"On Friday, an open source effort to develop GSM-cracking software released software that cracks the A5/1 encryption algorithm used by some GSM networks." "The software is key step toward eavesdropping on mobile phone conversations over GSM networks. Since GSM networks are the backbone of 3G, they also provide attackers with an avenue into the new generation of handsets."
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Howto Crack Zip Files Password
http://www.ubuntugeek.com –
If you want to crack zip file passwords use fcrackzip.fcrackzip is a fast password cracker partly written in assembler. It is able to crack password protected zip files with brute force or dictionary based attacks, optionally testing with unzip its results.
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UK Government: Closed Minds on Open Source
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To its eternal shame, the UK Government uses far less open source than most. Worse, it seems to have a closed mind to the whole idea.
Read more »How a Linux Server Gets Turned into a Zombie
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This article describes the forensic analysis of a cracked server. The analysis process is describe in quite detail.
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Holliday cracking - story of a cracked machine
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"A friend of mine asked me to have a look at his Linux-server. "It behaves strangely" he said, most notably the web-server apache refused to start. It turned out to be more than just a problem with apache."
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