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Open Port Check Tool
Check to see if your ports are opened properly.
network  security  tools 
4 weeks ago by flammable
Sidestep
"Sidestep is an open-source application for Mac OS X that sits quietly in the background, protecting your security and privacy as you browse the web."
mac  security  ssh  proxy 
february 2012 by flammable
Apple Laptops Vulnerable To Hack That Kills Or Corrupts Batteries - Andy Greenberg - The Firewall - Forbes
This tool, Caulkgun, is likely to prevent battery firmware updates from applying. Not good, but noted.
battery  apple  security  hacking  mac 
july 2011 by flammable
Should I Change My Password?
Checks your email address against known login/password lists.
hack  internet  password  privacy  security 
june 2011 by flammable
Network Advertising Initiative
Opt out of many advertising networks at once. You'll still receive ads, but not targeted ones.
advertising  cookies  security  privacy 
march 2011 by flammable
Web Application Exploits and Defenses
"This codelab shows how web application vulnerabilities can be exploited and how to defend against these attacks. The best way to learn things is by doing, so you'll get a chance to do some real penetration testing, actually exploiting a real application."
hack  security  google 
june 2010 by flammable
macosxhints.com - 10.5: Avoid a direct screen saver activation issue
Need to send to Sandro - it appears the Automator workaround might be causing some crashes, too. The Keychain menu item is a good solution, though.
keychain  apple  security  screensaver  lock 
december 2008 by flammable
Keys Can be Copied From Afar, Jacobs School Computer Scientists Show [Jacobs School of Engineering: News & Events]
Wow, this is awesome. Kinda scary to see how technological advances make things more complicated, though.
keys  security  vulnerability 
october 2008 by flammable
Anomos is Freedom.
I met these guys! They're doing excellent, much needed work.
bittorrent  encryption  security  anonymous  privacy  p2p  anomos 
august 2008 by flammable
Metasploit: Evilgrade Will Destroy Us All
"Francisco Amato of Infobyte Security Research just announced ISR-evilgrade v1.0.0, a toolkit for exploiting products which perform online updates in an insecure fashion."
dns  security  updates  exploit  applications  windows  mac  linux 
july 2008 by flammable
DefCon 15 - T112 - No-Tech Hacking
Missed the tail end of this talk - very excellent. The HOPE version was slightly different, but it was all there.
hacking  security  video  defcon  no-tech  hack  funny 
july 2008 by flammable
Did your WordPress site get hacked?
Ah well, guess I've got to check through a few blogs just to make sure...though I do keep up to date, always.
wordpress  security  blog  hack  hacking  tips  tutorials  webdev 
june 2008 by flammable
nanocr.eu
The blog of Jon Lech Johansen. Yep, that one.
blogs  dvdjon  hacking  security  copyright  programming 
june 2008 by flammable
macosxhints.com - Show which processes are listening to which ports
More commands in the comments - good for checking over a machine for suspicious services.
macosxhints  networking  security  unix  ports  network  mac  osx 
april 2008 by flammable
Idlebackup.nl
Automatic backup tool for Windows.
backup  freeware  windows  security  software  tools 
april 2008 by flammable
Run a local proxy server
One day, I'll need to run a proxy server.
hacks  programming  security  proxy 
march 2008 by flammable
Windows Process Information
Reference site specially for looking up what process does what.
windows  process  sysadmin  exe  security  reference 
march 2008 by flammable
Year 2038 problem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wonderful - I'll be able to relive Y2K within my lifetime.
geek  unix  security  software  2038  time 
march 2008 by flammable
PSI - Personal Software Inspector - Secunia
Not bad. Checks your Windows software for updates.
security  software  windows  freeware  tools  update 
march 2008 by flammable
Adobe, Omniture in hot water for snooping on CS3 users
Sickening and ingenious the way they're doing this...making the URL look like a LAN IP.
security  software 
january 2008 by flammable
the Idea Shower » » Block Facebook Beacon
C'mon, Facebook. I had no problem with the news feed, but this is ridiculous.
security  technology 
november 2007 by flammable
Verify Email Address
Handy tool for checking to see if an email address exists.
reference  security  software 
october 2007 by flammable
FtpMustDie - Greg's Wiki
I wonder if SFTP is any better, or if it's just FTP wrapped in SSH.
text  security 
september 2007 by flammable
The Doorknob Condition ensures privacy - Geekologie
What an awesome idea. I wonder why people don't think as clearly as this.
security 
august 2007 by flammable
Upside-Down-Ternet
I SO want to do this. I'd open up my network just to try this.
humor  security  software  reference 
may 2007 by flammable
Hak.5
An advanced tech podcast.
security  technology  video 
april 2007 by flammable
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