Posted in computer security, security tools on Mar 31st, 2008 No Comments »
Pattern based password recovery is not new concept. However it has been used very rarely in the present day programs besides its importance and improvement it brings on the performance.
It relies on the fact that each of us remembers some part of the password even though we have forgotten the password. This can be any […]
Posted in computer security, reverse engineering, vulnerability research, Security Books on Jan 31st, 2008 2 Comments »
There is yet another book on the reversing arena which promises great deal of things. The books is titled “Reverse Engineering Code with IDA Pro” is set to release during the second week of February 2008. So far very few books have been released in the reverse engineering field. Also there is a need […]
Posted in computer security, security tools on Jan 29th, 2008 No Comments »
LDAPSearch is one of the simplest tool for remotely searching on the Directory servers such as eDirectory, Active Directory etc. Directory server provides the most scalable, high-performance LDAP data store for critical information within the industry and serves as the foundation for the new generation of e-business applications and Web services.
In this context, this LDAP […]
Posted in computer security, reverse engineering on Jan 19th, 2008 1 Comment »
This is the international reverse engineering challenge conducted by one of the U.S based security company. The purpose of this challenge is to evaluate the effectiveness of software protections. The contest is carried out in 3 phases where first and third phase involved breaking the protection of custom programs by […]
Posted in computer security, reverse engineering, hidden myths on Dec 16th, 2007 3 Comments »
Almost everyone involved in the reverse engineering knows about the timer checks used for antidebugging. Generally functions such as GetTickCount or KeTickCount are used to detect and prevent any debugging attempts. Recently in the Hackers Reversing Challenge 2007, one of the less known timer checks have been used which makes use of functions QueryPerformanceFrequency & […]
Posted in computer security, reverse engineering on Aug 4th, 2007 9 Comments »
F-Secure has announced new Reverse Engineering Challenge for the summer assembly event. The challenge is very interesting and neither easy nor difficult. It has 3 levels, at each level you have to find out email address which will take you to the next level.
The challenge was announced a day back and already 18 people including […]
Posted in computer security, reverse engineering, hidden myths, rootkits on Jul 15th, 2007 No Comments »
Debuggers are the main tool used in reverse engineering. It is used by serial crackers to break the software protection or to uncover the algorithm used in the proprietary applications. On the other hand it is also used by researchers to analyze the malwares.
Detecting the presence of debuggers is an important step in this direction. […]
Posted in computer security, reverse engineering, vulnerability research, security tools on Jun 18th, 2007 1 Comment »
ProcHeapViewer is a fast heap enumeration tool which uses better technique than normal Windows heap API functions. Its very useful tool for anyone involved in analyzing process heaps. Vulnerability researchers can find it useful while working on heap related vulnerabilities.
Traditional Windows heap enumeration functions are slower and takes lot of time while […]
Posted in computer security, vulnerability research, hidden myths on Jun 2nd, 2007 No Comments »
Charles Miller, security researcher at Independent Security Evaluators claims that he got the offer of $80,000 for remotely exploitable flaw in Linux, sighs that he could have asked for more. Though he could not get that price due to several conditions but finally managed to sell it for $50,000.
He has written an interesting paper based […]
Posted in computer security, reverse engineering, vulnerability research on May 24th, 2007 2 Comments »
ReactOS® is an advanced free open source operating system providing a ground-up implementation of a Microsoft Windows® XP compatible operating system. ReactOS is currently in its alpha stage and there is long way to go.Though its not exact replica of Windows XP, its near match. Moreover all function names are same as that of […]
Posted in computer security, reverse engineering, vulnerability research on May 23rd, 2007 No Comments »
iDefense who created the waves in the security world by introducing the vulnerability research program has started new game for researchers to find out the remotely exploitable flaw in critical internet applications. The game is open for second & third quarters of this year giving ample time for researchers to find the vulnerability.
Following are […]
Posted in computer security, security tools, hidden myths, spyware on Apr 24th, 2007 9 Comments »
NetShareMonitor is the security tool to watch your shared files from the intruders and to protect your shares from unauthorized access. As soon as remote user connects to your machine, NetShareMonitor detects it and displays information about that session. The session information includes remote host address, remote user name, […]
Posted in computer security on Apr 21st, 2007 No Comments »
Welcome to my security blog…!
This is the rejuvenation of my old blog here.Here you will find all sort of information pertaining to the computer security from beginner to advanced level.
For more information, visit my security website at http://securityxploded.com
- Nagareshwar Talekar