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Fun with WiFu and Bluesniffing

This is just going to be a long list of links with rants.  I have taken up the duty of disseminating information on the latest in WiFi and Bluetooth penetration-testing for no real reason other than it’s on the tip of my tongue.
First, we have the BackTrack 3 project, which is basically mandatory if you [...]

Google Chrome first look

The bad:

It’s a front-end to WebKit much like Safari, with no bells-or-whistles
The only add-ons are Web Inspector (from WebKit), Chrome’s own Task Manager, and Chrome’s own Java Debugger (they could have at least used Drosera which comes with Web Inspector / WebKit)
The Google Updater software it installs runs as a separate process, is not a [...]

Virtualization is a process, not a product

I see that the BlackHat Blogger’s Network has a topic of interest.  I’ll oblige, especially since The Hoff is involved.  I think it’s a good exercise, so I’ll have to thank Shimel for this idea.
You also won’t want to miss what I’ve said about virtualization four months ago in Hardware VM security: past and present.  [...]

Accountability through connected frameworks

Apparently Laura Chappell and Mark Curphey were presenting at the Microsoft TecEd 2008 Security Track last week.  I haven’t heard too much about what happened as a result, and I really wish I was there to see them speak about their respective topics.
For those who don’t know Mark Curphey, he was the founder of OWASP, [...]

Firefox 3 first impressions

I’ve downloaded and used the Firefox 3 beta browser software for the past few months and wanted to give a report on the latest of what works and what doesn’t.  Note that I had to install Nightly Tester Tools to get many of these to work.  I am also now using the Classic Compact theme, [...]