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If you’ve followed this site over the years then you know that ‘way back in the day’ it was a popular spot to find all sorts of Internet-enabled software for Windows NT. Then it morphed into a site that listed all known security problems on Windows platforms and was hugely popular - so popular that […]

Someone installed this software on my site! Might as well use it then… it’s gonna take a while to reload all the archives for the past 11 years. Be patient, somebody’s gotta do it.

If Emeril Lagasse were a hacker he’d probably be using the new Google mining toolset, Massive Enumeration Tool. MET was released on August 30 by “Petko Petkov” and announced on the Full Disclosure mailing list. Written in the Python scripting language, MET is a collection of scripts designed to mine data from the gigantic databases stored […]

The last two weeks, I’ve written about proactive honeypots that seek out malicious Web sites, two of which are unavailable to the public and one that you can download to run on your own networks. If you missed either of those articles, they’re available on our Web site at the URLs below. This week, […]

In celebration of its 10th anniversary Opera Software is offering free license keys to its Opera Web browser. You can only obtain a free license on August 30 . At the risk of sounding like a late night infomercial, if you’re interested then ”act now!”
As a result of the free offer the site is busy, but it […]

Tom Ferris reported a new flaw in Internet Explorer on fully patched Windows XP SP2 systems. While Ferris offered few details about the problem on his Web site, the vulnerability reportedly could allow a remote intruder to install remote code and completely take over an affected system.
French security research organization FrSIRT issued a bulletin stating that the […]

Last week an interesting discovery was made regarding the Windows registry. Apparently long keys cannot be viewed or deleted using the registry editing tool regedit nor by using many other third-party tools designed to detect malware. Registry keys that exceed 254 characters in length are basically invisible unless the tool being used to read the registry is […]

Earthlink and Aluria announced a deal where Earthlink will acquire the assets of Aluria Software, makers of the Spyware Eliminator software. Terms of the deal, expected to close in September, where not announced.
Aluria Software also makes a spam filtering solution, a desktop Web caching solution,  and pop-up blocking software. The company also offers an […]

Secure Computing announced that it will acquire CyberGuard. Under the terms of the deal Secure Computing will acquire all outstanding shares of CyberGuard common stock and in turn issue shares of its common stock, as well as cash, to CyberGuard stockholders.
CyberGuard’s offerings including firewall and VPN solutions as well as a content management suite […]

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