A Mac developer has posted a tool that detects a Flashback malware infection on Apple’s computers. The tiny tool — it’s just a 38KB download — was created by Juan Leon, a software engineer at Garmin International, the Kansas-based company best known for its GPS devices. Ars Technica first reported…
Certificate Authority Comodo Releases Website Malware Scanning Tool SiteInspector
Comodo has launched its website malware scanning service SiteInspector (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Certificate authority and security provider Comodo released its malware scanning and blacklist monitoring solution for websites, SiteInspector, on Wednesday. According to the press release, SiteInspector Pro (the paid version) will automatically scan three pages of a…
Appsense launches enterprise app management tool
Virtualisation provider AppSense has developed a new technology that allows employees to manage their personal productivity applications independently in a corporate environment, relieving pressure on the IT department. The idea of StrataApps is to create a secure, virtualised and isolated space known as a DataStore, where users can install apps…
Spyware is latest tool in divorce wars
<!–Saxotech Paragraph Count: 13–> Far stickier are email and social media communications. So sticky, in fact, that attorneys have had to change the way they advise clients in divorce cases. “I have a letter I send to every client after their divorce is over saying change all your passwords,” said…
ForeScout Mobile tool simplifies BYOD push for enterprises
ForeScout Technologies has launched ForeScout Mobile – plug-in modules for Android and iOS which allow enterprises to keep control as a plethora of devices access corporate resources in the BYOD era. ForeScout’s access control technology is device agnostic, but with the addition of the Mobile Security Module the company adds…
Google Bouncer Security Tool Fights Android Malware
Google has shed new light on Bouncer, a security system it credits with slowing the spread of malware on its Android platform. The company said the Bouncer tool automatically scans applications on the Android Market, constantly checking and removing any that could potentially harm users or compromise private data. Google…
Kaspersky WindowsUnblocker: Malware recovery tool of last resort
Malware takes a variety of forms, starting with the humble virus, but one of the most recent strands is known as ransom malware. As the name suggests, this type of malware can block access to your computer, or offer only limited functionality, until some form of ransom is met —…
Researcher’s Tool Maps Malware In Beautiful 3D Models
Quist’s VERA visualization software showing a key section of the Koobface worm. Security researchers face a tough problem: Computer viruses, unlike their biological counterparts, can’t be seen under a microscope. Even common reverse engineering tools merely render malware as thousands of lines of garbled text more legible to machine than…
winenumshare – samba network scanning tool
A windows based CLI (Command Line Interface) network scanning tool for identifying shared access e.g Writable/Readable of your LAN(Local Area Network) that helps network/system administrator quickly search for possible shared folder/files. Threaded scanning with single host or use -r option for range subnet ip. Here’s a sample echo from the…
PostgreSQL Pentesting Tool Dictionary Attack
Here’s a quick overview on PostgreSQL “PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source object-relational database system. It has more than 15 years of active development and a proven architecture that has earned a strong reputation for reliability, data integrity, and correctness. It runs on all major operating systems, including Linux, UNIX…