Yeah the Hakme project isn’t dead, good things take time folks.  The garage is finally networked, and i’ll be getting stuff online this week.  Main priority is figuring out what to use for a firewall box.  I’m going to give a bunch of stuff a try, from pfSense to m0n0wall, and others.  Once I am confident that I can expose a server to be attacked without too much fear of someone breaking into my personal computers, things will start rolling a bit smoother.  Obviously I am not going to be able to protect against the most elite hackers out there, but hopefully they’ll have better fish to fry.

Rootkits

Checking up on packetstormsecurity.com today I see confirmation of what has been getting a lot of news lately — rootkits. According to pandasoftware (the vendor of the Panda antivirus/antispyware/etc products) there was a substantial increase in rootkits last year.

I believe we’re going to see that activity peak in the next year or two as techniques become more advanced for implementing them. In our SANS class this week some of us have traded ideas about how to implement and also defeat these things. I’ll probably touch more on this later next week.

CTF

I’m all geared up for our little “Capture the Flag” competition tomorrow. Read more »