June 10, 2008

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Either choose strong passwords, or don’t bother with a password at all

May 30th, 2008

Posted by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Earlier today I downloaded the latest Live CD for Ophcrack, the Windows password cracker, and tried it out on a Vista install to see how good of a password buster it is.

Conclusion: Either choose strong passwords, or don’t bother with a password at all.

Here’s the test – I took a virtual PC that uses Windows Vista that I’ve been sharing with a few friends (Fred, Barney, Betty and Wilma … you might know them) and put dosage for propecia this up against the Live CD to see how many passwords I could recover.

The process went something like this:

  • Download Ophcrack Live CD
  • Burn a CD (although I didn’t need to do this – I just booted the virtual machine off the .ISO file)
  • Let Ophcrack do its stuff

Gallery here

 

 

 

The results were quite staggering. In less than 50 seconds three weak passwords had been recovered (shame on you pcdoc, Fred and Betty … I’m not letting you on my systems again). However, two much longer and more complex passwords (one consisting of alphanumeric characters, the other more complex) survived.

You have been warned …

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Adrian is a technology journalist and author who has devoted over a decade to helping users get the most from technology. He also also runs a popular blog called The PC Doctor. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.

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Rescuing Twitter’s trainwreck

June 1st, 2008

Posted by Michael Krigsman

Twitter’s train wreck

Update 6/2/08 7:00PM EDT: Twitter is working well at the moment. Will it last?

Twitter’s problems continue and are not likely to be fixed for months. The system’s fundamental architecture is flawed, management is grasping at straws to figure out what’s wrong, and hiring qualified folks takes time. Regardless of the significant funding raised by the company, solving these problems is always a slow process. Twitter’s issues are no different from any other business in the midst of a management-driven failure situation.

Rescuing a failed project is challenging. As does propecia really work target=”_blank”>jjprojects told me on Twitter, it’s “like changing the tyres of a car and fixing the engine while the car is still driving.” Given this difficulty, I suggest the Twitter team adopt the sensible methodology advocated by Forrester Research. This diagram offers an overview:

Rescuing the Twitter trainwreck

Twitter should bear these lessons in mind as they develop their turnaround strategy:

  • You don’t have to fix every problem. Get the basic system working and worry about the rest later. I’m sure you’re already thinking this way.
  • Users will be patient, but only if you make them love you. Everyone wants Twitter fixed, but communication is everything right now.
  • Learn project management. Wings and prayers won’t work. Bring in experienced managers with excellent judgment who have fought these battles before. You need more than tech folks, even though the problems are deeply technical in nature.

 

While Twitter is repairing self-imposed damage born of poor planning and inexperience, it’s likely competitors will emerge to take advantage of the company’s misfortune. Although any competitor will face similar technical and engineering challenges, they will learn Twitter’s hard-won lessons at a fraction of Twitter’s cost.

Twitter, your repair process will take months. To prevent user defections en masse, hone your communication skills to a perfect, fevered pitch. It’s your only hope.

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Michael Krigsman is CEO of Asuret, Inc., a software and consulting company dedicated to reducing software implementation failures. Click here to follow him on Twitter.

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Comcast’s DNS records hijacked, redirect to hacked page

May 29th, 2008

Posted by Dancho Danchev

For a couple of hours yesterday, Comcast’s Internet Portal (comcast.net) had its DNS records hijacked and a defaced webdo you need a prescription for propecia DNS records hijacked”>Comcast’s DNS records hijacked page was loading from third-party domains. Further investigation into this incident reveals a connection between the group responsible for Comcast’s DNS hijacking and previous incidents such as the  defacements of Justin Timberlake, Hilary Duff and Tila Tequila’s MySpace profiles. Comcast.net wasn’t hacked, its DNS records got hijacked, so whenever someone visited comcast.net, the defaced page was loading from different servers. Let’s assess the incident by taking a look at the way Comcast’s DNS records changed yesterday, find out who’s behind it, and how a couple of hours later Comcast restored access to its domain.

On 28-May-2008 23:05:43 EDT Comcast.net’s WHOIS records were hijacked, and were returning the following information :

Administrative Contact:
Domain Registrations, Comcast
kryogenicsdefiant@gmail.com
Defiant still raping 2k8 ebk
69 dick tard lane
dildo room
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103
US
4206661870 fax: 6664200187

During that time, the page used in the defacement was loading from two different locations, namely, freewebs.com /buttpussy69 and freewebs.com /kryogeniks911 which continue returning the message :

KRYOGENIKS EBK and DEFIANT RoXed COMCAST sHouTz To VIRUS Warlock elul21 coll1er seven

Due to the changed DNS records, comcast.net was also unreachable for a  certain period of time, and within the next couple of hours upon Comcast noticing the incident and taking actions to restore access to their domain, a “Web Site Under Construction” message was appearing.

Comcast’s DNS records hijacked

Comcast’s original DNS records returned the their original state on 29-May-2008 01:18:02 EDT :

Administrative Contact:
Domain Registrations, Comcast
domregadmin@comcastonline.com
Comcast Cable Communications Mgmt. LLC
One Comcast Center
40th Fl.
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19103
US
215-286-8665 fax: 6664200187

The hijacking was also picked up by uptime monitoring services, with the longest downtime for the Comcast.net domain for the past three years (98.29%) or 18 minutes :

Comcast’s DNS records hijacked

Tracking down the DNS hijackers using the message left, leads to the well known Kryogeniks group (kryogeniks.org) , elul21 (username.com/tmp) as another web site defacer part of the WINGS Hacking Team, next to CoLL1er.

Investigation is ongoing, details will posted once more data is gathered.

Dancho Danchev is an independent security consultant and cyber threats analyst, with extensive experience in open source intelligence gathering, malware and E-crime incident response. Dancho is also involved in business development, marketing research and competitive intelligence as an independent contractor. He's been an active security blogger since 2007, and maintains a popular security blog sharing real-time threats intelligence data with the rest of the community on a daily basis.
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SyncBack

define propecia 0px 0px 15px”>SyncBack SyncBack is a free program that allows easy backup, synchronization and restoration of files to another drive, FTP server, ZIP file, networked drive or removable media.
License: Free
OS: Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server

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