Tools of the Trade - Glider Version

(I just created this Animated GIF in Photoshop CS2)

On to the tools...

On Nov 27th, Adam Laurie released RFIDIOt v0.1r. RFIDIOt is a python library for exploring RFID devices. It currently drives a couple of RFID readers made by ACG, called the HF Dual ISO and the LFX. Includes sample programs to read/write tags and the beginnings of library routines to handle the data structures of specific tags like MIFARE(r).

On Nov 27th, Nmap 4.2.3 RC3 was released. Check the changelog for the details.

On Nov 26th, Filezilla 3.0.4 was released. Changes include the following:

• Implement FTP Proxy support. Note that using a properly configured NAT router is recommended instead
• Implement FTP keep alive for those connecting to improperly configured servers
• Fix crashes if deletig files in directories with more than 200 entries
• Compatility improvements with VMS and z/VM servers
• Now requires GnuTLS 2.0.4 which fixes a problem with servers using compression
• Changing list of ascii files or increasing number of concurrent transfers had no effect until restart of FileZilla

On Nov 26th, CCleaner v2.03 was released. Check out the version history for al the details.

On Nov 26th, Mozilla release Firefox 2.0.0.10. This release fixed three security issues. Mozilla also recently released Firefox 3.0 Beta 1 for Windows. The Firefox 3.0 Beta 1 release is not recommend for anyone but developers and testers. I installed it for an upcoming article for TechTarget and I did run some freezing and page compatibility issues.

On Nov 24th, Pidgin 2.3.0 was released. Pidgin (formerly Gaim) is a multi-protocol Instant Messaging client that allows you to use all of your IM accounts at once. Check out the changelog for all the details.

On Nov 16th, Xavier Roche released HTTrack Website Copier for Windows 3.42. HTTrack is a free (GPL, libre/free software) and easy-to-use offline browser utility. It allows you to download a World Wide Web site from the Internet to a local directory, building recursively all directories, getting HTML, images, and other files from the server to your computer.

On Nov 7th, SIPVicious 0.2.1 was released. SIPVicious tools address the need for traditional security tools to be ported to SIP. This package consists of a SIP scanner, a SIP wardialer, and a SIP PBX cracker. Written in Python.

In other news....Do you believe in Evolution?

Well, you should because it has been renamed "Maltego" and a GUI beta is expected at the end of this week. Hopefully with the TAS discovery specification fully implemented. This will allow you to write your own Transforms and discovery all types of hidden information from the interweb.

In addition, it looks like Cain & Abel v4.9.8 slipped out on Oct 26th. New features include the following:

• Added support for new AES-128bit Keyfobs in RSA SecurID Token Calculator.Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Password Extractor via ODBC.
• Fixed a bug in Internet Explorer 7 AutoComplete password decoder.
• Default HTTP users and passwords fields updated.
• Automatic recognition of AirPcap TX capability based on channels.