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RSS nmapAjax Fingerprinting for Web 2.0 Applications
White Paper There are several tools available for fingerprinting operating systems (nmap), Web servers (httprint), devices, etc. Fingerprinting is an age old concept and one that adds great value to assessment methodologies. [03 Jul 2007]
IT pros criminalised by CMA update?
News People who distribute networking vulnerability scanning tools such as nmap or Nessus could also be caught up in part (b), Clayton warned. Why should the only place to fetch Perl and nmap be from hacker... [22 May 2006]
Block OS fingerprinting on Linux/UNIX systems
White Paper One of the most popular tools for revealing the OS is Nmap. This sample hack from O'Reilly's Network Security Hacks shows how to effectively block Nmap from "fingerprinting" a Linux/UNIX system. When an... [16 May 2006]
Feds go after security app inventor
News The creator of the famous hacking tool Nmap is being hounded by the FBI for copies of web server log data from his Web site Insecure.org. Fyodor, as he is known, is a well known figure in the security world, specifically... [29 Nov 2004]
IM photos compromise networks
News Last week, Hart warned that hackers could also use an nmap bot over IM to carry out denial-of-service attacks on companies. IM profile photos could allow hackers to penetrate otherwise secure computer networks, say experts [20 Oct 2004]
Hackers learn to attack networks with IM
News Combining the open-source tool nmap - a program that discovers devices on a network - with an IM bot, hackers can infiltrate, steal information and carry out denial-of-service attacks on networks, says the director of... [12 Oct 2004]
The silicon.com Weekly Round-Up: 23.05.03
Comment One can only imagine the tsunami-like waves of geek pride and joy that washed over a hacker calling himself Fyodr when midway through the film Trinity opens a terminal and launches his Nmap tool to scan a network for... [23 May 2003]
