SSL DoS, Snort, and You
Upon hearing of the release of THC SSL DoS tool, we decided to download it and look at it in our lab. The idea was intriguing and we were curious to see it in action. If you are unfamiliar with the method utilized, the THC SSL DoS tool seeks to issue a Denial of Service (DoS) ag
MacDefender and its variants
MacDefender showed up on the radar last week, as the first fake Anti-Virus (AV) ScamWare for MacOSX. Currently, its distributed under a couple of different names (that all display the same functionality); MacDefender, MacProtector, and "Mac Security". In the Windows wor
(Successfully) Building Shared Object Rules (and Snort) under OpenBSD
Here at the VRT, we have been adding support for more platforms and operating systems for shared object rules in the VRT Certified rule packs. Recently we started work on building shared object rules for Snort under OpenBSD. We ran into problems. After careful investigation, I ha