Don't forget to view my Virus Removal page!
Look at U.S.
Government's National Security Agency (NSA)'s
recommendations for "hardening" various OS and equipment platforms!
See also my URL references from Microsoft's
2604 Security Clinic.
My list of hacking
& cracking software tools
Vendor links
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Hacker site |
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Microsoft Course 6416B Mod13 Acronym List |
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Several password recovery products and criminal investigation/forensic products, such as the PRTK. I believe it also claims that it can bust EFS. |
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Advanced EFS Data Recovery (AEFSDR) from Elcom |
Can fairly handily bust EFS protected files, even if a machine was SYSKEY protected. |
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A couple of scary/cool tools for scanning, such as the Angry IP Scanner [see screen capture elsewhere on this site], and placing a Trojan on a machine. Free tools, the developer is from Estonia. |
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Allows users to surf "anonymously". |
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Antionline.com |
A worldwide community of security professionals, thousands of articles and thousands of programs. |
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Hacker site. |
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Off-beat "security" website |
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Digital Self Defense. "Know Your Enemy". Briefings, training and more. |
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Online, Base64 encoder/decoders. |
These may also work...
Here's
one
(David Carter-Tod) |
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Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) Advisories |
Funded by the U.S. Government to respond to Internet security incidents. |
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Password busting software for Quicken, Excel, Word, Access, .PST files, and more. You GOTTA KNOW stuff like this exists. |
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A German site, definitely on the wrong side of the fence. |
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Counterpane by Bruce Schneier, author of the "CRYPTO-GRAM" |
The Counterpane Cryptogram Security products, articles, white papers, seminars...cool site! Check this article on a cryptanalysis of PPTP! |
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Various articles in various industries related to security topics. |
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Daniel Petri's MCSEWorld website |
Domain Admin and workstation password cracking tools, freely downloadable! |
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Security products like smart card readers, see also my "Networking Technologies" page. |
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"Computer Security, Encryption, and Cryptanalysis". |
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DumpSec (formerly DumpACL) |
A freeware ACL reporting tool to determine if certain security holes exist. |
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Automatically sends you a copy of a computers emails, chats and keystrokes...great if you want to monitor your kids remotely. |
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An article on how to purchase encryption software |
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Security website. |
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Some free analysis tools available. |
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Hacker site. |
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A must-visit security site to make sure your computers are secure. |
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L0pht Crack from Heavy Industries, then acquired by @tStake, then by Symantec |
L0pht Crack, pre-Windows 2000 (NTLM) password busting tool. |
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Home of NMap, the Unix oriented port scanner. |
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Unofficial ISA Server resource site. |
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iSpyNow software |
Remote Internet surveillance software. |
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John the Ripper password cracking software |
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Do a search for "Key Loggers", programs that track your every keystroke. Here's one that's free! |
There are plenty of them. |
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"Keeping Your Secrets Secret" by Roberta Bragg |
An excellent primer online article on cryptography. |
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Freeware used to determine your Windows OS product code. |
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Microsoft Windows 2000 Security Technical Overview |
Download the available .doc file. |
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Solving Securiy problems is not a Mission Impossible (about forged drivers licenses and identification documents) |
An C/NET editorial by David Myers. |
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Will tell you what OS a website is running [somewhat accurately]. |
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Scroll down to the Network Management area for security newsletters. |
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Hacker site. |
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Hacker/Anti-hacker site. |
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NTAccess from SunbeltSoftware |
A software tool used to reassign the Administrator password when one can obtain access to a WinNT, WinXP or Win2000 machine! |
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Oxid.it (Password cracking and other resources) |
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from Winguides.com Here's another... |
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Security tools and other resources. |
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An Open Source project that creates a database to store the myriad of passwords we must maintain. |
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Supposedly a faster method for cracking password hashes. Found at the Project RainbowCrack website. |
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Click on "The Risks Digest Forum" for links to security articles. |
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Security products and information. I bought one of their books on cryptography. |
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Click on "Resources", Security newsletter. |
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SearchSecurity website |
with links to many other valuable websites. |
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Very good security reference site. |
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Special Ops: Host and Network Security for Microsoft, Unix, and Oracle |
A book, ISBN 1931836698 by Syngress, from Erik Pace Burkholz. |
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Beware of Snake Oil crypto software |
From InterHack. |
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Stinger Anti-virus (removal) tool from McAfee |
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From Thawte, information on cryptography such as... |
What are hashes, and what are encryption "keys", along with examples...pretty cool. |
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Windows & .Net Magazines "Security Administrator" |
Publication and website. |
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Wireless Info & Security Links |
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Products and reference information; related to the ICSA, formerly the NCSA |
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Security products, such as digital certificates. See also this link, which defines some of the authenticity checks the CA goes through to validate identity of the certificate applicant. |
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From ZoneLabs; a freeware tool. ZoneAlarmPro is not free to act as a software firewall on your PC. |
IIS Related Security Topics links copied from Microsoft's website
See several SSL related references
