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CSI 2007 Annual Conference

Its that time of year. The Computer Security Institute is holding its 2007 Annual conference in Alexandria, VA. The dates are November 3rd to November 9th.  For those of you going you can get $100 of the full conference fee by using the code CSI2007.  Conference details and registration can be found at www.csiannual.com. It [...]

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Backpack mounted Laser

Ok…not security related but I thought it was interesting. A German company is producing a backpack mounted Laser system apparently designed for cleaning thinks. Think of the uses….. Is it me or are we just missing Harold Ramis wearing a white jumpsuit? –Chris Technorati Tags: laser, backpack

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Useful Windows applications

Over the last few days I have come across some rather useful (to me anyway) Windows apps. Feel free to post anything you have found recently as well. PC Decrapifier This little utility does a great job of removing software that comes bundled with a new PC like AOL, Dell URL Assistant, trial version of AV products. MediaInfo This [...]

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Hacking Illustrated Videos

I was poking around IronGeek’s site tonight and came across the Hacking Illustrated section. In it there are dozens of videos (in both avi and swf format) on subjects such as: Remote Password Auditing Using THC-Hydra Setting up a simple web proxy with CGIProxy Using Cain and the AirPcap USB adapter to crack WPA/WPA2 Using SysInternals’ [...]

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Spammers using FDF file format

In their never ending quest to evade our filters the spammers have now started using FDF attachments to spread their message. I’ll admit I had to look up what an FDF file was. It stands for Forms Document Format. This file format can be viewed using Acrobat reader the way a PDF file would. Apparently the [...]

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MikeTechShow.com live tonight

My friend Mike Smith from MikeTechShow.com will be live on ComputerAmerica tonight at 10:00 PM. Mike has has been podcasting for over 2 years now. I think Mike has an excellent technology podcast where he covers material for both the novice and experienced PC user. Recently he started streaming live video of his podcast on [...]

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Stopping 100% of web web proxies?

There have been a couple of security vendor press releases recently talking about how they solve the issue of anonymous web proxies. These proxies are web servers that allow users to circumvent URL / content filtering systems to access sites that may be prohibited at work. There are a ton of proxies for MySpace, for [...]

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Bad NIC strands 17,000 at LAX

A bad network card in a PC is blamed for a network outage that stranded more than 17,000 people at Los Angeles International Airport last weekend. Here is the story. Ouch… –Chris Technorati Tags: LAX, NIC, network outage

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