TTC Shelbyville – Technical Blog

ExactFile is an excellent program to create a file integrity check.  Its features includes-

• A file integrity for-
  • Use it to make sure files copied to CD-ROM are bit-perfect copies,
  • Use it to make sure backups copied from one drive to another are just right,
  • Use it to make sure files haven’t been changed or damaged over time.
• Multi-threaded.
• Supports Unicode -
• Supports multiple checksum routines (hashes), like MD5, SHA1, CRC32, RIPEMD.
• Recursive directory scanning.
• Supports Large Files
• Compatible with popular file checksum digest formats.
• Supports XP, Vista, and 7.
• Graphic Interface
• Freeware

Do you have a computer that responds slow on the network or hesitates?  Follow these steps and you will see a significant difference. (Because we have not shown how to disable advanced settings in your network card, simply go to your device manager and double click on your network card – disable TCP offload and any advanced settings such as proxy and other settings that may make the card hesitate)

1. Remove any add-ins on your Browsers that you don’t need
2. Remove Toolbars
3. Adjust your MTU Settings
4. Adjust your Network Speed
5. Disable LLMNR
6. Disable all advanced settings on your card

Anonymous Claims Network Breach of FBI Security Contractor ManTech – Security 

Anonymous continued with its string of attacks designed to embarrass the FBI, this time claiming to have breached the network of ManTech International, the FBI’s cyber-security contractor…

10 Ways to Give Your System Administrators a Break – Security – News & Reviews – eWeek.com.

System administrators have a difficult job. They have to keep track of what users are doing, what applications are running and what information is leaving and coming into the corporate network. Despite repeated reminders, users click on links or open suspicious attachments requiring the administrators to intervene to contain the infection and clean up the mess. If employees, even if it’s the CEO, are uploading

A Stuxnet Comeback? – Dark Reading.

DHS officials warn of potential for son-of-Stuxnet aimed at U.S. critical infrastructure, but security experts say it won’t be quite the same

RiZoneSoft Complete Internet Repair repairs -

• Connection problems after removing viruses
• Registry problems with your internet connection
• DNS lookup problems
• Some DHCP errors (renewing or obtaining an IP address
• Most Windows Update Problems
• HTTPS problems

‘War Texting’ Attack Hacks Car Alarm System – Dark Reading.

Researcher will demonstrate at Black Hat USA next week how ‘horrifyingly’ easy it is to disarm a car alarm system and control other GSM and cell-connected devices…

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A new report from the National Security Council warns that international cybercrime has reached the upper echelon of threats of to the security of the United States and is responsible for as much as $1 billion in losses in just one year in the U.S…read more

U.S. Says Cybercrime a Major National Security Threat.

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NASA’s Skywatch finds satellites and the International Space Station and helps you to determine where you can see them using information you enter.

“The password for email accounts is stored into the SQLite DB which in turn stores it on the phone’s file system in plain text.Encrypting or at least transforming the password would be desirable.”… Read More

Android Passwords are stored in plain text on Disk ~ THN : The Hacker News.

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Microsoft has an excel spreadsheet that gives the group policy path and description for Server 2008/Windows 7 and Windows Server 2003.  Here’s the download for both spreadsheets.

RidNacs is a good program to see exactly what is using your hard drive space.  Freeware by SplashSoft.

Network administrators should perform penetration tests on their network to include their routers, firewalls, switches, wireless APs, wireless bridges, web servers and all critical nodes.  BackTrack is an excellent program to perform penetration tests and to evaluate the security of your network.

Security Analyst can dedicate a computer to BackTrack or remain productive and download the iso along with Oracle’s VirtualBox to use the program virtually.   (Licensing of VirtualBox)

Once VirtualBox is installed, the setup of BackTrack is Easy.

• Download BackTrack and copy the iso to a folder
• Open VirtualBox
• Click on Create
• Follow the Wizard setting up memory, hard drive and OS information
• Go to Settings
• Select System and move the CD/DVD Rom to top of the Boot Order
• Select Storage and set the attributes by selecting the ISO you downloaded
• Select Network and select Bridged along with Promiscuous mode
• Click OK
• Double click the machine you just created
• Once booted, you can elect to install BackTrack or continue to run it as is.

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Tutorials on BackTrack

AdapterWatch is a good program to monitor your network adapter.   This software program shows detailed statistics with dozens of features.   Visit NirSoft for more information.

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When working on computers, you often have a flashdrive with all of your utilities.  Portable applications are great because they don’t have to be installed (often many computers won’t let you install programs if they are unstable).  Mickey pointed out CCleaner Portable which allows you to clean your computer from your portable drive.

(Both 32bit and 64bit are inside the zipped package)

Students and individuals wishing to further their career and education can download Own Your Future: Update Your Skills with Resources and Career Ideas from Microsoft by Katherine Murray for free.

At the upcoming Black Hat Security conference in August, a researcher by the name of Charlie Miller plans to completely ruin a MacBook. The way he’s going to do it is the real story, though. Miller will demo a new attack that can be used to take control of the battery in Apple laptops.

Researcher to Demo Apple Hack That Destroys Batteries.

Oslo bombing – right now it seems to be infecting one user every second. The scam is a form of ‘clickjacking’ that replicates itself on users’ walls after they click on fake posts within their news feed.
Oslo bombing Facebook scams infecting 1 user per second.

Google’s Search by Voice is a neat feature that allows you to click on the microphone in the Google search box and use your voice to search Google.   Google’s Chrome browser is required.

Oracle Releases Another New Version of VirtualBox VDI – Virtualization – News & Reviews – eWeek.com.

Oracle’s VirtualBox 4.1 includes several new features, but the main one is a new virtual machine cloning facility, which adds a lot more functionality.