Opera 10.01 fixes severe security problems
Opera 10.01 is a recommended security and stability upgrade. Certain domain names can allow execution of arbitrary code Specially crafted domain names can cause a memory …
China raising a cyber army?
Coming as a confirmation of the assertions made in the report prepared by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, another independent report released by the …
Phishing trends according to the Anti-Phishing Working Group
The Anti-Phishing Working Group issued the results of a survey they conducted in the first half of 2009, in which they sifted through data they collected and some provided by …
Encrypted Disk Detector 1.1.0 released
Encrypted Disk Detector (EDD) is a command-line tool that checks the local physical drives on a system for TrueCrypt, PGP or Bitlocker encrypted volumes. If no disk encryption …
Facebook users targeted by password change scam
If you are one of the 300 million people who actively use Facebook, this warning is for you. A new spam campaign that targets users of the popular social network is under way, …
International co-operation vital as malware sources disperse
Attackers are spreading their operational bases further around the world. During October, malware levels remained high, but threats originating from the …
Firefox 3.5.4 fixes critical security issues
Mozilla released Firefox 3.5.4 that fixes several security issues. Crashes with evidence of memory corruption Mozilla developers and community members identified and fixed …
Password strength checking with passwdqc
passwdqc is a simple password strength checking module for PAM-aware password changing programs, such as passwd(1). In addition to checking regular passwords, it offers …
Gawker and Gizmodo visitors preyed on by malicious ads
It was only last month that the New York Times was tricked into featuring on their website a malvertisement that took over the visitors’ browser and tried to make them …
Serious cyber attacks on the horizon
A report prepared recently by James A. Lewis, of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, used the recent cyber attacks that targeted the US and South Korea as a …
Infrastructure fingerprinting via XSS
Yokoso! is an infrastructure fingerprinting system delivered via XSS attack. This project contains two different parts; the fingerprints and modules for the various browser …
Sourcefire iPhone application
A new free Sourcefire VRT iPhone application is available now from the App Store. This app features three real-time Sourcefire news feeds, including VRT Updates, VRT Top 10 …
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