The InfoSec Pager

What is it? 

It is Zone-H gift to the security community. It is a valuable tool for all the security professionals, administrators, simple ITsec enthusiasts.

How does it works?

It is a software client which keeps itself loaded in the taskbar. Every certain time (configurable) it connects to www.zone-h.org backend section and report all the latest  updates in the news, advisories and defacement sections. The client allows the user to look for the updates of some specific advisories (*nix, win* or general) or it looks for specific keyword occurrence in Zone-H contents. 

If the user clicks on one of the news, advisories or defacement reported by the InfoSec Pager, the client opens up Zone-H  related page in a browser window . This tool will help the ITSec professional to save a lot of time in getting the proper information, alerting only when it is present in our website thus reducing significantly the "surfing-for-news" time.

What options are available in the InfoSec Pager?

The user can choose to get updates related to:

- Security News

- *nix advisories

- win* advisories

- general advisories

- everything published on Zone-H including certain keywords; e.g. if the keyword is "Microsoft" the client will notify the user each time the word "Microsoft" is present in the news, defacements, advisories

- configurable polling time

I have a firewall/router... does it work without problems through them?

Absolutely

Does it requires a complicated installation?

Not at all. The InfoSec Pager comes in a zip package containing an .exe and a .ini file. Unzip them where you want (keep them together though) and launch the exe. There is no installation routine as well as no changes in the system registry.

How can I get rid of it, eventually?

Delete the .exe and the .ini. No unistall is required

What are the license terms of the  InfoSec Pager? 

InfoSec Pager runs under a freeware license. You can freely use it, you can freely distribute it (for non commercial purposes) . The ownership of the InfoSec Pager will still be in www.zone-h.org hand.

How much does it cost?

Zero. It's for free. Just cheer at us next time you'll be drinking a beer. 

What security threats are eventually introduced by the InfoSec Pager?

None. The InfoSec Pager connects every time to www.zone-h.org through port 80 and looks for 6  files contained in Zone-H backend section. Those files contain only the visor image, the news-text (which is shown in the pager) and the links to the related zone-h page. You can use a sniffer to test the dataflow between the InfoSec Pager and www.zone-h.org. 

Do you have a Linux version?

We are just coding it, it will be soon released

I am ready to download it what should I do ?

You can dowload our last version just clicking the link below:

Download InfoSec Pager