These are my links for November 20th through November 25th:
- Free Dr. Pepper overloads site, exposes captcha key – So if you where paying attention you can now crack Dr. Peppers ReCaptcha all day long. This is not the end of the world but I am sure some spammer somewhere is already on in and doing something not good. (via Mubix on Twitter)
- Bypassing AV with Metasploit on Vimeo – This video shows how to bypass anti virus tools utilizing the new tricks in Metasploit 3.2
- Eraser Portable Securely Wipes Data from Your Thumb Drive – Windows only: Free application Eraser Portable puts previously mentioned Eraser—the popular open-source secure file deletion tool—on your thumb drive for secure file deletion on the go. Like the original, Eraser Portable can wipe any hard drive, optical media, files, folders, encrypted data, the Recycle Bin, and pretty much any other data you want to kill. It may not be an app you use every day, but it’s a great utility to throw on your thumb drive, iPod, or other portable device for those times you do need a quick, secure delete.
These are my links for November 13th through November 18th:
- SANS Internet Storm Center; Cooperative Network Security Community – Internet Security – isc – A new freeware version of Netwitness' core product, NetWitness Investigator, was made available today.
- Axence NetTools Is Advanced Network Monitoring Tool – Free application Axence NetTools is a comprehensive suite of networking tools for your PC, including a network scanner, inbound/outbound connection monitor (NetStat), port scanner, and other network and bandwidth measuring tools.
- Widespread Account-Sharing Threatens Corporate Security, Revenues – authentication/Client – DarkReading – In a data leakage study released Wednesday by Cisco Systems, researchers reported that 44 percent of end users have allowed others to use their company-issued computers without supervision. Most of the respondents said they gave access to co-workers, but a significant portion also gave access to friends or family, and 5 percent admitted to giving out their passwords to individuals outside the company.
- Heads-Up: VMware ESX Going Exclusively 64-Bit : Bob Plankers, The Lone Sysadmin – There are several mentions of this out in the blogosphere, plus it was talked about openly at VMworld by VMware staff in presentations and labs. It’s worth mentioning again because people don’t seem to be catching on: Future versions of VMware ESX/ESXi will only run on 64-bit-capable CPUs.
These are my links for November 11th through November 12th:
- Performing a P2V conversion to VMware ESX Server using VMware Converter Enterprise – The single most popular use for virtualization, by far, is to consolidate physical servers to virtual servers. Absolutely, the easiest way to do this is to perform a physical to virtual (P2V) conversion. With a P2V conversion, you use either an imaging application or a dedicated P2V conversion application to take all data on a physical computer, move that data to the virtualized infrastructure, modify the drivers on the transferred operating system, and boot that converted virtual machine – now virtualized.
- Download Compliance Checker – Compliance Checker downloads to a Windows desktop and the intuitive web-based interface requires little or no learning curve. Administrators simply point the product to the ESX hosts they want to test compliance against to perform the test immediately. The resultant compliance report provides a detailed rule by rule indication of pass or failure. Where compliance problems are found, users are directed to a detailed knowledge base for an explanation of the rule violated and advice on remediation. Compliance Checker should be downloaded by all VMware customers to assess and report on the security and compliance of deployed VMware servers against the industry standards – VMware Hardening Guidelines and the CIS Benchmarks for securing Virtual Machines and securing VMware ESX Server 3.x.
- Tripwire ConfigCheck – Configuration Control for Virtual and Physical Infrastructures – Tripwire® ConfigCheck is a free utility that rapidly assesses the security of VMware ESX 3.0 and 3.5 hypervisor configurations compared to the VMware Infrastructure 3 Security Hardening guidelines. Developed by Tripwire in cooperation with VMware, Tripwire ConfigCheck ensures ESX environments are properly configured—offering immediate insight into unintentional vulnerabilities in virtual environments—and provides the necessary steps towards full remediation when they are not.
These are my links for November 10th from 19:06 to 19:56:
These are my links for November 8th from 12:56 to 12:59:
- Featured Windows Download: Hitman Pro Runs Eight Different Anti-Malware Apps with One Click – Free application Hitman Pro scans your system for malware using not one, not two, but eight different anti-malware applications. Essentially, Hitman Pro is a helper utility that runs up to eight different cleaning tools when you tell it to.
- Everything Sysadmin: System administration needs more PhDs – Amen!
- The Edge of I-Hacked » Keys Can be Copied From Afar – UC San Diego computer scientists have built a software program that can perform key duplication without having the key. Instead, the computer scientists only need a photograph of the key.
- Five Best Travel Sites for Cheap Tickets – f you've got travel plans for the upcoming holiday season, the time to book your tickets is now. The question is, where can you find tickets cheap enough to offset the extra $40 you'll have to spend to check your bags and enjoy a snack on your six-hour flight. Earlier this week we asked you to share your favorite travel web site for cheap tickets, and today we're back with the five most popular answers. Keep reading for a breakdown of the best travel sites on the block, then cast your ballot for the one you like best.
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