Hakin9 - Hard Core IT Security Magazine

Haking Wi-Fi 1/2006 (Viewed: 79333) » No 01/2006 (7) subscription
» Hacking Wi-Fi » Oracle Rootkits » Windows 2003 Server Security » Weak firewalls » Spyware infections » Linux backdoors » more... » see all issues » register and GET free articles

add to cart | quick buy » Wi-Fi security – WEP, WPA and WPA2
Guillaume Lehembre
Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) is one of today’s leading wireless technologies. However, one configuration aspect all too often goes unnoticed: security. Let's have a closer look at the level of security of encryption methods used in modern Wi-Fi implementations.

[ level: | type: ]

add to cart | quick buy » Oracle rootkits
Alexander Kornbrust
It is not common knowledge that rootkits can also be implemented, and are being implemented by intruders in databases, often containing critical company data. Alexander describes rootkits in Oracle databases and presents how we can avoid them.

[ level: | type: ]

add to cart | quick buy » Windows Server 2003 security
Rudra Kamal Sinha Roy
We present Windows Server 2003 and its security. We explain what security enhancements it offers, what is still exploitable, what new exploitation techniques have been devised lately and what can we do to protect it as much as possible against possible break-in.

[ level: | type: ]

add to cart | quick buy » Detouring network firewalls
Oliver Karow
Firewalls also have their weaknesses and detouring them, both due to misconfiguration and due to product weaknesses, is possible. Oliver describe how an intruder can gain access to a system by detouring a firewall.

[ level: | type: ]

add to cart | quick buy » Spyware infection methods
Christiaan Beek
Such programs like spyware are usually bundled as a hidden component or downloaded from the Internet unwillingly. They install and run without user knowledge. Christiaan presents what methods such programs use to infect Windows systems and how can one protect oneself against them.

[ level: | type: ]

add to cart | quick buy » Column – Dumb ideas in computer security
Stephano Zanero
There's lots of innovation going on in security. Stephano introduces you what are the most dumbest ideas in computer security.

[ level: | type: ]

add to cart | quick buy » Writing advanced Linux backdoors – packet sniffing
Brandon Edwards
People create new defences for backdoors and intruders are forced to innovate new techniques to keep pace with the rapidly progressing security industry e.g. packet sniffing backdoors. Brandon describes how they work by writing our own proof-of-concept tool.

[ level: | type: ]

add to cart | quick buy » Security Tools – Delete Secure
Michal Szymanski
Secure Delete is a suite of tools for securely erasing files, directories, free disk space, swap space and RAM.

[ level: | type: ]

add to cart | quick buy » Security Tools – Sendip
Piotr Sobolewski
SendIP makes it possible to prepare and send network packets using the NTP, BGP, RIP, RIPng, TCP, UDP and ICMP protocols, as well as raw IPv4 and IPv6 packets with user-supplied parameters and arbitrary data.

[ level: | type: ]