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  • Encryption
  • Linux
  • Network Security
  • Performance
  • Privacy
  • Windows

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Recent Posts

  • TrueCrypt Container Sizing for Optical Media
  • TrueCrypt 7.1a Released
  • A Look at the Performance Impact of Hardware-Accelerated AES
  • TrueCrypt 7.1 Released
  • TrueCrypt 7.0a Released
  • TrueCrypt 7.0 Released, Supports Hardware-Accelerated AES
  • Network Attackers: Where In The World 3
  • Cyberwarfare Rages, Guess Where
  • TrueCrypt 6.3a Released
  • TrueCrypt 6.3 Released

End user security tools

  • Password Safe, a password management application
  • Spybot S&D, the premier spyware scanner
  • Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, another scanner similar to Spybot
  • Avast, a decent free antivirus
  • Microsoft Security Essentials, free antivirus of choice if you can pass WGA
  • MVPS Hosts File, browser privacy and ad blocking blacklist
  • Java Runtime, keep it updated
  • TrueCrypt, disk encryption software
  • CCleaner, a system optimization and privacy tool

Security professional tools

  • MBSA, windows security assessment tool
  • DBAN, a secure disk wipe utility
  • NetStumbler, a Wi-Fi network scanner
  • Foundstone, network security and penetration testing tools
  • Openwall Project, password security and cracking tools
  • NirSoft, password recovery and many other windows oriented utilities
  • Insecure.org, nmap port scanner and other network security tools
  • BackTrack, penetration testing linux distribution

System build tools

  • GParted Live CD, a free, powerful partition editor
  • nLite, windows installation cd slipstream and deployment customization
  • BartPE Live CD, a windows system recovery environment
  • Ubuntu, the preeminent linux distribution

Performance tools

  • Process Explorer, an improved Task Manager utility
  • HD Tune, hard disk drive benchmark and health monitor
  • PassMark DiskCheckup, another disk performance and health monitor
  • CPU-Z, a processor, chipset and memory diagnostic

Resources

  • Ars Technica, a technology trends blog
  • Anandtech, hardware review blog
  • DSLReports hosts a public general security help forum
  • SANS, information security awareness
  • CERT, network security situational awareness and response
  • CVE, vulnerabilities and exposures database
  • Secunia, vulnerability intelligence
  • EFF Deeplinks, free speech, privacy, tech public interest
  • NSA Information Assurance, big gov white hats
  • neworder.box.sk, black hats
  • /dev/ttys0, embedded hardware hacking

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