Software defect This is the most common one will encounter. A defect can be in operating system software or application software. Defects in the OS are typically more worrisome, but an application defect can be just as troublesome. For example, a defect in a database management system (DBMS) that allows customers’ data to be [...]

tcpdump is a standard UNIX network monitoring tool that supports decoding 802.11 frame informations. Tcpdump prints out a description of the contents of packets on a network interface that match the boolean expression. It can also be run with the -w flag, which causes it to save the packet data to a file for later [...]

For the recent linux adopters who just can’t live without IE or the webdeveloper in linux who needs to test their site to see IE compatibility can now use the latest version of IEs4Linux 2.99.0, which come with many improvement from it’s previous versions. Though personally I don’t suggest people use IE over secure browsers [...]

There is no shortage of wireless tools for a cracker or a hacker performing a security assessment or a pen test. Over time, tools come and go as technologies change and vulnerabilities are fixed. Therefore, it is important to understand what the tools do and where they fit in the methods of a security assessment. [...]