Posted by Avik Sarkar
On 7/27/2011 03:23:00 pm
Shane Richmond says this is the beginning of the end for the optical drive. Apple last week removed DVD drives from its Mac Mini computers
Apple updated some of its computers last week. The MacBook Air and the Mac Mini both got significant processor upgrades and the addition of Thunderbolt ports. While the additions are interesting, it’s something that was removed that is especially telling.
It’s not the MacBook, though Apple did quietly retire its trusty old laptop from service, leaving just the Air and the Pro in the MacBook range. What’s gone is the optical drive on the Mac Mini.
That means neither the Air or the Mini have optical drives anymore. If you want to play a DVD or a CD - or to save data to one - then you’ll need a £66 SuperDrive. The MacBook Pro retains an optical drive for now but it's clear that Apple believes that the disc is living on borrowed time.
Many will argue that it is too soon to ditch the disc. Apple is familiar with that sort of reaction, however, and hasn’t been deterred in the past. There was an outcry, for example, when the iMac was launched in 1998 without a floppy disk drive. Apple's other computers gradually followed suit. Dell didn’t remove floppy drives from its machines until 2003.
If those who genuinely need an optical drive are not yet a minority then they soon will be. My MacBook Pro has an optical drive but I can’t remember the last time I needed to use it. At the end of last year I switched to a MacBook Air for day-to-day use and I’ve never wished that it had an optical drive.
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Posted by Avik Sarkar
On 7/27/2011 03:23:00 pm
sslsniff is designed to MITM all SSL connections on a LAN and dynamically generates certs for the domains that are being accessed on the fly. The new certificates are constructed in a certificate chain that is signed by any certificate that you provide.
This version basically adds support for iOS devices. Though sslsniff started out as a general-purpose MITM tool for SSL connections, recently, it was discovered that iOS devices such as the iPhone also contained the same vulnerability! Hence, this release. To start playing MITM for vulnerable iPhones,
Download sslsniff v0.8 with iOS fingerprinting support (sslsniff-0.8.tar.gz) Click Here
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On 7/27/2011 03:17:00 am
One US and One Indian websitesite hacked by ZHC Unknown and ZHC Dropper.Gen. Here the victims are Newel Technologies of US and DJ’s Group of India.
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On 7/27/2011 02:13:00 am
Pakistan Cyber Army hunts once again. This time the target was BSNL. More than 10,000 customers sensitive information & credentials (Name, Email-id, Phone number Address and so on) leaked. PCA also exposed BSNL's VPN details, important technical information and some other details.
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On 7/26/2011 01:51:00 pm
The Austrian authority that collects state television fees from customers says hackers have stolen 214,000 data files from its server, including 96,000 containing sensitive bank account information.
GIS says the cyberattack by a group identifying itself as "AustrAnon" occurred Friday. It said Monday that it has started informing customers whose data has been stolen and is taking steps to improve security.
Austrian state television is partially funded by viewers' fees.
The culprits are believed to be linked to the loosely knit hacker group "Anonymous," known for cyber attacks worldwide.
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On 7/26/2011 01:50:00 pm
Lightweight Portable Security (LPS) creates a secure end node from trusted media on almost any Intel-based computer (PC or Mac). It is a LiveCD distro designed by the US Department of Defense to function as a secure end node, in other words, a safe environment from which to access the web or a remote desktop host. Since the focus is on security, LPS boots a thin Linux operating system from a CD or USB flash stick without mounting a local hard drive, while providing tools such as a web browser, a file manager in addition to few other small tools. Administrator privileges are not required; nothing is installed! LPS-Public is a safer, general-purpose solution for using web-based applications. The accredited LPS-Remote Access is only for accessing your organization’s private network and is available only on request. We requested for one and are yet to hear back from “them”.
This livecd is very useful for not for whole organisation but some departments whose employees are on the move or carry critical data in and out of the organisation. In fact there are two version of the lightweight portable securityFREE download. Their brief use is as follows: linux distro available for a
- LPS-Public: It includes features designed to allow productive use of the Internet and CAC- or PIV-restricted Government websites from home or while traveling. LPS-Public comes preconfigured with a smart card-enabled Firefox web browser with Java and Flash support, Encryption Wizard-Public, a PDF viewer, a file browser, remote desktop software (Citrix, Microsoft or VMware View), SSH client, and the ability to use USB flash drives. This build does not contain any For Official Use Only (FOUO) material or any customized software. It is a very light distro and needs lesser RAM.
- LPS-Public Deluxe: It adds OpenOffice software, which is a Microsoft Office-compatible suite of office applications, and Adobe Reader, which allows PDF files to be digitally signed. A bit heavier distribution, requiring about a Gigahertz of RAM.
LPS-Public allows general web browsing and connecting to remote networks. It includes a smart card-enabled Firefox browser supporting CAC and PIV cards, a PDF and text viewer, Java, and Encryption Wizard – Public. LPS-Public turns an untrusted system (such as a home computer) into a trusted network client. No trace of work activity (or malware) can be written to the local computer. Our initial working with the linux distro leads us to believe that after logon, you are taken to a desktop that is rendered via IceWM – the window manager for the X Window Systems. You can use a WiFi connection too, but understandably, there is no support for printers and sound. Surprisingly, given the notoriety the Adobe Flash plugins, the distro includes a fairly recent Firefox with the Flash plugin pre-loaded. It also includes a few more Firefox add-ons. You also get a Remote Desktop client to initiate RDP requests. Another interesting thing we observed is that if you plan on using smart cards and you think that it might not be compatible with LPS, worry not as it has the OEM’s firmware updater built in!
Features of LPS
- LPS differs from traditional operating systems in that it isn’t continually patched.
- LPS is designed to run from read-only media and without any persistent storage.
- Any malware that might infect a computer can only run within that session.
- A user can improve security by rebooting between sessions, or when about to undertake a sensitive transaction.
Download LPS from the following links:-
LPS-Public:
- LPS-Public ISO version 1.2.2 (LPS-1.2.2_public.iso) here.
- LPS-Public ZIP version 1.2.2 (LPS-1.2.2_public_iso.zip) here.
LPS-Public Delux:
- LPS-Public Delux ISO version 1.2.2 (LPS-1.2.2_public_deluxe.iso) here
- LPS-Public Delux ZIP version 1.2.2 (LPS-1.2.2_public_deluxe_iso.zip) here
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