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Entries on this site with 'windows'
- Linux? Linux. Linux... Linux. Oh, and user interfaces.
ObDisclaimer: I don't design user interfaces for a living. Originally, I was working on a post about Linux - about why I switched to it, and pontificating about why more p
- Setting up encrypted swap.
As computers go these days, it is not unusual for the amount of free RAM to reach a critical level at which no other processes will fit into what little unused memory is l
- Conflicker information and links - distribute widely!
As you have probably heard on the news a new beastie has been making its rounds on the Net, infiltrating Windows machines and awaiting the coming of the first of April - A
- Practical whole disk encryption, or, how to frustrate data forensics.
When you get right down to it, the best way for an attacker to get hold of your data is to shut the box down, pull the drive, and rip a sector-by-sector image to analyze o
- Safe browsing from hacker cons: Running a personal proxy.
Whenever I plan on using my laptop at a convention, in particular at hacker cons, it's practically assured that an unknown number of attendees will be monitoring the wirel
- The Last HOPE.
I arrived in New York City somewhen around 1400 EST5EDT, after getting turned around in Penn Station (what kind of adventure would it be without my getting lost, after all
- FIXED - Truecrypt v6.0a released.
I'm well over a week late with this post, but better late than never. The Truecrypt Foundation announced on 8 July 2008 that v6.0a of Truecrypt, the cross-platform disk en
- MBR infecting rootkits: All the old things are new again.
It seems as if malware evolves just as fast as biological diseases anymore. Earlier this year, it was made public that batches of flu vaccine were probably ineffective aga
- Microsoft admits that Vista is bloatware.
If you've ever installed Microsoft Vista yourself (or looked around in the hard drive of your brand new box), chances are you'd be surprised to find that it's a hog for di
- Two heads-up posts from the infosec world that could hit close to home.
First off, someone's created a trojan horse program that affects unlocked Apple iPhones. By definition, you can't install anything on an iPhone unless you crack it, so the
- DRM: When you absolutely, positively need to get screwed because your home media system is too good.
DRM: Digital Rights Management. A technology which uses strong crypto to control whether or not a particular computer is permitted to decrypt and play back a particular me
- Ransomware: Pay us $35us or be forever locked out of your box!
Ransomware, malware that forces the user of an infected machine to pay a sum of money to Someone Out There in exchange for regaining access to their data isn't exactly the
- A new Windows worm crawls the net.
A couple of days ago, Microsoft released a security bulletin regarding a vulnerability in the DNS server component of Windows Server 2000 and 2003. In it, a remote attacke
- Windows Vista bootloader compromised!
A presentation at Black Hat Europe 2007 by security researchers from India has blown the security of the Windows Vista bootloader wide open, and compromised the security m
- At last, system change tracking for Windows.
Windows XP, let me be clear. And they won't let you download it unless you're using IE on a known valid (by WGA) copy of Windows, but there are ways around that (thanks, c
- Just when you thought it was safe to run IIS...
Maybe CERT-FI is following in the footsteps of US-CERT (free tip for you guys: 300 bps is obsolete!), which is why it's taken them eight months to say anything about this,
- WGA phones home, even when you don't install it.
WGA - Windows Genuine Advantage. A software agent that runs on installs of Windows to make sure that you're not using a pirated copy. Unless you let it install itself, you
- Windows Vista device driver roundup.
Early adopters of Windows Vista have been finding themselves burned by an increasingly common problem in personal computing, namely, the utter lack of compatible drivers.
- Windows Vista DRM cracked!
Technically, Microsoft Windows Vista hasn't even been released yet and the DRM system has been cracked. DRM, the so-called Digital Rights Management system that the MPAA a
- Random knowledge V.
GNU Screen makes coding so much easier: Run screen to multiplex your shell, then run a text editor in one, a debugger in another, have another shell open to compile.. no m
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