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Gamja Vulnerability Tool Cross Site Scripting XSS

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XSS (Cross Site Scripting) is the #2 attack on the OWASP top 10. Gamja is a platform independent XSS (Cross Site Scripting) and SQL Injection Scanner written in perl. Gamja will find XSS(Cross site scripting) and SQL Injection weak point also URL parameter validation error. Just like other open source tools Gamja is no longer be updated by the author but it is still a good choice to use, because it is free and it based on perl scripting, so there is no limitation of Operating system. If you are using Unix like system like Linux or BSD or if you are using Windows based system, in both case your can run gamja because it needs a perl program. You can download Gamja from  http://sourceforge.net/projects/gamja/ After you have downloaded and extracted Gamja it is very simple to use. Open a Terminal and CD to the directory where you have extracted Gamja   Type gamja.pl and you will get some help on how to use Gamja. To run a simple vulnerability scan in Terminal type gamj...

CEH Exam Prep Clinic for Free

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Live Online CEH Exam Prep Clinic for Free   If you are studying for the EC-Council Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) get ready to boost your studies. LinkedIn Information Security Community, sponsored by the University of FairFax, is promoting a Certified Ethical Hacking (CEH) online click that you can take part entirely free, at no charge. This is an Exam Preparation Clinic taught by a leading CEH instructor and it's divided in two parts. You can register for this clinic for free on the following URLs: Session 1 : June 20, 2012 1:00-2:30pm ET URL:  http://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/5418/47637 Session 12: June 27, 2012 1:00-2:30pm ET URL:  http://www.brighttalk.com/webcast/5418/47639 The two valuable 1.5 hours sessions include a review of the six tasks and seven CEH knowledge doamins covered in the exam as well as a review of the sample exam questions. If you've been studying for the CEH exam, you'll want to attend both sessions of the CEH Exam Prep Clinic sp...

Hacker Malware May Affect Hundreds Of Thousands Of Internet Users In July

Unbeknownst to most, hundreds of thousands of people could lose access to the internet this summer. According to an article in the Daily Mail, the FBI has warned that internet users worldwide may lose access to the web in July after a massive hackers' advertising scam took control of a network of more than 570,000 computers. After July 9, infected users won't be able to connect to the Internet. The FBI is encouraging computer users to visit  www.dcwg.org , a website run by its security partner that contains information to see if your computer is infected. The website also offers a guide on how to fix the problem. In November last year the FBI began to take down a hacker ring that had been running an Internet ad scam on a massive network of infected computers. Tom Grasso, an FBI supervisory special agent, said: "We started to realize that we might have a little bit of a problem on our hands because … if we just pulled the plug on their criminal infrastructure and th...