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Ophcrack is a Windows password cracker based on rainbow tables. It is a very efficient implementation of rainbow tables done by the inventors of the method. It comes with a GTK+ Graphical User Interface and runs on Windows, Mac OS X (Intel CPU) as well as on Linux. Some of it’s features include: Cracks LM and NTLM hashes, Free tables available for alphanumeric LM hashes, Loads hashes from local SAM, remote SAM, Loads hashes from encrypted SAM recovered from a Windows partition, Vista included.

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SurfControl solutions provide continuous protection against the Web, e-mail and desktop-based threats, from viruses and phishing attacks to inappropriate use of system resources to regulatory non-compliance. In providing this protection, it offers you the choice of where in your network environment you want to deploy these solutions: on the desktop, on the network (as software or an appliance), or in the Internet cloud. By implementing solutions through layered deployments, you yield tremendous savings in network resources, bandwidth and overall administration, while ensuring that your unique security and compliance requirements are most efficiently met. Websense is another popular solutions that provides similar service except the email filtering.

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Fenris is a multipurpose tracer, GUI debugger, stateful analyzer and partial decompiler intended to simplify bug tracking, security audits, code, algorithm, protocol analysis and computer forensics – providing a structural program trace, interactive debugging capabilities, general information about internal constructions, execution path, memory operations, I/O, conditional expressions and much more.

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Hotspotter passively monitors the network for probe request frames to identify the preferred networks of Windows XP clients, and will compare it to a supplied list of common hotspot network names. If the probed network name matches a common hotspot name, Hotspotter will act as an access point to allow the client to authenticate and associate. Once associated, Hotspotter can be configured to run a command, possibly a script to kick off a DHCP daemon and other scanning against the new victim.

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• What to Do When Your Security’s Breached – You’ve got a full-blown security incident on your hands. What are you going to do about it?
• How I’d Hack Your Weak Passwords – If you invited me to try and crack your password, you know the one that you use over and over for like every web page you visit, how many guesses would it take before I got it?
• Wireless LAN security myths that won’t die – Since it has been two years, I’m going to update the information with more defined categories and better explain why they’re so bad from an ROI (return on investment) and security perspective.

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Allot NetEnforcer service optimization devices provide the granular visibility and dynamic control that network operators need to optimize the delivery, performance and profitability of WAN and broadband services. NetEnforcer devices are deployed in hundreds of installations the world over, where they apply advanced DPI technology to help operators identify, classify, prioritize, and shape network traffic per application per user. NetEnforcer devices are available in a variety of models designed to suit the requirements of any broadband or wide area network.

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WebInspect application security assessment tool ensures your organization’s web security and the security of your most critical information by identifying known and unknown vulnerabilities within the Web application layer. WebInspect also helps you ensure Web server security by including checks that validate that the Web server is configured properly. With WebInspect, auditors, compliance officers, and security experts can perform security assessments on Web applications and Web services.

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The Honeywall CDROM is a bootable CD that copies all the functionality of a Honeywall onto a hard drive. It comes with all the tools and functionality for you to implement data capture, data control, and data analysis. It creates an architecture that allows you to deploy both low-interaction and high-interaction honeypots within it. The purpose of the Honeywall CDROM is to make it easier to deploy, manage, and derive value from honeynet technologies. The CDROM supports several configuration methods, including an interactive menu and .iso customization scripts. The CDROM is an appliance, based on a minimized and secured Linux OS.

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The AccessData Forensic Toolkit® (FTK™) offers law enforcement and corporate security professionals the ability to perform complete and thorough computer forensic examinations. The FTK features powerful file filtering and search functionality. FTK’s customizable filters allow you to sort through thousands of files to quickly find the evidence you need. FTK is recognized as the leading forensic tool to perform email analysis.

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• Top 12 OS X Tiger Security Issues – Top security issues with Mac OS X and tips on how to plug them.
• Tracking Back The Trackback Spam – Interesting ways to detect the Trackback Spam.
• Surprise, Microsoft Listed as Most Secure OS - Symantec in its latest research report that when it comes to widely-used operating systems, Microsoft is doing better overall than its leading commercial competitors. Real Surprise here.
• Man hijacks 90 eBay accounts – An Australian man pleaded guilty to breaking into eBay and a local bank to steal AU$42,000 (about $34,000), in a case that demonstrates the problem of account takeovers on the auction site.

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