Monthly Archives: September 2008
slithering along a file with python
The ‘file’ command is a nice tool. It has a database of filetypes and “magic” numbers which correspond to offsets and values within a file and are used to hazard a guess as to what type of file it is. On my system, the /usr/share/file/magic database has 13474 lines in it. Quite a bit of [...]
IT Security World 2008 — Wowzerz!
I just got back from the IT Security World Conference & Expo 2008. This was the first time I’ve attended this conference. The speaker line up looked good. I wasn’t there to see the speakers though; I was an exhibitor working a phishme booth. I’ve spoken at DefCon, BlackHat, Shmoocon, etc…. but at this conference, I [...]
Defcon 16 Review (where have you been?)
Better late than never right? Since we basically missed all of Blackhat except Schmoilito’s talk this year (hey, pool security is important too), I’ve made a list of the best Defcon talks I heard this year. To sum it up: Cable Modems, Wifi, NMAP, and Mati Aharoni. Both Guy Martin’s and Blake Self’s talks on [...]
