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They're Out to Get You - An Introduction to Internet Security | Tom's Networking
by micah
(via)
Protecting our computers and information from attack is becoming an increasingly dangerous and dodgy game in the Internet age.
Social engineering reloaded
by micah
(via)
The purpose of this article is to go beyond the basics and explore how social engineering, employed as technology, has evolved over the past few years.
Stuff We've Learned: Mitigating SSH Brute Force Attacks
by micah
Today I got a burr in my saddle again about SSH brute force attacks after finding thousands of attacks from a single machine against a couple of our network hosts. Unable to find a suitable solution, I went ahead and wrote my own.
R-fx Networks - Internet Security Solutions - Projects ยป BFD
by micah
BFD is a modular shell script for parsing applicable logs and checking for authentication failures. There is not much complexity or detail to BFD yet and likewise it is very straight-forward in its installation, configuration and usage. The reason behind BFD is very simple; the fact there is little to no authentication and brute force auditing programs in the linux community that work in conjunction with a firewall or real-time facility to place bans.
sshdfilter V1.4.3 ssh brute force attack blocker
by micah
(via)
sshdfilter blocks the frequent brute force attacks on ssh daemons, it does this by directly reading the sshd logging output and generating iptables rules, the process can be quick enough to block an attack before they get a chance to enter any password at all.
The Ethical Hacker Network - Google Hacking: Ten Simple Security Searches That Work
by micah
& 4 others
(via)
Google has become the de facto standard in the search arena. It's easy, quick and powerful. For those same reasons that the general user has gravitated to Google, so have the hackers.
I was 0wn3d
by micah
(via)
I'm a Mac user. I make no qualms about it. I do my best to play the part. This includes being smug about my platform. Very smug. So it was with a year's worth of chagrin that I discovered yesterday that my machine got hacked while on the company network.
Whitedust 101 - Welcome to the world of security
by micah
(via)
We aim to provide the basic teaching and reference material to enable the less technical among us to better understand the relevance of the news posted on the site and it's application in everyday computing.
Malicious Malware: attacking the attackers, part 2
by micah
(via)
This article explores measures to attack those malicious attackers who seek to harm our legitimate systems. The proactive use of exploits and bot networks that fight other bot networks, along with social engineering and attacker techniques are all discussed in an ethical manner. Part two of two.
Malicious Malware: attacking the attackers, part 1
by micah
(via)
This article explores measures to attack those malicious attackers who seek to harm our legitimate systems. The proactive use of exploits and bot networks that fight other bot networks, along with social engineering and attacker techniques are all discussed in an ethical manner. Part one of two.
waste :: home
by micah
& 6 others
(via)
WASTE is an anonymous, secure, and encryped collaboration tool which allows users to both share ideas through the chat interface and share data through the download system. WASTE is RSA secured, and has been hearalded as the most secure P2P connection protocol currently in development.
