Saturday, May 3rd, 2008
Google Adwords account holders are being targeted by criminals out to trick them into handing over credit card information using a clever URL spoof that has gained popularity in recent weeks.
On the face of it, the scam follows a traditional attack route involving the sending of spam e-mail to random ...
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Thursday, May 1st, 2008
I am pretty sure that there are a number of you out there reading this blog over a wireless network. Given that wireless is so widely distributed these days, its not uncommon that users are unaware of how insecure their wireless setup maybe.
Unfortunately one other reality is that a number ...
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Monday, April 28th, 2008
Wireless networking technologies are a rich playground for hackers -- both ethical penetration testers and malicious attackers. There are many avenues of attack, ranging from attacking the infrastructure, the clients, or the actual traffic through man-in-the-middle sniffing and manipulation. Rich Mogull covered the wireless “Evil Twin” attack in his recent ...
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Thursday, April 17th, 2008
PayPal says allowing customers to make financial transactions on unsafe browsers "is equal to a car manufacturer allowing drivers to buy one of their vehicles without seat belts."
PayPal, one of the brands most spoofed in phishing attacks, is working on a plan to block its users from making transactions from ...
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Saturday, March 29th, 2008
I found a great write-up over at SANS that goes over session hijacking in amazing detail. Click the link below to read the full 49-page white paper.
Session Hijacking in Windows Networks
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