It has been reported that an AVG upgrade caused the anti-virus to recommend to delete a critical file on the Windows operating system: user32.dll! A new signature was quickly published to correct this problem but a lot of AVG users were forced to restore the delete file using the Windows
Category: Software
Educational Software Don’t Care For Security!
I’m pissed off! Educational softwares don’t care for security at all! I have two daughters and, like all children, they like to play on the computer. As they cannot use my own systems (of course!), they have access to a laptop where games and educational softwares are installed. They have
iPhone – Linux VPN
The iPhone 3G firmware is really open to the world via 3G or Wi-Fi. Compared to Wi-Fi, mobile networks are quite secure. Warning, I never said that they are bullet-proof, but tapping a mobile network requires much more resources than Wi-Fi! Wireless network are widely available, which make them a
Kitty… a Fork of Putty
For years now, I’m a Putty user. This SSH/telnet client performs a good job, his very reliable and has many useful features. But, Simon Tatham, the developer, is not very aware of users’s features or enhancement requests (IMHO). That’s why other projects forked from the Putty code and added features.
Critical dns2tcp Vulnerability!
More than one year ago, I wrote a post about dns2tcp. I’m a regular user of this application and Secunia released yesterday a highly critical advisory (#32514) regarding a remote buffer overflow vulnerability. If you’re a dns2tcp user, please upgrade as soon as possible!
TrueCrypt 6.1 is Out!
It’s always good to announce a new release of a must-have tool like TrueCrypt! The new release 6.1 is out and brings as usual new features and improvements. Read the details here
Recovering Censored Text Using Photoshop and JavaScript
On Thomas Robinson’s blog, there is a nice article about a way to recover censored text using Photoshop! Take care if you protect some text on confidential documents with the Photoshop Mosaic filter! Recovering Censored Text Using Adobe Photoshop CS3 from Tom Robinson on Vimeo.
BSDanywhere 4.3 is out!
It’s always useful to have a Live CD with us and much more if it’s a CD of my favourite UNIX flavor! BSDanywhere 4.3 is out!
Asset Management Using Nmap
Nmap is probably the most known and used open source port scanner on the Internet. I’ll explain how to use this wonderful network toolbox to automate a simple asset management solution. “Know your network!” This is the main focus of this post. Today, having a global and up-to-date overview of
Introduction to SIP
SIP (or Session Initiation Protocol is a protocol commonly used in VoIP applications. Here is a good introduction of SIP (within a funny context): VoIP Demystified: SIP.