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Buffer Overflows

Buffer Overflow Overview Buffer overflows are the classic security vulnerability that have been around since the beginning of programming, and are still occurring everywhere today. Buffer overflows are very prevalent

[Crimeware] Researches and Reversing about Eleonore Exploit Pack

A very nice paper about eleonore exploit pack by Evilcry /*##############################################*/ Hi, Today we will see how works Eleonore Exploit Pack directly from an infected website. Essentially Eleonore Exploit Pack

What are the various features of snort?

Snort has the following features: * It detects threats, such as buffer overflows, stealth port scans, CGI attacks, SMB probes and NetBIOS queries, NMAP and other port scanners, well-known backdoors