Initial work is complete on the a the first version of the HAR (HTTP Archive) File eXtractor. It's available for download at https://github.com/RuanMuller/harx/ Description HAR eXtractor. This utility was developed to assist security analysts working with HTTP Archive (HAR) files to list and extract the contained objects. More information about the HTTP...
Security BSides Vancouver 2014 is fast approaching being scheduled for March 10/11 this year. Also have just been provided confirmation that I will be hosting a Build and Fly Your Own Drone workshop this year. The drone is based on as many Open Source hardware and...
pfSense has changed considerably since the first generation of the fantastic FreeBSD based firewall platform and with that, 3rd party utilities such as glTail require updated configs and log parsers to restore the ability to visualize pfSense 2 firewall logs since the logging system in...
A warning has been issued by the developers of ProFTPD, the popular FTP server software, about a compromise of the main distribution server of the software project that resulted in attackers exchanging the offered source files for ProFTPD 1.3.3c with a version containing a backdoor. It...
IBM has made Firefox the company's default Web browser. According to IBM's vice president of Linux and open source software, company-wide Firefox adoption will accelerate IBM's shift to cloud computing. Via: ars technica ...
The release of OpenBSD 4.6 was released on Sunday. Highlights of the new release include: Simplified installation process. Improved documentation and man pages. New versions of packages in ports (package management system). Over 5800 packages in total. Hardware driver updates: sensors, chipsets, video devices etc. New drivers, functionality and...
ISC is reporting that a new, remotely exploitable vulnerability has been found in all versions of BIND 9. A specially crafted dynamic update packet will make BIND die with an assertion error. There is an exploit in the wild and there are no access control...
Nmap Security Scanner version 5 has been released. Significant performance improvements were made, and many scripts have been added. Nmap can now log into Windows a system and perform local checks such as Conficker detection. Announcement Changes Download ...
Vancouver city council has endorsed the principles of making its data open and accessible to everyone where possible, adopting open standards for that data and considering open source software when replacing existing applications. More details on the announcement available at the Straight...
OpenBSD 4.5 has been released today. This release includes OpenSSH 5.2 as well as various tweaks, bugfixes, and enhancements. New and extended platforms include sparc64, and added device drivers. See the announcement page for a full list...