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Cult of the Dead Cow turns Google into a vulnerability scanner

February 26th, 2008 · Comments Off

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.

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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.

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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?

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