How to become a hacker…

May 16, 2008

You may have all seen this already, but I just came across it. It’s been around for a while, but I thought it was interesting. How to Become a Hacker by Eric Steven Raymond.


Protecting against reverse shell wickedness…

April 21, 2008

In this post, I referenced a very interesting article over at Neohapsis about easily setting up a reverse shell using just the bash shell. Well there is a new post up which talks about the flip side of the equation; How to stop reverse shells.

Like the first post, this one is also a good read.


Malware Threat Center - Great Source

April 15, 2008

Pubal posted a note on Twitter this morning pointing to the Malware Threat Center.  The site has some great information that can be used to help protect your networks from known sources of malware.

Kevin Riggins


Must read for easy secure password generation by srcasm

April 10, 2008

srcasm posted a great method for generating and remembering unique secure passwords here - How to keep your password hidden in plain sight… | Srcasm

You really need to go read it. It is one of easiest methods I have seen.