Thursday, June 12th, 2008
Another new development in the malware arena, this new version of Zlob will actually log onto your router and change the DNS settings to hijack your traffic.
Pretty interesting approach and it will work because 99% of people won’t change the default password on their routers. Let’s face it, have you ...
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Monday, June 9th, 2008
Here is a list of new security tools that were released in the past week.
SQL Ninja 0.2.3 - SQL server injection and takeover tool
fgdump 2.1.0 - Tool for mass password auditing of windows systems
AxBan 1.0.0.4 - ActiveX killbit program
Nmap 4.65 - Network port scanner
Nessus 3.2.1 - Vulnerability assessment tool
Immunity Debugger ...
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Monday, June 9th, 2008
The number of interested parties eager to listen in on your online conversations, including what you type through instant messaging, has never been higher.
It's trivial to monitor unencrypted wireless networks and snatch IM passwords as they flow through the ether. Broadband providers and their business partners are enthusiastically peeking into ...
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Monday, June 2nd, 2008
If you own or work at a small to mid-sized business, and are presented with an error message about data synchronization or site maintenance when trying to access your company's bank account online, you might want to give the bank a call: A criminal group that specializes in deploying malicious ...
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Friday, May 30th, 2008
Students at the Ruhr University of Bochum, Germany, say they have found a way to steal security tokens in Microsoft's new CardSpace authentication framework. Attackers can apparently get access to protected, encrypted user data – such as passwords, credit card numbers, and delivery addresses – when they are transmitted. ...
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