News: new hacking program ++++ Microsoft gives apple advice

eppik · Post by **eppik** » 07 Jul 2006, 04:51

While surfing the www i found the following program

its called CORE IMPACT

basically the program does everything for you

i found this very small demo video (requires flash 6.0)

http://www.coresecurity.com/imgs/produc ... pop-up.gif

click the button to open the popup

Dont kall me a woss just because you think i use this program but its true it has wizrds even for penetrating the machine!!!!

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In another news:

Microsoft offers Apple security advice
Gavin Clarke, The Register 2006-03-24

Microsoft giving advice to Apple on software security? What next, a lecture on timely shipping of product?

As crazy as it sounds, a member of Microsoft's security team has blasted Apple for failing to coordinate its security efforts and to issue proper security advice.

Stephen Toulouse, communications manager for Microsoft's security response team, has blogged that Apple needs a "security czar" to batten down the hatches against an growing number of attacks on the company's OS X.

By contrast, he points to Microsoft as a prime example of how to respond to threats, providing well-documented communications and prescriptive "how-to" guidance with alerts that are delivered through email, RSS and deployment tools.

Toulouse was responding to Apple's recent update to a security fix that was designed to solve problems in installing an earlier patch. Apple's Security Update 2006-002 had caused problems with networking and with the Safari browser icon.

He criticized Apple's security mailing list for failing to "cover when there are new versions available when a bug is introduced by the update" and for lacking RSS.

Also worrying for Toulouse was a recent BusinessWeek article where Apple's vice president of software technology Bud Tribble apparently rejected the need to appoint a security chief: "When we think about security and how we design software, the basic approach is to make it as secure as possible," Tribble said.

That, according to Toulouse, was "a little like saying the White House shouldn't have a Department of Home land Security because, DUH, everyone in the government cares about security!"

He advised Apple to become more pro-active, warning that today's attacks are like the most prevalent form of attack on Windows - attacks that require the user to take action first.

"We've learned the lesson of getting out there fast and providing clear prescriptive guidance," he said. "[Apple] will have to seek outside expertise in the form of a head of security communications in the next 12 months. Apple needs a person steeped in security issues."

Toulouse seems to overlook the, ah-em, timely release of alerts from Microsoft like this. But he has started a verbal war that cannot end well for Microsoft.

Post by **CommonStray** » 07 Jul 2006, 07:32

please submit news articles rather than post them, it not an exact rule of the boards, but it will keep the boards clean...submit it then start a discussion thread about it

eppik · Post by **eppik** » 08 Jul 2006, 04:55

How do i submit news

cuz i posted it here cuz i didn knew how to make them show at the index page

Post by **bad_brain** » 08 Jul 2006, 06:06

simply use the "submit news"-button.....news can´t be posted directly on the startpage by users (only staff members can), the submissions are checked first by a staff member before they´re published to prevent abuse....