Recently I conducted an informal survey among my friends. Basically, I wanted to determine if Tomatoes were evil or good. Simple right? Well, it seem the majority of my friends think Tomatoes are good....but I have to disagree.
What is a tomato? The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is a plant in the Solanaceae or nightshade family, as are its close cousins tobacco, chili peppers, potato, and eggplant. Sounds harmless right? Well, think again.
Tomatoes, like all nightshade plants, contain the glycoalkaloid poison, Solanine. Solanine is very toxic even in small quantities. Solanine has both fungicidal and pesticidal properties, and it is one of the plant's natural defenses.
According to the Zombie Survival Guide, zombie outbreaks are caused by a virus known as "Solanum". It is said to be neither water-borne nor airborne; the only means by which to become infected is through direct fluid contact, in which case the virus is 100% communicable with a 100% mortality rate. Random coincidence? I think not!
On to the tools..
--------------------------------------
On Dec 29th, Innotek released VirtualBox 1.5.4. VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, it is now the only professional-quality virtualization solution that is also Open Source Software. Check the changelog for all the details.
On Dec 28th, Paint.NET 3.22 Beta was released. Check the roadmap for the changes.
On Dec 28th, Wine 0.9.52 was released. Wine is an Open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of X, OpenGL, and Unix. Check the announcement for the change details.
On Dec 27th, Bastian Ballmann released Bluediving 0.9. Bluediving is a bluetooth penetration testing suit which implements attacks like Bluebug, BlueSnarf, BlueSnarf++, BlueSmack and has features such as Bluetooth address spoofing, an AT and a RFCOMM socket shell and a L2CAP packetgenerator.
On Dec 23rd, PDF Creator 0.9.5 was released. PDFCreator easily creates PDFs from any Windows program. Use it like a printer in Word, StarCalc or any other Windows application. Check the release announcement for all the details.
On Dec 21st, Real Alternative 1.75 was released. Real Alternative will allow you to play RealMedia files without having to install RealPlayer. All RealMedia formats (.ra .rm .rmvb .ram .rpm .rv .rp .rt .rnx .smi .smil etc.) are supported, including streaming content and RealMedia content that is embedded in webpages.
On Dec 21st, Nmap 3.51 Beta was released. Check the changelog for all the details.
On Dec 20th, Winamp 5.51 was released. Nullsoft Winamp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity media player for Windows. Winamp supports playback of many audio (MP3, OGG, AAC, WAV, MOD, XM, S3M, IT, MIDI, etc.) and video types (AVI, ASF, MPEG, NSV). Check the version history for all the details.
On Dec 20th, GnuPG 2.0.8 & 1.4.8 were released. The GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG) is GNU's tool for secure communication and data storage. It is a complete and free replacement of PGP and can be used to encrypt data and to create digital signatures. It includes an advanced key management facility, samrtcard support and is compliant with the OpenPGP Internet standard as described by RFC-4880 (the recently released update of RFC-2440).
On Dec 14th, The guys over at Remote-Exploit released Backtrack 3 Beta. BackTrack is the most Top rated linux live distribution focused on penetration testing. With no installation whatsoever, the analysis platform is started directly from the CD-Rom and is fully accessible within minutes. Happy Belated Birthday to muts.
What is a tomato? The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is a plant in the Solanaceae or nightshade family, as are its close cousins tobacco, chili peppers, potato, and eggplant. Sounds harmless right? Well, think again.
Tomatoes, like all nightshade plants, contain the glycoalkaloid poison, Solanine. Solanine is very toxic even in small quantities. Solanine has both fungicidal and pesticidal properties, and it is one of the plant's natural defenses.
According to the Zombie Survival Guide, zombie outbreaks are caused by a virus known as "Solanum". It is said to be neither water-borne nor airborne; the only means by which to become infected is through direct fluid contact, in which case the virus is 100% communicable with a 100% mortality rate. Random coincidence? I think not!
On to the tools..
--------------------------------------
On Dec 29th, Innotek released VirtualBox 1.5.4. VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, it is now the only professional-quality virtualization solution that is also Open Source Software. Check the changelog for all the details.
On Dec 28th, Paint.NET 3.22 Beta was released. Check the roadmap for the changes.
On Dec 28th, Wine 0.9.52 was released. Wine is an Open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of X, OpenGL, and Unix. Check the announcement for the change details.
On Dec 27th, Bastian Ballmann released Bluediving 0.9. Bluediving is a bluetooth penetration testing suit which implements attacks like Bluebug, BlueSnarf, BlueSnarf++, BlueSmack and has features such as Bluetooth address spoofing, an AT and a RFCOMM socket shell and a L2CAP packetgenerator.
On Dec 23rd, PDF Creator 0.9.5 was released. PDFCreator easily creates PDFs from any Windows program. Use it like a printer in Word, StarCalc or any other Windows application. Check the release announcement for all the details.
On Dec 21st, Real Alternative 1.75 was released. Real Alternative will allow you to play RealMedia files without having to install RealPlayer. All RealMedia formats (.ra .rm .rmvb .ram .rpm .rv .rp .rt .rnx .smi .smil etc.) are supported, including streaming content and RealMedia content that is embedded in webpages.
On Dec 21st, Nmap 3.51 Beta was released. Check the changelog for all the details.
On Dec 20th, Winamp 5.51 was released. Nullsoft Winamp is a fast, flexible, high-fidelity media player for Windows. Winamp supports playback of many audio (MP3, OGG, AAC, WAV, MOD, XM, S3M, IT, MIDI, etc.) and video types (AVI, ASF, MPEG, NSV). Check the version history for all the details.
On Dec 20th, GnuPG 2.0.8 & 1.4.8 were released. The GNU Privacy Guard (GnuPG) is GNU's tool for secure communication and data storage. It is a complete and free replacement of PGP and can be used to encrypt data and to create digital signatures. It includes an advanced key management facility, samrtcard support and is compliant with the OpenPGP Internet standard as described by RFC-4880 (the recently released update of RFC-2440).
On Dec 14th, The guys over at Remote-Exploit released Backtrack 3 Beta. BackTrack is the most Top rated linux live distribution focused on penetration testing. With no installation whatsoever, the analysis platform is started directly from the CD-Rom and is fully accessible within minutes. Happy Belated Birthday to muts.
On Dec 11th, Nikto 2.1 was released. Nikto is an perl-based Open Source (GPL) web server scanner which performs comprehensive tests against web servers for multiple items, including over 3500 potentially dangerous files/CGIs, versions on over 900 servers, and version specific problems on over 250 servers.
No comments:
Post a Comment