According to a recent report on eSecurity planet, Microsoft has begun beta testing updates to two of its leading security products.
In the article, titled Microsoft Beta Tests Two Updated Security Tools, the company have begun tests on Forefront Endpoint Protection (FEP) 2010 for enterprise security and the free Security Essentials for consumers and small businesses.
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CSO Online, www.csoonline.com today published an article on key do’s and don’ts that anyone performing Network stress testing and using testing tools should considered.
Titled ‘Network stress test tools: Dos and don’ts’ by Neil Roiter, the article is a follow on article from the previously published ‘Stress-testing your network’. In that article software from BreakingPoint, Mu
OAT is an Open Source Security tool designed to check the password strength of Microsoft Office Communication Server users. After a password is compromised, OAT demonstrates potential UC attacks that can be performed by legitimate users if proper security controls are not in place.
OAT has a user friendly tabbed interface that begins with a password
SearchSecurity.com have featured a fantastic video on a Community version of the free Web app security testing tool Netsparker.
Sourced from TheAcademyPro.com, Peter Giannoulis demonstrates how to use the community version of Netsparker.
Netsparker, web application security scanner can crawl, attack and identify vulnerabilities in all custom web applications regardless of the platform and the technology it’s
In a bid to stave off critcisim over their security policy, Facebook recently held a company meeting to discuss privacy issues.
in what has been described by some as a panic-stricken response to public attacks on how it handles member details, Facebook also announced two new security measures that will keep member accounts and personal information
TamperIE Web Security Tool is a small utility that enables HTML-form tampering for penetration testing of web applications.
TamperIE is an Internet Explorer Browser Helper Object which allows tampering with HTTP requests from Internet Explorer 5 and above.
TamperIE is a useful tool for security testing your web applications, in order to ensure you don’t make foolish
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SQL Injection vulnerabilities can cause a lot of damage to a web application. A malicious user can possibly view records, delete records, drop tables or gain access to your server.
SQL Inject-Me is the Exploit-Me tool that allows the user to test their web applications against common SQL Injection vulnerabilities. SQL Inject Me is a Mozilla
Security Software Testing Suite (SSTS) is a set of tools used for testing Windows security software that implement application-based security – i.e. most of the Internet security suites, HIPS, personal firewalls, behavior blockers etc.
SSTS is based on the idea of independent programs that attempt to bypass various features of the security software. Each test of
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Graudit is a simple script and signature sets that allows you to find potential security flaws in source code using the GNU utility grep.
It’s comparable to other static analysis applications like RATS, SWAAT and flaw-finder while keeping the technical requirements to a minimum and being very flexible.
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