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Black Hat: SecureWorks Offers Free Security Tools

Brian Prince writes on eWeek:

Researchers from SecureWorks have created two new tools to address security issues. They will be presenting the tools at the Black Hat convention, which runs July 28-Aug. 2 in Las Vegas.

The first tool, known as CaffeineMonkey, was developed by SecureWorks' Ben Feinstein and Daniel Peck. CaffeineMonkey helps IT pros detect Web sites hosting malicious JavaScript and uncover the ways hackers are trying to hide the malicious code.

Building on the work of several existing honey pots—Internet-attached servers meant to lure attackers in order to study how they hack into systems—the duo described the goal of their project as an attempt to further automate the collection of malicious software, with a particular focus on attacks using JavaScript for exploitation or obfuscation.

posted by Fergie @ 8/01/2007 05:21:00 PM