How to securely erase the hard disk in Linux



How to securely erase the hard disk before selling ones computer There are times when the news sites are abuzz with sensational news items. I am speaking of those news items which tempts one to pitch in and have his/her say come what may. And the news of someone who bought a laptop on ebay [...]

How Much File Sharing Traffic Travels the Net?



How much of the traffic on the internet is peer-to-peer file trading? Everyone seems to agree it represents a lot of the traffic, but the truth is no one knows (with the possible exception of the ISPs and backbone providers in the middle, and they aren’t telling or sharing raw data).read more | digg story [...]

Windows 7 Features Demo



var digg_url = “http://digg.com/microsoft/Windows_7_Features_Demo”; Demo of the upcoming Windows 7 with new features and applications.

Tech Segment: Probe, Exploit, and Crack for Free – Pauldotcom.com



Episode106 – PaulDotCom Security Weekly Tech Segment: Probe, Exploit, and Crack for Free On my Linux box (could be OS X, but I got errors when I ran nessuscmd under OS X, Ron will be emailing me as soon as he listens to the show I run the nessuscmd, tell it to OS fingerprint with [...]

Microsoft device helps police pluck evidence from cyberscene



Microsoft has developed a small plug-in device that investigators can use to quickly extract forensic data from computers that may have been used in crimes. “This is cool but also sucks” The COFEE, which stands for Computer Online Forensic Evidence Extractor, is a USB “thumb drive” that was quietly distributed to a handful of law-enforcement [...]