Sunday, March 16th, 2008
Monday, 9am
Blackjack, a hacker working from an internet cafe in London, is about to launch an attack on a major government agency. His aim is to cause maximum disruption and embarrassment. And, according to security experts, his job is going to be worryingly easy.
"Most organisations have dozens of vulnerabilities they ...
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Friday, March 14th, 2008
A security consultant based in New Zealand has released a tool that can unlock Windows computers in seconds without the need for a password.
Adam Boileau first demonstrated the hack, which affects Windows XP computers but has not yet been tested with Windows Vista, at a security conference in Sydney in ...
Posted in Linux, Networking, Privacy, Security, Windows | No Comments
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008
TrueCrypt is a software system for establishing and maintaining an on-the-fly-encrypted volume (data storage device). On-the-fly encryption means that data are automatically encrypted or decrypted right before they are loaded or saved, without any user intervention. No data stored on an encrypted volume can be read (decrypted) without using the ...
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Monday, March 10th, 2008
Microsoft's Password Checker does not collect, store, or transmit information beyond the computer that you use to access Password Checker. The image works on your computer desktop until you navigate away from the page.
The security of the passwords entered into Password Checker is similar to the security of the password ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Internet Explorer is also susceptible to the attack but is less likely to be tricked because it does a more thorough job in checking to see where a log-in form is coming from before it automatically submits password and user information.A flaw in Firefox allows you to steal user information ...
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