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
Tag: Software
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
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
Workstation (Un)locking Using Bluetooth
When you use a workstation (PC, laptop or thin client), it’s important to lock it when you are away for a while or funny things may happen. Usually, the screen is automatically locked after a configurable inactivity period. To unlock it you need to type a password or, on some
New VMware Workstation Feature: Unity!
VMware Workstation 6.5 is out! One of the new features is a display mode similar to the “seamless” mode in VirtualBox! For those who are not aware of this feature, it allows you to “hide” the guest machine main screen encapsulated in a windows and open applications directly on the
Google Chrome Flagged As Dangerous in Germany
So much has already been written over the new Google browser (Chrome) that I did not write anything about it on this blog until now. The “BSI” (Federal Office for Information Security in Germany) warned users about the new Google toy. They recommend to not use the browser in professional
iTunes Allergic to Security Searches?
Today, I was looking for some applications related to security on the App Store in iTunes. I searched for the following keywords: “lock“, “password” or “scan“. All of them returned the same error: I tested on a second iTunes installation. Same issue?!? Any other search request works perfectly.