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My previous post talks about the DNS vulnerability and now the exploit codes are available and are being used already to VERY EASILY EXPLOIT DNS servers especially within an organization (typically). No one in their right mind would publish RPC over the internet, right.., right..!!?? … “WARNING – DNS Zero day exploit code is public”
Read MoreA new buffer overflow vulnerability with the RPC protocol for managing the DNS service in Windows 2000 (all SPs) and Windows 2003 (all SPs) has been discovered by hackers. Upon successful execution of this exploit, the attacker can run code with the security equivalent of … “Windows 2000/2003 DNS Server Service Zero Day Exploit”
Read MoreEver wanted to check what ports is a particular program listening on? Well, if you run Windows, there’s an awesome tool called CurrPorts which has been around for sometime now. I used it this morning, and still loving it. Windows itself can do a little … “CurrPorts – A must have program in your support thumbdrive”
Read MoreSome sources have confirmed a highest number of spam since 12 months ago containing security related messages and request users to patch files etc. Please be very careful, i do not know any klutzy security companies that send updates via emails. WELL THEY DON’T. Have … “Spam Storm”
Read MoreWell, i walked the web for a while now and finally i had to make a checklist myself of designing Active Directory. I hope this super simple guide helps presales, consultants and other enthusiasts out there.. 10 Hot-checklist for Implementing/Designing Active Directory:NOTE: Please know AD … “Checklist for designing Active Directory”
Read MoreYesterday (Apr 10, 2007), Microsoft released 4 to 5 updates for Vista. I downloaded and patched the CSRSS manually and got 4 updates on WindowsUpdate program. Also, there’s a couple of high criticality vulnerabilities on Windows and anyone running Windows should immediately run Windows update. … “Vista updates”
Read MoreWhat do you want to bulk modify today? Tired of writing VB scripts to modify Active Directory object attributes (users, groups, etc) then try out Microsoft Exchange team’s ADModify.net. This is a cool tool do perform bulk modification of attributes of Active Directory and / … “Active Directory Bulk Editing GUI”
Read MoreI found this tool website called Psychic Whois (http://www.psychicwhois.com/). It has a cool way of looking for WHOIS domain information in an autocomplete method. If you’re a researcher or enthusiasts you could use the site for finding domain names quick and easy. Like the google … “Psychic Whois”
Read MoreNow that Microsoft released Windows 2003 R2, some customer have been facing issues making their R2 box a domain controller. This is simply because R2 requires an upgrade of the schema of Active Directory to a higher one from Windows 2003. So, if you intend … “Which Active Directory Schema?”
Read MoreKaspersky recently detected a potential program/virus dubbed Podloso that could be used and infect a linux based iPod’s executables with the extension .elf. Right now, i guess there’s no “real” virus *yet* that could spread automatically and do bad stuff to your cute-lil-ipod. The best … “iPod virus?”
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