Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 For the last decade, as wireless networks have grown in popularity, so has the number of hot spots around the globe.The leading online hot-spot directory, JiWire, lists 215,666 locations as of this writing. Those are just the ones people bother to report. Believe it or not, they're not all in ...
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Wednesday, July 16th, 2008 The Registry Editor will not allow you to navigate through HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SAM and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SECURITY hives. These hives are protected by the System Account and currently logged on user or member of Administrators Group do not have permissions to view them.To view the the registry entries under SAM or SECURITY hive, you ...
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 Reformed hacker-turned-security-consultant Kevin Mitnick served five years in federal prison for breaking into phone and software company networks. He talks about his past hacking exploits, computer security, and how he turned an illegal hobby into a useful career.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/148430/five_things_kevin_mitnick_knows_about_security.html
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Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 Ever wondered what name is behind some obscure gmail address? Maybe your preferred gmail address was taken and you’re wondering who took it?Here’s a cute vulnerability in the gmail system that comes from the strong tie-ins between gmail, the google calendar and all the other services.
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http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/1113
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Monday, July 14th, 2008 The exploit discovered by IOActive's Dan Kaminsky, takes advantage of a fundamental flaw in the DNS (Domain Name Server) protocol. Organizations should move quickly to patch vulnerable DNS servers against a flaw revealed last week. Dan Kaminsky said the bug can be exploited to redirect Internet traffic, but the problem ...
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