Just for kicks the other day I made a screen saver using .NET that reads RSS blog feeds and shows snippets from them while rotating through pictures you have set in a directory on your computer.
The downside I guess is that you need the .NET 2.0 framework if you don't have it already.
I'll post it shortly and let you check it out. You can keep tabs on a buddy's blog or keep tabs on your own blog.
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Monday, July 10, 2006
Of Blogger snarfs and hacks
I built the template for this blog from the Blogger login page. Don't worry it's not stealing anything... it could be, but that's beside the point. It's kinda fun for a different look. This nifty capability is just one of the things that makes Blogger.com a little less secure than say... the DOD.
If you are interested in the template I'll forward it to you if you can in return point me to some cool new template hack or interesting web site or if you can tell me of someone on the board who is being hacked I'll pass it along to the big guys upstairs.
Pop in a fake username and password in the login area at the top and voila... it's been snarfed.
I won't tell you about the other CSS's I found in Blogger. By the last report they had fixed two of the three. (Thanks to Chris at Google who is guru and a nice guy to boot!)
Cheers!
If you are interested in the template I'll forward it to you if you can in return point me to some cool new template hack or interesting web site or if you can tell me of someone on the board who is being hacked I'll pass it along to the big guys upstairs.
Pop in a fake username and password in the login area at the top and voila... it's been snarfed.
I won't tell you about the other CSS's I found in Blogger. By the last report they had fixed two of the three. (Thanks to Chris at Google who is guru and a nice guy to boot!)
Cheers!
Friday, July 07, 2006
And you thought it couldn't be done
I'm a computer security guy who's too busy for words. There are so many things happening right now as far as cool hacks out there. Of course I feel compelled to learn as many of them as possible.
Not long ago I reported a few issues to Google regarding Blogger.com. Some of the features that make the system really cool also make it easy to pilfer passwords and stuff so beware if you are on someone's blog and suddenly it asks you to sign in again. That's a sure sign that someone is trying to snarf your password.
I am working for a small company right now but I maintain a web site that has cool security shareware on it that I've written. There's something there for every web tinkerer from programs that let you test web sites without using a browser incase you're examining sites with active vulnerabilities on them. I've also got a program on there that stops about 70% of active hacks out there for IE and allows you to blacklist sites you don't care to ever be bothered by again like adverts / smam sites or sites you know are up to no good. There are also programs to help you snarf web content including text and screen shots. Anyway if you care... take a look and see what you can pick up there for free.
My site is: http://www.trustsecurityconsulting.com
Not long ago I reported a few issues to Google regarding Blogger.com. Some of the features that make the system really cool also make it easy to pilfer passwords and stuff so beware if you are on someone's blog and suddenly it asks you to sign in again. That's a sure sign that someone is trying to snarf your password.
I am working for a small company right now but I maintain a web site that has cool security shareware on it that I've written. There's something there for every web tinkerer from programs that let you test web sites without using a browser incase you're examining sites with active vulnerabilities on them. I've also got a program on there that stops about 70% of active hacks out there for IE and allows you to blacklist sites you don't care to ever be bothered by again like adverts / smam sites or sites you know are up to no good. There are also programs to help you snarf web content including text and screen shots. Anyway if you care... take a look and see what you can pick up there for free.
My site is: http://www.trustsecurityconsulting.com
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