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In a recent hack of irssi server, attacker modified the configure script which gave him shell access to any system that installed the backdoored irssi program. The same thing …

This paper discusses the hardware foundations of the cryptosystem employed by the Xbox video game console from Microsoft. A secret boot block overlay is buried within a system …

In support of its commitment to make the deployment and use of digital certificates easy for conducting secure and cost-effective e-business, RSA Security announced that its …

Title: OpenServer popper buffer overflow and denial of service Date: May 22 2002 Vendor: Caldera Vulnerable systems: OpenServer 5.0.5 and OpenServer 5.0.6 Full advisory: …

Cyclone is a safe dialect of C. It has been designed from the ground up to prevent the buffer overflows, format string attacks, and memory management errors that are common in …

I wonder if Microsoft applies the patches on their systems of their products. This question is always on my mind. I personally think that sufficient effort is not made on this …

A number of security companies send us their company press releases, which we republish in the press section of Help Net Security. This is an overview of interesting …

The password. It really gives you power doesn’t it? You’re the only one that has the “key” to the workstation or something else that has to be kept …

GFI is a worldwide supplier of security and communication tools for NT/2000 administrators. GFI’s security product range consists of MailSecurity email content checking …

VelociRaptor 1.5 is a popular firewall and VPN appliance. The new version now provides support for Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and new proxy functions to best secure …

A number of security companies send us their company press releases, which we republish in the press section of Help Net Security. This is an overview of interesting …

It seems today that Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) holes in popular web applications are being discovered and disclosed at an ever-increasing rate. Just glancing at the Bugtraq …