Darknet - The Darkside

Which Browser Users Are More Secure?

Darknet — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 06:47:35 +0000

Some new statistics just came out regarding Browser Security, this is more in terms of which users are most likely to apply patches and be using the most secure version. I would have thought Firefox would have been pretty high since the newer series prompt automatically new patches. My only guess is a lot of people [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title:...

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ratproxy - Passive Web Application Security Audit Tool

Darknet — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:42:59 +0000

Ratproxy is a semi-automated, largely passive web application security audit tool. It is meant to complement active crawlers and manual proxies more commonly used for this task, and is optimized specifically for an accurate and sensitive detection, and automatic annotation, of potential problems and security-relevant design patterns based on the...

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Google Calendar a New Target for Phishing

Darknet — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:15:47 +0000

It seems like the Phishing crews at trying to get some new ideas on how to con people into giving away their credentials and leaking info. The latest target appears to be Google Calendar. As always be on your guard as these scams are coming from all directions. A few months ago, spam came to Google Calendar. Now [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title:...

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PAW/PAWS - Python Advanced Wardialing System

Darknet — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 06:59:25 +0000

Now this is an oldskool topic, wardialling! Some people still ask me about wardialling tools though, so here’s one I found recently written in Python. PAW / PAWS is a wardialing software in python. It is designed to scan for ISDN (PAWS only) and “modern” analog modems (running at 9.6kbit/s or higher). Wardialing tools are -...

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China Home to at Least HALF of Malicious Web Sites

Darknet — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 07:03:10 +0000

It looks like China is becoming a hotbed for malware and malicious websites (those sites that push malware infections via browser exploits). They often used to be found in Korea and Taiwan and parts of Eastern Europe. According to the latest data more than half of the sites are now located in China. More than half of [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({...

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Bsqlbf V2 - Blind SQL Injection Brute Forcer Tool

Darknet — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 06:59:49 +0000

There are quite a lot of SQL Injection Tools available and now there is one more to add to the stable for testing - Bsqlbf V2, which is a Blind SQL Injection Brute Forcer. The original tool (bsqlbfv1.2-th.pl) was intended to exploit blind sql injection against a mysql backend database, this new version supports blind sql [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({...

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Hackers Crack London Tube Oyster Card

Darknet — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:57:56 +0000

It just goes to show, having an aluminium lined wallet could really be useful! Hackers in the Netherlands found they could clone an access card using the Mifare chip, after that they traveled to London to try their technique out on the Oyster card (used on the London Underground), which uses the same chip. It just [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title:...

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NDR or Backscatter Spam - How Non Delivery Reports Become a Nuisance

Darknet — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 08:11:07 +0000

You might remember a while ago we mentioned MP3 spam, which in October last year was the latest evolution in spam. Currently there is a new type annoying mail-server owners the world over, it’s known as NDR or Backscatter Spam and involved NDRs or Non Delivery Reports (those emails you get when you send a mail [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({...

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BackTrack Final 3 Hacking LiveCD Released For Download

Darknet — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 04:22:27 +0000

If you don’t know, BackTrack is a top rated linux live distribution focused on penetration testing. With no installation whatsoever, the analysis platform is started directly from the CD-Rom and is fully accessible within minutes. Back in January we mentioned the BackTrack Live Hacking CD BETA 3 was released, at last the final version is...

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Botmaster Robert Matthew Bentley AKA LSDigital Sentenced

Darknet — Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:40:32 +0000

Another one bites the dust with another reasonably hefty sentence, this time a botherder or botnet master. Just under 4 years and a big chunk of change as a fine, I guess he probably has plenty of cash stashed somewhere though. These guys can really rake it in with their mass infectors of doom. A US-based hacker [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title:...

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