Irregular Expressions:

November, 2012


November 17, 2012  1:13 AM

IVR’s



Posted by: Dan O'Connor

I have to admit, I hate going through IVR's. My guess is you won't find someone that does say they do. "oh goodness they updated there menu options and I should listen to the whole message" said no one ever. What I really don't like doing is using those voice activated systems, the one that...

November 13, 2012  11:07 PM

Adding new exploits to Metasploit



Posted by: Dan O'Connor

So you have downloaded a new exploit and of course need to test your defenses to make sure the exploit will get stopped. So how do you do it? In most cases you will find everything you need already inside of the MSF, but if you do need to add something it's very simple. After your first...


November 13, 2012  10:41 PM

Google Transparency Report



Posted by: Dan O'Connor

Lots of statistics and a bit of commentary, I have apparently been looking at this for thirty minutes now. http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/userdatarequests/ I am surprised by a few sets numbers. First I am surprised by the number of requests from the US, I thought it was a little...


November 11, 2012  11:13 PM

Sophos Attacks



Posted by: Dan O'Connor

There was a whole list of attacks published against Sophos Anti-Virus a little while ago. In my opinion none of the disclosed vulnerabilities are minor. My favorite of the bunch involves a stack overflow scanning PDF's. Simply receiving the file via a mail client is all that is needed, as...