Content Tagged ‘vulnerability’

Book review: Ninja Hacking – unconventional penetration testing tactics and techniques

October 25, 2011 - Senior Threat Researcher Paul Baccas reviews the book "Hacking Ninja: Unconventional penetration testing tactics and techniques". Read more

Targeted malware attack shows how Fast Fingerprinting works

October 24, 2011 - Technology is helping anti-virus researchers detect malicious Microsoft Office files, by examining if they fail to confirm to the OLE2 file format specification. Read more

Lolita City, and other alleged child porn websites, attacked by Anonymous

October 24, 2011 - The hacktivist collective Anonymous has declared war on internet paedophiles, attacking websites it accuses of carrying child abuse images and videos, and declaring that anyone who hosts, promotes or supports child pornography is a target. (continue reading...) Read more

LG hacked – website defaced to show simulated intrusion

October 24, 2011 - One of the websites belonging to global electronics giant LG has been hacked by a collective calling itself the Intra Web Security Exploit Team. Watch a video of what the attackers did. And learn how to avoid ending up in this (continue reading...) Read more

Hacker’s phone call to Boston Police saying he defaced their website.. because he was bored

October 23, 2011 - An AntiSec hacker tells police in a phone call that boredom drove him to hack their website. Listen for yourself to the call. Read more

iOS 5 introduces security challenges and flaws

October 21, 2011 - A week after the release of iOS 5 several flaws and vulnerabilities that could affect your data security have been found. Unauthorized calls, Smart Cover unlocks and media access are all possible with system defaults. (continue reading...) Read more

The state of cyber security – Join Sophos and the NCSA in Washington DC

October 21, 2011 - Sophos and the NCSA are holding an event in Washington DC October 27th, 2011 to help spread the word about National Cyber Security Awareness Month. Join us for a cocktail reception and panel featuring Michael Kaiser, Rob Strayer and Chester (continue reading...) Read more

Security 101: Vulnerabilities, Part 2

October 19, 2011 - In my last post we discussed the most dangerous kind of vulnerabilities that we classify at McAfee Labs: remote code execution and denial of service. Today, we’ll talk about vulnerabilities that are not so dangerous, those we classify as (continue reading...) Read more

Researcher who found security flaw threatened by firm he was trying to help

October 19, 2011 - When security researcher Patrick Webster recently alerted his investment fund company of a glaring security lapse, he was thanked with a legal threat and notice that he just might be billed for the security fix. (continue reading...) Read more

Duqu, son of Stuxnet raises questions of origin and intent

October 18, 2011 - Reports have emerged suggesting a new piece of malware derived from Stuxnet has been reused to perform information gathering. Find out what we know and the links to the infamous Stuxnet worm. (continue reading...) Read more

UK will make cyberwarfare strikes, says Foreign Secretary William Hague

October 18, 2011 - Britain is prepared to use the internet to strike computer attackers and enemy nations who launch cyberwarfare attacks on the UK's infrastructure and businesses. Foreign Secretary William Hague takes his gloves off, and talks cyberwarfare with the tabloid press. (continue reading...) Read more

LulzSec suspect pleads not guilty to Sony Pictures website hack

October 18, 2011 - Cody Kretsinger, 23, suspected of being a member of the LulzSec hacking gang, has pleaded not guilty to a high profile attack on the Sony Pictures website. Read more

US considered cyberwarfare in attacks on Gaddafi’s Libya

October 17, 2011 - The New York Times reported today that US military officials considered using cyber weapons to aid in the attacks on Libya earlier this year. Officials allegedly reconsidered concerned about setting a dangerous precedent. (continue reading...) Read more

SSCC 75 – VB 2011, Apple updates, Microsoft Patch Tuesday and German R2D2 Trojan

October 15, 2011 - John Shier joined Chet this week as they discussed the death of UNIX and C co-creator Dennis Ritchie, the Virus Bulletin 2011 conference, Apple's release of iOS 5 and OS X 10.7.2, Microsoft Patch Tuesday, and the German R2D2 Trojan. (continue reading...) Read more

Apple releases OS X 10.7.2 and iOS 5 with enormous security patch

October 12, 2011 - A comprehensive look at the security updates in iOS 5 and OS X Lion 10.7.2. In addition to new features for iOS users, many critical fixes are present. Read more

iTunes 10.5 released to fix 79 vulnerabilties on Windows, OS X to follow

October 11, 2011 - Apple released iTunes 10.5 today to fix 79 vulnerabilities for Windows users and introduce support for iCloud, wireless syncing and iOS 5 compatibility. Read more

Patch Tuesday October 2011 – 8 bulletins, 2 critical

October 11, 2011 - Microsoft's Patch Tuesday bulletin for October 2011 covers 23 vulnerabilities in 8 patches. Affected software includes all supported versions of Windows, Internet Explorer, .NET, Silverlight and more. Read more

Security firm RSA blames nation state for attack on its servers

October 11, 2011 - RSA has revealed that it believes two groups, working on behalf of a single nation state, hacked into its servers and stole information related to the company's SecurID two-factor authentication products. But for some reason it's declining to say which country.. (continue reading...) Read more

London Olympic Games to simulate cyber-attacks

October 11, 2011 - The London 2012 Olympic Games will open in nine months time, and - away from the glories anticipated on the track and field - consideration is being made about how to defend the world's leading sporting event from cyber-attack. (continue reading...) Read more

Nimda, Lion hole, scam bust, dot CZ dot CC and RIP Steve – 60 Sec Security

October 8, 2011 - Enjoy the latest security news in brief by watching 60 Second Security! This episode: learning from the 10-year-old Nimda virus, finding a password hole in Lion, taking down support scammers and the dot CZ dot CC domain, and farewelling Steve Jobs. (continue reading...) Read more

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