The "Cult of the Dead Cow" hacker group – cDc for short – has published a tool that searches for vulnerabilities and private information across the web. Using well-chosen Google search queries, Goolag Scan discovers links to vulnerable web applications, back doors, or documents inadvertently put on the internet that contain sensitive information.
Cult of the Dead Cow turns Google into a vulnerability scanner
February 26th, 2008 · Comments Off
Tags: · google, Google scanner, Google vulnerability
Google scanning is it legal?
February 26th, 2008 · Comments Off
If content is placed on the public web it is almost a foregone conclusion that search engines such as Google will spider and index it. It’s also very likely that a link to that content will eventually turn up in someone’s search results, and that someone will follow the link and see the content.
Tags: · google, Google scanning, Goolag Scan utility
How Does OpenDNS New Competition Stack Up?
February 14th, 2008 · Comments Off
If you’ve considered a free DNS service for your client resolving needs, there is more than one game in town, now. DNS Advantage, a NeuStar, Inc. service, has just come online. Should you think about switching away from OpenDNS? Should OpenDNS be worried?