My Writings. My Thoughts.
Just received a very cool email in regards to SOPA / PIPA
// January 26th, 2012 // No Comments » // Intranets
Really enjoyed reading it and thought it was worth a re-publish. Sent to me by the cool people at www.fightforthefuture.org
Now that Congress has had time to process last week’s internet blackout, a consensus has emerged: SOPA and PIPA are toxic for politicians, and going anywhere near them could cost them their re-election.
Freedom is winning.
Together, we’ve done something amazing– never have so many people stood up to defend a free and open internet. Here’s a San Francisco Chronicle article about how it all came together: The Largest Online Protest in History Started Here. Continue Reading
Vulnerable function finder (PHP)
// January 24th, 2012 // No Comments » // Bash, PHP, Security
So I quickly threw this together to scan for functions recursively and output results. Will also add to code page and update as I see fit. Continue Reading
Simple OSX Malware!
// January 24th, 2012 // No Comments » // Bash, OSX, Security
Being an avid (sp?) OSX user I often wonder about malware on this platform, I must admit I’ve never given it much thought and as far as I’m aware (fingers crossed) I’ve never been affected by malware of any sort on my trusty MacBook.
First things first this got me to thinking, if I had some form of malware for OSX what would be the best way to distribute it? There are many options which immediately spring to mind however one stands proud. Backdooring some legitimate software package so the malware will run invisible to the end user. This should be even easier as most people (myself included) don’t bother running any AV solutions on their OSX installs.
Let’s take a look at an easy way to include some evil code inside some innocent looking package. Continue Reading
