Monday, July 25, 2011

Burp Suite Free Edition v1.4 – Web Application Security Testing Tool

Burp Suite is an integrated platform for performing security testing of web applications. Its various tools work seamlessly together to support the entire testing process, from initial mapping and analysis of an application’s attack surface, through to finding and exploiting security vulnerabilities. Burp gives you full control, letting you combine advanced manual techniques with state-of-the-art automation, to make your work faster, more effective, and more fun. New Features The ability to compare site maps Functions to help with testing access controls using your browser Support for preset request macros Session handling rules to help you work with difficult situations In-browser rendering of responses from all Burp tools Auto recognition and rendering of character sets Support for...

Yahoo are willing to buy Hulu for a price tag of $2 Billion

  Yahoo would pay up to $2 billion to buy Web TV site Hulu from its current owners –  Disney, News Corporation, Comcast, and private equity firm Providence Equity Partners –  a source familiar with Yahoo's M&A plans tells us. But Yahoo's corporate development people will only bring that type of deal to the Yahoo board if only hulu will guarantee them with four or five years of exclusive access to current TV shows and older movies. According to Bloomberg report which was published yesterday  suggested Hulu's owners are only willing to offer Hulu's new owner five years of access, but only two years of...

US Police Got Access To Facebook Users’ Details

US federal agencies are receiving warrants for detailed access to people’s Facebook accounts without their knowledge. Reuters reported that within the last 3 years, federal judges have authorized at least 25 warrants to search people’s Facebook accounts to different agencies, including the FBI, DEA and ICE, during investigations ranging from arson to terrorism. Facebook provides the authorities with a detailed package of profile and photo data which isn’t even available to users themselves. Now, it seems that the police are getting so addicted to the amount of useful information they are able to receive from those profiles, that...