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Re:NBC sites were hacked on Sunday November 04, 2012 @01:52PM (#4740576)
do you guys know if the diskusjon site is hosting the blackhole exploit kit? I'm just curious
Re:Ask HN: What is the best way to start a social networking site? on Saturday September 01, 2012 @03:32PM (#4464824)
My idea is a social network for competitive gamers. The way I imagine it is sort of like a linkedin for pro-gamers. If the social graph API's allow me to build something like that I would be more than happy to use them. Do you think those API's would help in building something like what I described?
Re:Ask HN: What is the best way to start a social networking site? on Saturday September 01, 2012 @01:37PM (#4464436)
Let me clarify, should I start from scratch or is there some sort of framework that I could use?
I recently heard of GymPact, they seem to be doing something similar.
Re:Ask HN:Is this a good idea for a security startup? on Saturday July 28, 2012 @04:41AM (#4305087)
Thanks for the input, I'm in the process of writing several tools to help me automate some of the recon work. I think there are many security consultants who would rather pay a fee and save themselves a couple of days doing recon work. I know I would.

Ask HN:Is this a good idea for a security startup?

I was wondering if this would be a good idea for a security startup, let me know what you guys think. The idea is a company that does passive reconnaissance for penetration testing companies. Basically penetration testing firms would hire us to the the leg work for their external pen tests, this would include passive and semi passive reconnaissance for their targets. The idea came to me...

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