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Cain & Abel A suprisingly robust suite of tools, Cain and Able is often simply characterized as a password recovery/cracking tool, but if you take a look at the list of features below, you’ll see it is much more than that. The sniffing component of Cain collects a LOT of information and any password hashes [...]

SUMO (Security Utilizing Multiple Options) Linux This bootable DVD is a collection of the following security based live-cds: Backtrack 3 Helix 2 Samurai linux dban (Darik’s Boot and Nuke) DVL (Damn Vulnerable Linux)

Canvas by Immunity Sec is an exploitation framework that allows the user to penetrate target systems using exploit code. It is a complete system for penetration testing and security evalution, including tools for recon, both manual and automatic exploits and many more features. The MOSDEF agent can inject shell code into a target process that [...]

The Threat to Earth from Asteroids & Comets Since it formed over 4.5 billion years ago, Earth has been hit many times by asteroids and comets whose orbits bring them into the inner solar system. These objects, collectively known as Near Earth Objects or NEOs, still pose a danger to Earth today. Depending on the [...]

Zenmap is a GUI front end for nmap, the popular network and port scanning tool by fyodor. Introduction Zenmap is the official graphical user interface (GUI) for the Nmap Security Scanner. It is a multi-platform, free and open-source application designed to make Nmap easy for beginners to use while providing advanced features for experienced Nmap [...]

Malware Hash Registry The Malware Hash Registry (MHR) project is a look-up service similar to the Team Cymru IP address to ASN mapping project. This project differs however, in that you can query our service for a computed MD5 or SHA-1 hash of a file and, if it is malware and we know about it, [...]

The main asteroid belt, found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter is estimated to contain many millions of small rocks and about 1-2 million rocks of a diameter of 1 kilometer or greater. 26 known asteroids have a diameter of 200 kilometers or more. There are also rocks found in all other parts of [...]

pi or π is a constant but irrational number that represents the ratio between the area of any circle and the square of its radius. This gives us the famous formula: area = π x r2, which can be approximated by 22/7 or 3.14159. pi can also be expressed by dividing the circumference of any [...]

Plan of Action and Milestones A POAM is a plan that describes specific measures to be taken to correct deficiences found during a security control assessment. The POAM should identify: The tasks needed to correct the deficiency The resources required to make the plan work Milestones in completing the tasks Scheduled completion dates for the [...]

Space propulsion engines are very different from thrusting engines designed to boost an object out of a planetary gravity well. They must be more efficient, must not require large quanties of expendable supplies (either fuel or thrusting material) and must be able to operate continually. Thrusters: Chemical thrusters currently used in satellite spacecraft don’t offer [...]