 Jul 2009 06:12 AM PDT An interesting list of malicious hosts by ASN / IP / Country. I'm not entirely sure what the criterion for inclusion is though – maybe based on Anubis?) YouTube – teamcymru’s Channel Posted: 27 Jul 2009 05:43 AM PDT Useful, short and informative videos…
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New Ethical Hacker challenge
From the guys at RaDaJo: Prison Break – Breaking, Entering and Decoding. It looks interesting (and more accessible than the wireless one, which was a little out of league for me). Have fun!
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Social engineering malware – part deux
Some time ago I written about that that information given by the UAC prompt in Windows (Vista and 7) is insufficient to make the correct decision, even if we would suppose (ad absurdum) that the user knew what s/he was doing. Symantec has a research project which can be used to replace the standard UAC…
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No codec packs please!
A recent posting by fellow blogger Claus reminded me of a frequent problem I see on computers I’m called to for “fixing”: codec packs (like K-Lite, CCCP, etc). They are usually installed so that the computer can play back all the video formats which can be found out there. All fine and dandy, right? Wrong!…
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Why can’t I see the stacktrace under Java?
I recently had a situation where Log4j wasn’t outputting the stacktrace of the logged exceptions. While I’m not sure that the following is the actual explanation, it seems very plausible (since the program was running Java 5). Quote from the Java 5 release notes: The compiler in the server VM now provides correct stack backtraces…
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Pulling a Hanselman
User interface / interaction design 101: if you want something, the least you can do is to ask for it. So I decided to take a page out of Scot Hanselman’s book (a blog worth reading BTW if you are interested in programming – it has an emphasis on Microsoft specific technologies, but other topics…
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delicious/cdman83
OverTheWire – Wargames Posted: 19 Jul 2009 07:16 AM PDT Calabrese’s Razor « Righteous IT Posted: 19 Jul 2009 05:48 AM PDT The Windows NT Registry File Format Posted: 19 Jul 2009 05:35 AM PDT TMDBC: Extending the Java compiler to handle SQL ” Thormick’s Tech Blog Posted: 19 Jul 2009 02:40 AM PDT Checking…
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Book review: The IDA PRO Book
Recently I’ve had the pleasure of reading trough “The IDA PRO Book: The Unofficial Guide to the World’s Most Popular Disassembler”. It is a well written book and definitely a “should read” for anyone working with IDA. The book is structured into 26 chapters which cover every aspect of IDA, no matter how exotic :-).…
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Intelligent blog-spam?
Not long ago I received a very on-topic comment on my Weird RVRD issue explained. I started to research it, and even formulate an answer. However, I was somewhat suspicious because of the asymmetry between the username (“web development Dubai”) and the question (which was anything but web development related). So I did a little…