Week 7 Reading Summary, Question, and recent Cyber Security News…
- Summarize one key point from each assigned reading…
Since 1995 “Netcat” from Hobbit is an excellent computer network utility used for testing firewalls, routers, and operating systems via TCP & UDP with in & out-bound connections thru any port. However one should obtain written authority to use on other network systems, and it is best used within test environments.
- Question to classmates (facilitates discussion) from assigned reading…
What is one way a hacker could hide Netcat on Windows OS?
*Answer is the following: a hacker could use port 80 (http Internet network traffic that is usually always open thru a firewall) between two systems.
- Identify, read, and post to our blog a current event article regarding ethical hacking & penetration testing (follow theme topic of the week, or other interesting related article)…
In the Cyber Security News lately (reported by eHackingNews.com back on 3/14/2012)…
Hacker Th3j35t3r (The Jester) may have broken into many smartphones using such technologies as QR codes, web browser vulnerabilities, Netcat (checking for Twitter accounts info [then sent back to other server]), etc…
http://www.ehackingnews.com/2012/03/hacker-th3j35t3r-threatens-to-expose.html
*NOTE: This MIS-5211 class blog posting for week #7 was not required (testing week) according to our instructor Mr. Mackey, but I posted anyway (since others did too.)
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