Archive for December, 2006

Dec 19 2006

Comcast HSI Abuse

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A few weeks ago I recieved a voice message from someone claiming to be from the Comcast High Speed Internet Security Assurance Center. The message didn’t leave any details expect the call back number, 856-324-2025. I wondered why the security group was calling me, and why they didn’t have a toll free number. 856 is […]

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Dec 17 2006

Nessus Tools

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I wrote two scripts to help parse through nessus results from a penetration test or vulnerability assessment. The first is to convert a nbe file to an sqlite database called nbe2sql. The second script takes the sqlite database and outputs all IPs with TCP and UDP ports open, in a csv format to help on […]

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Dec 12 2006

Long Distance Tax Amendment - Get $30 from the IRS

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The Internal Revenue Service is returning $30-$60 to each person/household that paid for long distance phone service between March of 2003 and July of 2006. The amount you get back is based on your exemptions. $30 for one exemption, $40 for two, $50 for three, and $60 for four or more. The easiest is taking […]

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Dec 07 2006

Bin Toolkit: November/December updates

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Sorry that I didn’t post an update in November, my travel schedule got a bit crazy and I didn’t have time gather new tools. Here is a list of the November and December updates for my bin toolkit:
Internet:

Network Calculator - WildPackets’ subnet, hexpert and latency calculator.

Multimedia:

ImgBurn 2.1.0.0 - CD/DVD burning tool - Now supports creating […]

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Dec 04 2006

Interesting Cab Ride to Newark Airport

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I’m back home, and I have a crazy cab ride experience to tell you all about. My flight was at 6:10am, so I get a cab for 5am. He didn’t show up until 5:15, but that was still in decent shape since it only takes 15-20 minutes to get to the airport. We hop onto […]

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Dec 02 2006

Bad Travel Day

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I am in New Jersey right now, and somewhat rested from yesterday’s flight fun. There was weather problems all over the middle and eastern states, so I guess I should be thankful that I actually arrived to my destination and wasn’t diverted somewhere else. My flight boarded an hour late, and while in the air, […]

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