Posted in security tools, vulnerability research on Oct 27th, 2008 No Comments »
ProcHeapViewer 2.1, is a tool to scan process heaps now comes with integrated search feature which makes it easy to find ascii as well as unicode strings within the heap blocks.
Also this new version has better user interface which not only gives it cool look & feel but makes it easy to use.
The powerful [...]
Posted in Security Books, computer security, reverse engineering, vulnerability research on Jan 31st, 2008 1 Comment »
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, reverse engineering, security tools, vulnerability research 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, hidden myths, vulnerability research 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 [...]
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