Open Source Wi-Fi Scanning software

Came across this very cool open source wi-fi scanning software called inSSIDer

You can

– Inspect your Wi-Fi and surrounding networks
– Scan and filter hundreds of nearby access points
– Troubleshoot competing access points and clogged Wi-Fi channels
– Highlight access points for areas with high Wi-Fi concentration
– Track the strength of received signals in dBm over time
– Sort results by MAC Address, SSID, Channel, RSSI, Time Last Seen
– Export Wi-Fi and GPS data to a KML file in Google Earth

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See what your web browser is actually doing using Fireshark

Fireshark is a free browser plugin that captures web traffic from the core of your web browser, exposing inbound and outbound network and internal process events for post-process analysis. It is supported in Firefox.

Main use:

Mass Injection Analysis
Redirection Chaining
Deobfuscation Analysis
Content Profiling

ref. http://fireshark.org/

Free Malware Validation and Analysis Tool Virus Total

If you suspect your machine has a suspicious malware file or you receive a suspicious email attachment, you can validate this file against a free tool called virus total before opening it for analysis.

Available at www.virustotal.com you also have the option to upload the file or just enter the md5 value of the file. It will scan its database for virus, worms and malware information to validate it against at least 41 different anti virus applications.

Example: If you either upload the file or enter the files md5 value at www.virustotal.com/search.html

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Blacksheep a counter measure firefox plugin to detect Firesheep

Zscaler researchers have created, and are now offering to every consumer, a free Firefox plugin called BlackSheep, which serves as a counter-measure. BlackSheep combats Firesheep by monitoring traffic and then alerting users if Firesheep is being used on the network. BlackSheep does this by dropping ‘fake’ session ID information on the wire and then monitors traffic to see if it has been hijacked.

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