Security incidents at an all-time high
The Computer Security Institute (CSI) pre-released selected findings from its 2009 Computer Crime and Security Survey. The survey, now in its 14th year, found that average …
Wall Street Journal website vulnerable to SQL injection
A Romanian security researcher that goes by the handle “Unu” has made public his latest conquest. He managed to gain access to databases of the The Wall Street …
Facebook privacy changes
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg addressed Facebook users via an open letter today, and announced a few changes aimed at improving the privacy settings and allow users more …
Security concerns hinder cloud computing adoption
Concerns about the security of cloud computing environments top the list of reasons for firms not being interested in the pay-per-use hosting model of virtual servers, …
Internet worms record rapid global growth
Major security developments in 2009 included Conficker, the most damaging networking worm for years. Conficker spread fast in computers using the Windows XP operating system …
Most dangerous web domains
Africa’s Cameroon (.cm) has overthrown Hong Kong (.hk) as the Web’s riskiest domain, according to McAfee’s third annual Mapping the Mal Web report, released …
Spam ring leader fined $16 million
Lance Atkinson, the Australia-based New Zealander that has been found guilty of organizing a spam ring along with American accomplice Jody Smith, has been fined with more that …
Freeware version of GFI EndPointSecurity
Endpoint security threats are constantly evolving and critical data is lost due to non-existent or ineffective security practices. The proliferation of high capacity thumb …
Break Microsoft BitLocker encryption
Passware created the first commercially available software to break Microsoft BitLocker hard drive encryption. BitLocker is an advanced, full-disk protection feature available …
FreeBSD bug grants root access to unprivileged users
A FreeBSD exploit that grants OS root access to unprivileged users was published yesterday on the Full Disclosure mailing list by Nikolaos Rangos, a German researcher that has …
Scam victim psychology: What makes you vulnerable?
“Understanding scam victims: seven principles for systems security” is a paper by Frank Stajano, an associate professor with the Computer Laboratory of the …
DNS rebinding exploit how to
The DNS rebinding exploit has caused much confusion. In this video, Robert “RSnake” Hansen explains how hackers can take advantage of this attack and why the …
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