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Kernel hacking
(5/2008)  »Threats are in the Air! Di-Dan! Di-Dan! Di-Dan! Aaaargh…it’s 7am again. STFU, Treo; STFU, Binary Clock… – a normal day in the life of the author of this article begins with this age-old ritual. PDA’s and smart phones have become ambiguous; containing hundreds of megabytes of precious data. »VoIPER With VoIP devices finding their way into the majority of major enterprises and a significant number of residential installations, the possible consequences of a security vulnerability that can be leveraged by malicious hackers are ever increasing.  »Kernel Hacking & Anti-forensics: Evading MemoryAnalysis This article is intended to explain, why a forensic analysis in a live system may not be recommended and why the image of that system can trigger an advanced anti-forensic-capable rootkit. »Exploitation and Defense of Flash Applications Adobe’s Flash technology has become increasingly popular not only to create animations and advertisements, but also to develop complex Internet applications. Flash applications (SWF files) are distributed over web protocols and have the potential to read local or remote files, make network connections, and contact other SWF files. »Advanced SPA with fwknop This article introduces some recent advances in the fwknop implementation of Single Packet Authorization (SPA), discusses methods both detecting and hiding fwknop SPA traffic, and presents some ideas for future development in the area of passive authorization. »Auditing Rich Internet Applications – Testing RIA Strategically This research deals with insecurities in designing FLEX based applications from a developer perspective. The application's behavior depends on code written at the backend. It has been noticed that most of an application's flaws are the outcome of insecure or bad code. »Vulnerabilities due to Type Conversion of Integers This is the second part of the article on Vulnerabilities due to Type Conversion of Integers. Part I explained how and when type conversions happen in the C language and provided examples of situations where they lead to vulnerabilities. »Cybercrime from Technologically Emergent Countries: Are These States a Significant Threat? Many parts of the world are just beginning to gain access to reliable broadband Internet and affordable computers. With access of course come the possibilities not only to learn and communicate, but also to make an income, legal and illegal. »Consumers test – Choose the Data Recovery We've all been there. You have electronic device, and then disaster strikes, and it looks like all is lost. Let’s take a look at a few different disaster scenarios, how recovery is possible, and how to prepare or prevent some data loss during a disaster. »Interview with Michael Scheidell Michael Scheidell Founder, President, Chief Technology Officer SECNAP Network Security Corporation |
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