Capture-HPC v2.1 enables investigation of client-side computer attacks

["Ralph K. Logan Jr." <ralph.logan () thelogangroup biz>]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE





Capture-HPC  v2.1 enables investigation of client-side computer attacks


Wellington, New Zealand
Wednesday, March 26, 2008


The Honeynet Project (http://www.honeynet.org) and School of  
Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science at Victoria University of  
Wellington (http://www.mcs.vuw.ac.nz/) are excited to announce the  
release of Capture-HPC v2.1. Capture-HPC is an innovative security  
product that is able to find and investigate the increasing problem of  
client-side computer attacks. This new software release increases the  
features and speeds performance allowing anyone to investigate a  
larger range and quantity of client-side computer attacks. Capture-HPC  
is freely available from our web site at:  https://projects.honeynet.org/capture-hpc/wiki 
. It is written and distributed under the GNU General Public License,  
v2.


Capture-HPC is a computer security product that allows anyone to:  
investigate client-side computer attacks; security researchers to find  
and study malicious servers; virus and malware researchers to collect  
malware pushed by malicious servers; network administrators to monitor  
their systems for client-side attacks; and web site operators to  
monitor their web sites for unauthorized modifications with client- 
side attack code.

With version 2.1, several new features were introduced:
500% increase in performance over the previous version. This enables  
security researchers with little resources to investigate client-side  
attacks in an automated fashion.
Increase in data being collected by the Capture-HPC system. Besides  
malware and unauthorized state changes, Capture-HPC now collects  
network traffic for all client/server interactions. In addition,  
Capture-HPC now reports statistics about the performance of the system  
allowing operators to monitor and tune the Capture-HPC system during  
operation.
Introduction of a client plug-in framework. This framework allows  
third-party developers to include client applications that are  
currently not supported by Capture-HPC. A Safari browser plug-in that  
makes use of this feature is provided with the 2.1 version of Capture- 
HPC adding support for this browser and demonstrating the capabilities  
of this framework. In addition, a wide range of browsers, office  
applications, and media players are supported by Capture-HPC.

Capture-HPC is freely available from our web site https://projects.honeynet.org/capture-hpc/wiki 
. It is written and distributed under the GNU General Public License,  
v2. A public mailing list is available at https://public.honeynet.org/mailman/listinfo/capture-hpcproviding 
 support and a forum to exchange configuration files, plug-ins,  
results, etc.


About The Honeynet Project
Founded in 1999, The Honeynet Project (http://www.honeynet.org) is an  
international, non-profit (501c3) research organization dedicated to  
improving the security of the Internet at no cost to the public. With  
chapters around the world, our volunteers are firmly committed to the  
ideals of Open Source. Our goal, simply put, is to make a difference.

About School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science at  
Victoria University of Wellington
School of Mathematics, Statistics and Computer Science at Victoria  
University of Wellington (http://www.mcs.vuw.ac.nz/) is one of New  
Zealand's leading centers of research in each of its teaching  
disciplines of mathematics, statistics, operations research and  
computer science. The School attracts large external research grants  
and provides a range of services to the broader community to enhance  
the application of mathematical, statistical and advanced information  
technology in New Zealand. We utilize the knowledge generated from  
this cutting-edge research to create challenging, interesting and  
practical courses.


Contact Information:
Ralph Logan, Chief Public Relations Officer, Honeynet Project,  
713-869-5162 or ralph.logan () honeynet org
Christian Seifert, PhD Candidate, New Zealand Honeynet Project Lead,  
+1-206-265-1944, Christian.Seifert () gmail com

Related links:
# http://www.honeynet.org
# http://blog.honeynet.org
# https://projects.honeynet.org/capture-hpc/wiki

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