Updated Security Tools - Ephedra Free

1) Nmap v4.0 was released over at Insecure.org today.

The changelog reports one change from v3.9999 -

• Added the '?' command to the runtime interaction system. It prints a list of accepted commands. Thanks to Andrew Lutomirski (luto(a)myrealbox.com) for the patch.

2) The password cracker known by all as John the Ripper was updated to v1.7 recently. Claims of significant performance increases are along improvements in the changelog.

3) The brute-force login hacker, Hydra, was updated to v5.2 on Jan 27th. It includes fixes for the SSH2 module and a new "VMWare-Auth" module. That should be interesting to test.

4) Cain & Abel was updated to v2.8.4 on Jan 19th as well. New features include:

• Rainbowcrack-Online client - The client has been developed in collaboration with Rainbowcrack-Online team. Cain can now interact with the outstanding power of this on-line cracking service based on RainbowTable technology. The service is not free and you need a valid account to use this feature, please check current rates on their site. The communication between Cain and the web site is SSL enabled to ensure privacy of transmitted information.
• Oracle Password Cracker (Dictionary and Brute-Force Attacks).
• Oracle Password Extractor via ODBC.
• MySQL Password Extractor via ODBC.