Tuesday, September 18, 2007

Tools of the Trade - Freeworld Edition

As a consequence of the new German law on 'hacking tools', THC (The Hacker's Choice) decided to re-structure its team and split into a German and Freeworld division. German members will not continue to develop and distribute THC releases and papers. Members outside Germany will continue in the spirit of THC on some servers outside Europe.

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On to the tools...

On Sept 14th, QuickTime Alternative v1.90 was released. QuickTime Alternative allows your system to play QuickTime movie files (.mov) without having to install the full version of the Quicktime Player. It includes the browser plugins to allow seamless playback of movies within webpages. This release updates the included QuickTime components to version 7.2.0.240.

On Sept 13th, Shreyas Zare released Technitium MAC Address Changer v4.7. The list of features in this freeware Mac changer is very impressive. This tool will be added to my normal pen-test install, for sure.

On Sept 13th, Pidgin 2.2.0 was released. Pidgin is a multi-protocol Instant Messaging client that allows you to use all of your IM accounts at once. Check the changelog for all the details.

On Sept 12th, Nth Dimension released SSHatter v.0.3. SSHatter is a remote brute force utility that attempts every password from a given list against a target.

On Sept 11th, Real Alternative 1.60 was released. Real Alternative allows your system to play Real Media files (.ra .ram) without having to install the full version of RealPlayer.

On Sept 10th, Microsoft released Process Explorer v11.01.

On Sept 10th, CCleaner v2.00.500 was released. CCleaner is a freeware system optimization and privacy tool. It removes unused files from your system - allowing Windows to run faster and freeing up valuable hard disk space. It also cleans traces of your online activities such as your Internet history. See the complete version history for all the details.

On Sept 9th, Jason Ostorm released VoIP Hopper 0.9.0. VoIP Hopper is a GPLv3 licensed security tool, written in C, which rapidly runs a VLAN Hop into the Voice VLAN on specific Ethernet switches. VoIP Hopper does this by mimicking the behavior of an IP Phone.

On Sept 8th, FileZilla 3.0 was released. FileZilla is a fast and reliable FTP client and server with lots of useful features and an intuitive interface.

Google recently released Sketchup 6.0.1099. Google SketchUp (free) is an easy-to-learn 3D modeling program that enables you to explore the world in 3D. With just a few simple tools, you can create 3D models of houses, sheds, decks, home additions, woodworking projects - even space ships. And once you've built your models, you can place them in Google Earth, post them to the 3D Warehouse, or print hard copies.

OpenOffice v2.3 was released recently. Check the release notes for all the changes. This version includes a security fix as well.

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