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Attack: An assault against a computer system or network as a result of deliberate, intelligent action; for example, denial of service attacks, penetration and sabotage. See attacker, attack vector, brute...; Full Attack Definition >>

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Microsoft joins 'patch DNS now' chant; Apple patch missing: On the heels of the release of weaponized exploit code for the DNS cache poisoning vulnerability, Microsoft has joined the chorus of security pros pleading with DNS server providers to immediately apply patches to protect users from malicious attacks. The Redmond, Wash. security...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, DNS, Vulnerability, Apple Inc., Exploit Code, Microsoft Corp., Attack, Dan Kaminsky, Domain Names, Apple Mac OS X, Networking, Security, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-25
How OpenDNS, PowerDNS and MaraDNS remained unaffected by the DNS cache poisoning vulnerability: The short answer is being paranoid about tackling a known vulnerability. It's 2001, and Daniel J. Bernstein DJB, author of the then popular djbdns security-aware DNS implementation, is applying basic math principles to raise awareness on what's to turn into the "sky is falling" critical Internet vulnerability in 2008, in...; Tags: DNS, Vulnerability, Anomaly, Attack, OpenDNS, MaraDNS, NSS, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-25
Another student hacks another police website: Oh the fun. Once again, another police website has been hacked by a student, showing that even the police aren't safe from all crimes. This is another link in the long chain of attacks over the years from egotistical teenagers trying to get a kick out of life without sticking...; Tags: Web Site, Attack, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Georgia President's web site under DDoS attack from Russian hackers: From Russia with political love? It appears so according to a deeper analysis of the command and control servers used by the attackers. During the weekend, Georgia President's web site was under a distributed denial of service attack which managed to take it offline for a couple of hours. The...; Tags: Web, Russia, Server, Web Site, Hacker, Distributed Denial Of Service, Georgia, Attack, Russian, Shadowserver, C&C, C&C Server, Web Site Development, Security, Internet, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-22
2008 Pwnie Award nominees announced: Well, after getting 134 nominations, and spending countless hours pulling out nominees, the judges for the 2008 Pwnie Awards have announced the final nominees to be voted on. From the site: The final list of nominees for the nine Pwnie Award categories is ...; Tags: Nominee, Vulnerability, XSS, Attack, Flaw, Dan, XSS Flaw, Lifelock, Security, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-21

Torvalds attacks IT industry 'security circus': Torvalds attacks IT industry 'security circus'Torvalds attacks IT industry 'security circus'So Linus admits that there are security flaws in linux as well as other bugs? I've been saying that for a long time but the fanboys wouldn't believe me. Now that their leader finally admits to it perhaps...; Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, L.D., Name-calling, Linus, Torvalds, security, attack, IT industry, OpenBSD; Discussion threads 2008-07-17
Torvalds attacks IT industry 'security circus': The Linux creator has some harsh words for creators of the OpenBSD operating system, as part of a wider critique of what he sees as self-centered behavior in the IT security industry Linux creator Linus Thorvalds has labeled makers of the OpenBSD operating system a "bunch of masturbating monkeys",...; Tags: Information Technology, Industry, OpenBSD, Bug, Attack, Linux Creator, Torvalds, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Linux, Security, Software, Linus Torvalds, Linux kernel, Liam Tung, ZDNet Australia; News items 2008-07-17
Protocol handlers cause Mozilla Firefox 3 remote command execution vulnerabilities: Update 07/16/2008: Apparently I neglected to mention that this has been patched already. Reading over it again and a heads up from a reader pointed out the error to me. As always, great job by Window Snyder and the Mozilla Security Team for getting this patched quickly. ...; Tags: Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, URI, Vulnerability, Mozilla Corp., Attack, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-16
Symantec says Microsoft Access ActiveX attacks to increase: Symantec says Microsoft Access ActiveX attacks to increaseVista is not vulnerableVista is not vulnerableRE: Symantec says Microsoft Access ActiveX attacks to increaseJust a lame attempt by Symantec to muster up some business.A better solutionJust use Firefox.How about some references to back...that statement.There is some justification for the statementIE7 with protected...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), SECURITY, Web browsers, Microsoft Access ActiveX attack, Microsoft Access ActiveX, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Access, attack; Discussion threads 2008-07-15
