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My last post was a little challenge: a ciphered message with an url inside. All you had to do was to convert the binary code, reverse the text and decode the string with the ROT-13 cipher. You would then get http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2006/06/16/cryptanalysis-of-phone-numbers-stations/ (as Bruno did very well). Besides the little challenge, the point of that post
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It has been reported here that this file (/var/log/installer/cdebconf/questions.dat ) contains all the installation logs and included in the file are the default user and root passwords created in the install process in clear text. Can anyone check this out and see if it works? I’m running Dapper and it seems the bug is gone.
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Following the news over the F-Secure site, I’ve noticed that the Nyxem.E worm has been ranked as a Level 2 Alert (meaning that is only one level below the highest alert level). This guy is spreading like mad all over the world from the USA to Australia. The web counter used by the Nyxem worm
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Just by mere curiosity I ran nmap to check my PSP ports and this was the result: While browsing a site Starting nmap 3.81 ( http://www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) at 2005-10-09 01:47 WEST Interesting ports on 192.168.2.120: (The 3138 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: closed) PORT STATE SERVICE VERSION 67/tcp filtered dhcpserver 67/udp
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Internet slips out from American hands – the UN claims control over the Internet Root Servers. Dutch police arrests BotNet gang – Three people arrested for building a worldwide zombie network of more than 100,000 PCs used to launch internet attacks on companies and to hack into bank and Paypal accounts. Flock screenshots – Check
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Symantec Security Response identified today the first PSP trojan (this is known since the 3rd of October). The Trojan.PSPBrick, is a Category 1 threat (Category 5 being the worst) and it renders the PSP useless (like a brick, hence the name). The virus is downloaded like a hack/firmware that lets users run homebrew games on
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I just got this wonderful email from Mozilla: The Spread Firefox Team became aware this week that the server hosting Spread Firefox, our community marketing site, has been accessed by unknown remote attackers who attempted to exploit a security vulnerability in TWiki software installed on the server. The TWiki software was disabled as soon as
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Reported yesterday in InformationWeek, this new Worm modifies the Windows HOSTS file and redirects all traffic to Google from your pc to a Google website clone in Germany. Searches run on the spoofed version of Google return results similar to the real Google, but in some cases, the sponsored links — top-of-the-page and right-side links
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Did anyone noticed that iTunes 5 installs and starts the Bonjour service in Windows XP? Bonjour – Enables hardware devices and software services to automatically configure themselves on the network and advertise their presence, so that users can discover and use those services without any unnecessary manual setup or administration. Version 5 of iTunes also