Obfuscated 4chan.gif/Invasion.gif/SYS.JSE Decoded and Removal

t of encoding it was using, and folks pointed me to the post at the SAN Internet Storm Center:
But that had few detail on how the encoding was done. Byte_Bucket from Pauldotcom pointed me at a tool called “Windows Script Encoder” from Microsoft that seems to be what was used. After doing some checking, the encoded part of the JSE starts with #@~^ , which is also what the MS tool creates.

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Tracking users, malware and data leaks via the USB serial numbers on flash drives, smart phones and MP3 players

 I don’t write on the forensics side of security much, but I thought this was an interesting topic that I’d not seen covered much before. While I was doing my research on USB hardware key loggers I learned quite a bit about USB devices that I did not know before. Besides Vendor IDs and Product IDs, some devices also have a serial number associated with them.

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Hacking and Pen-Testing With The Nokia 770/800/810 Notes

   The n770 and n800 are Linux based mobile devices from Nokia that are designed for portable web surfing, Internet Tablets as Nokia calls them. The platform for these devices is know as Maemo and since it’s Linux based many hackers have extended its functionality greatly. Since both models have built in WiFi and Bluetooth, and the older 770 model has come down in price ($130 when I got mine),

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