Malicious webpages make often use of a series of redirects and code obfuscation to make it difficulty for somebody to identify and analyze the threat. Malzilla is an open source software program for Windows that steps in and aids the researcher in identifying and analyzing JavaScript code on webpages.
The name stems from the fact that [...]
Identify And Analyze Malicious Webpages
Secure your files: An introduction to GnuPG
GnuPG allows you to encrypt data so only the intended recipient, with a key and a password, can decrypt it. It also provides a mechanism for verifying data is from the person who has claimed to send it. GnuPG can also provide a way for you to securely prevent your files from being opened without [...]
What’s Better: Dynamic or Static IP Address?
The IP address. Your gateway to the internet. That little set of numbers that guarantees you can log on and check mail, watch videos, etc. This is something I only used to bother about when my internet connection stopped working and I needed to check if there was a problem from my end.
All this [...]
Smart User Account Control A Rogue?
Would you trust a company that has published software programs in the past that were listed in adware and spyware databases like Site Advisor, Host Files, Emsisoft, Symantec or Malwarebytes? Would you install a new security product released by that company that replaces Windows Vista’s User Account Control, one of the main security components in [...]
Encrypt USB Drives
Putting an encrypted partition on an USB drive can be a great way to enhance the safety of data. Several software developers have created solutions to encrypt USB drives. True Crypt for example is a very popular disk encryption tool that can create partitions on USB drives.
Rohos Mini Drive was specifically designed with USB drive [...]
Hacker Breaks into FEMA Phone System, Makes $12,000 Worth of Calls
I just came across an amusing news excerpt about the Federal Emergency Management Agency or FEMA, which is a part of Homeland Security. For those of you who don’t know, Homeland Security is a Cabinet department of the U.S. federal government with the responsibility of protecting the territory of the U.S. from terrorist attacks and [...]
Update To Opera 9.52 Now
Several security vulnerabilities have been lately discovered in versions of Opera prior to Opera 9.52. The security vulnerabilities are classified as highly critical and include possibilities to bypass security, spoof, expose sensitive information, DoS and provide system access to an attacker.
The Opera 9.52 changelog contains information about the security vulnerabilities. Each one of the listed [...]
