Entries Categorized as 'Q & A'

Testing of security of modems?

Date July 19, 2007

Is there existing any methodology to test security of modems?
I am not asking about “war driving” (penetration testing of modem entry
points to the computer systems/networks) but testing of modems as devices?
What features shall one look for while assessing the security of modems
of various types (dial model, cable modem, DSL modem, GPRS modems, other
wireless modems, etc)?
Are [...]

Updating Live Security CD

Date July 19, 2007

Say I want to add a few packages or updates to the latest Backtrack
LiveCD, such as Wireshark or Firefox 2, what is the best way to
accomplish that?
Is there a way to slipstream additional files onto the LiveCD, or can
I save changes onto a USB drive or something like that?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Best regards,
John
BackTrack [...]

Sql Injection and My Sql

Date December 4, 2005

Dear List,
I would like to know if there is any tutorial which describes sql injection in context of My Sql. I feel that the errors returned by mysql when performing a sql injection are less revealing then that returned by other DBs.
Thanks
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- While it’s not DB specific, the paper “SQL Injection Attacks by Example”
by [...]

Blocking Limewire/P2P apps Upload Only

Date December 4, 2005

Hi List,
Is there a way I can block the likes of limewire uploading (without
blocking d/l) at a network level preferably via a filter rule on the
router or server s/w in a home network environment.
The problem I have is ppl on the network forget to close limewire and
leave their machines on and of course this gobbles [...]

Cisco IOS Version audit (Vulnrable or Not?)

Date December 4, 2005

I am looking for people to share there advise or any software that will
allow me to achieve the following.
I would like to do an SNMP walk over all of my Cisco devices, to get the
hardware and IOS version information.
With this information I would then like to audit each IOS version to see
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VMWare & WinXP

Date December 4, 2005

———- Original Message ———————————-
From: Chris Merkel
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 11:15:50 -0600
>
>> I tried
>> calling Microsoft and going through the automated process on
>> the phone, but it says my installation is invalid. Is there
>> any way around this (I am not trying to cheat Microsoft here)
>> or any way to speak to a [...]