Author: Paul Vreeland

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Cloning fakeRAID is possible with the All in One – System Rescue Toolkit

As a tech, I have storage media just lying around and decided to upgrade my RAID-1 desktop.  This desktop is mainly used for entertainment and communication, so it is hardly critical.  I would have taken a different approach to client computers or my home server, but…I was in a hurry and made a few mistakes along the way.  Here is how I did it… Continue reading “Cloning fakeRAID is possible with the All in One – System Rescue Toolkit”

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Bitsquatting: DNS Hijacking without exploitation

Mind blown.  (Warning, extreme techie geek content is contained in this link.)

Bitsquatting refers to the registration of a domain names one bit different than a popular domain. The name comes from typosquatting: the act of registering domain names one key press different than a popular domain. Bitsquatting frequently resolved domain names makes it possible to exploit computer hardware errors via DNS. For more details on bitsquatting my research, please see my Blackhat 2011 whitepaper. Someone has posted a youtube video of my DEFCON 19 talk about this topic. The slides from my DEFCON 19 talk are also available.

Link: http://dinaburg.org/bitsquatting.html