Symantec says Microsoft Access ActiveX attacks to increase: Symantec has reported that the Neosploit toolkit has been updated to include attack vectors for the recent Microsoft Access ActiveX vulnerability. Neosploit is a toolkit for sale on the market (price estimates fall between $1500-$3000) that seeks to automate and extend the capability of browser exploits. Symantec...; Tags: Web, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Access, Vulnerability, Trusted Site, ActiveX Control, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Site, Site, Zone, Intranet, Attack, Neosploit, Internet, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Web Browsers, Security, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-14
ICANN says hijacking attack due to breach at their registrar: As we commented on, ICANN, the group that manages top-level domain TLD naming systems for the web, recently had several of its domains hijacked by a Turkish hacking group. ICANN has now commented that the hijacking was due to a security breach at the registrar that manages those URLs. From...; Tags: Registrar, ICANN, Attack, Security, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-08
ICANN says registrar was hacked: Two weeks after ICANN's own domains were hijacked by Turkish hackers, the International Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers says it was its registrar -- not ICANN's servers themselves -- that were attacked. On June 26, a number of ICANN sites popped up with this message: ...; Tags: Registrar, ICANN, Attack, Security, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-08
Twitter's holiday battle with spammers: Guest post by Adam J. O'Donnell, Ph.D., of Cloudmark, on Twitter's holiday weekend spam attack and methods the microblogging site might use to combat it. by Jennifer Leggio; Tags: Network, Spammer, Messaging, Twitter, Attack, Adam J. O'Donnell, Spam, Social Networking, E-mail, Security, Spam And Phishing, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Jennifer Leggio; Blog posts 2008-07-07
Microsoft warns of "active, targeted" ActiveX control attacks: Microsoft warns of "active, targeted" ActiveX control attacksAn activeX attack. WHAT a suprise...NTActiveX exists?Truly amazing. I'd have assumed that, after nearly 15 years of holding the title of "worst exploit ridden API ever designed," people might actually learn not to use it.This is a threat to big business...; Tags: ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Middleware, SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., ActiveX, attack, ActiveX Control; Discussion threads 2008-07-07
Microsoft warns of "active, targeted" ActiveX control attacks: Microsoft has issued a pre-patch security advisory to warn about "active, targeted attacks" against an ActiveX control for the Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Access. The skinny: An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by constructing a specially crafted Web page. When a user views the Web page,...; Tags: Vulnerability, ActiveX Control, Microsoft Corp., Attack, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Microsoft Office, Security, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Office Suites, Software, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-07
Attack Fish Chronicles Volume I: The Omega (zip): Times are harsh, and everyone has been affected by the recent events. You will not find loot tucked away in treasure chests at random locations, and you will not obtain gold from killing beasts outside of town. Whether you are mining for ore in a remote cave, skinning sheep and...; Tags: Quest, Adventure, Attack, Times; Software downloads 2008-07-07
Airport security part 4: Attack of the body scanners!: If you read my blog postings semi-often, you know that I'm very, very critical of problems with airport security. Nicole Wong of the Boston Globe reported that Boston's Logan International Airport will become the next airport to implement full-body scanners (thanks for the link from the LiquidMatrix guys!) that can see...; Tags: Imaging, Airport Security, Privacy, Transportation Security Administration, Image, Attack, Madness, Scanners, Document Management, Security, Hardware, Peripherals, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-03
NoScript vs. Internet Explorer 8 Filters: NoScript plugin writer Giorgio Maone posted a commentary on IE 8's new filters, drawing comparisons to his own widely popular NoScript Firefox plugin. Maone writes: I'm happy to learn that IE8 is going to implement a less ambitious version of a feature which NoScript users have enjoyed for more than one...; Tags: Mozilla Firefox, XSS, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Attack, Maone, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-03
300 Lithuanian sites hacked by Russian hackers: A recently accepted legislation in Lithuania banning communist symbols across Lithuania, has prompted Pro-Russian hackers to start defacing Lithuanian sites, an indication of the upcoming attack was detected last week with active discussions around Russian forums greatly reminding us of the Russia vs Estonia cyberattack sparkled due to the removal...; Tags: Web, Web Site, Hacker, Distributed Denial Of Service, Attack, Hacking, Security, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-02
Internet Explorer 'feature' causing drive-by malware attacks: My colleague at Kaspersky Lab Roel Schouwenberg see disclosure has discovered a drive-by malware download taking advantage of what Microsoft describes as an Internet Explorer "feature" to launch cross-site scripting attacks. The attack, discovered at a compromised legitimate site, is using a modified GIF file to exploit...; Tags: GIF, XSS, Malware, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Attack, Schouwenberg, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-06-27