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List of Web application scanners

stevegoldsby — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:23:31 +0000

Well rounded list of commercial and free scanners over at http://projects.webappsec.org/Web-Application-Security-Scanner-List

Protect .NET assemblies against reverse-engineering and recompilation

stevegoldsby — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:41:00 +0000

02.07.2009 Decompilation Injection – Maty Siman, CISSP
Press Release (PR) Press Release (PR)

Checkmarx Research Labs present a novel way to protect .NET assemblies against reverse-engineering and recompilation. By injecting them with commands that are activated only at the recompilation stage, the application retroactively detects the reverse-engineering process and acts upon it.

http://checkmarx.com/NewsDetails.aspx?id=18&cat=3

The Anonymity Experiment

stevegoldsby — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:12:00 +0000

Great article over at PopSci on the illusion of anonymity. During a week of attempting to cloak every aspect of daily life, our correspondent found that in an information age, leaving no trace is nearly impossible. Lots of detail on the trials and tribulations encountered during the one-week experiment. http://www.popsci.com/scitech/article/2008-02/anonymity-experiment