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- Authentication Mechanisms for Physical Access Control
- The Protocol for Lightweight Authentication of IDentity PLAID is an authentication protocol that uses standards-based symmetric and asymmetric cryptography in a unique way to protect the communications between smart cards and terminal devices. Extremely fast and highly secure strong authentication of the smart card and data objects is possible without...
- Tags: Smart Card, Authentication Mechanism, Access Control, Authentication, Smart Card Alliance, PLAID, Smart Cards, Authentication/Encryption, Digital Security, Security
- White papers 2009-10-01
- LIP: A Lightweight Interlayer Protocol for Preventing Packet Injection Attacks in Mobile Ad Hoc Network
- Most ad hoc networks do not implement any network access control, leaving these networks vulnerable to packet injection attacks where a malicious node injects packets into the network with the goal of depleting the resources of the nodes relaying the packets. To prevent such attacks, it is necessary to employ...
- Tags: Mobile, Network, Authentication Mechanism, Attack, Inderscience Enterprises, Packet Injection Attack, Security, Networking
- White papers 2007-03-26
- SMS Based Advanced Sender Authentication Mechanism for Anti-Spam Based on DomainKey
- Electronic mail is playing an important role for communication among Internet users. However, the value of electronic mail is being impaired by spam mails including unwanted commercial information, virus mails including malignant codes and many different forms of unnecessary information. Thus, it is urgent to develop a method of blocking...
- Tags: Anti-spam, Authentication Mechanism, SMS, Authentication, Spam Mail, E-mail, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Online Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Networking
- White papers 2007-03-01
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- OrgCalendar 1.5 (Windows)
- A fully-functional scheduling WEB-application. The easy way for any organization to have a Internet-calendar within minutes! You simply place the OrgCalendar onto a your web site - and that's it. Calendar management is implemented at two levels: Admin Area and Public Area. The Administrator can manage all calendars. OrgCalendar is...
- Tags: Calendar, OrgBusiness Software, OrgCalendar 1.5, Calendar Management, Web Site Development, Microsoft Windows, Cloud Computing, Web Technology, Internet, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2009-09-21
- Microsoft FTP in IIS vulnerability now under attack
- They're attacking the space station?[i]It is not yet clear if a fix for this FTP in [b]ISS[/b] vulnerability will be included in this patch batch.[/i]Sorry, I couldn't resist.I fail to see the logicin your last post. Why would hackers wish to harm the station's occupents?:)That's easyThey want to be...
- Tags: Microsoft IIS Server, FTP, vulnerability, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-04
- Configuring Kerberos Authentication With Role Center Pages
- Microsoft Dynamics AX and the Enterprise Portal framework include customizable home pages called Role Centers. Role Centers provide an overview of information that pertains to a user's job function in the business or organization, including reports generated by SQL Server Reporting Services and SQL Server Analysis Services. This paper describes...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Authentication, Kerberos, Security
- White papers 2009-08-18
- Plugins compromised in SquirrelMail's web server hack
- Plugins compromised in SquirrelMail's web server hackThere should be authentication for thisActually there is for most sites, however we need a better way than existing methods of using checksums and other methods to authenticate that the file is good or not. Another issue is if they compromise your site they...
- Tags: Web servers, SECURITY, SquirrelMail, Web server, plug-in, server
- Discussion threads 2009-08-05
- Researchers find insecure BIOS 'rootkit' pre-loaded in laptops
- LAS VEGAS -- A popular laptop theft-recovery service that ships on notebooks made by HP, Dell, Lenovo, Toshiba, Gateway, Asus and Panasonic is actually a dangerous BIOS rootkit that can be hijacked and controlled by malicious hackers. The service -- called Computrace LoJack for Laptops -- contains...
- Tags: Laptop Computer, Rootkits, BIOS, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Hardware, Components, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-07-30
- Vulnerability Analysis of Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) DoS Attack Over Wireless Networks
- IEEE 802.11 supports 802.1x to provide strong authentication mechanism for Wireless networks. 802.1x utilizes Extensible Authentication Protocol EAP as a framework for authentication, allowing for a number of authentication methods to be used. Unfortunately, 802.1x includes some unprotected EAP packets during authentication process which can be easily exploited by an...
- Tags: Network, Vulnerability, IEEE 802.1X, Analysis, Authentication, Wireless Network, Wireless, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Security
- White papers 2009-07-01
- Pano Logic brings us closer to "The Screen"
- Pano thin client by PanoLogic from Tech Broiler on Vimeo. In a previous podcast on Frugal Friday, I spoke to Pano Logic CTO Aly Orady about the Pano, a revolutionary thin client for virtual desktops for medium and large enterprises that brings us...
- Tags: Thin Client, Virtual Desktop, VMware Inc., VMWare ESX, Pano Logic, Pano Device, Microsoft Windows, Virtualization, Keyboards, Thin Clients, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Desktop Virtualization, Ip storage, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Peripherals, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-05-10
- SAS Business Intelligence Web Application Security Configuration Primer
- Securing Web-based resources is one of the biggest challenges for IT today. Almost all IT organizations use security measures through authentication and authorization to protect their Web resources. Thus, it is vital for SAS Business Intelligence Web applications to integrate within a secure Web environment. This paper explores just that....
- Tags: Web, SAS Institute, Authentication, Security Configuration, SAS Business Intelligence Web Application, Security
- White papers 2009-02-27
- Social networks have taught us cryptography (probably) won't stop spam
- On a regular basis I receive blog comments and suggestions on what magical technologies will put spam out of business. There are many valid techniques for stopping spam, but signing e-mails and e-mail senders is not one of them. After my recent post on the impact...
- Tags: Social Networking, Web, Network, Cryptography, Public-Key Cryptography, E-mail, Cyberthreats, Spam, Online Communications, Security, Spam And Phishing, Adam O'Donnell
- Blog posts 2009-02-08
- Data breach costs, customer churn up a bit; Repeat offenders abound
- Data breach costs, customer churn up a bit; Repeat offenders aboundPrevent most net breaches!!!Our system prevents a majority of Network Breaches while keeping the Networks "UP," Provides a Real Time Global Administrator that sits transparently over other OEM's Network Management systems (i.e., IBM Websphere, HP OPenview, SCADA, etc), the system...
- Tags: NETWORKING, Enterprise software, network, SCADA
- Discussion threads 2009-02-02
- "Zombies ahead!" sign says something about SCADA security
- An electronic road sign hacked to alert drivers to hoards of the undead provides a nice pedagogical example of why SCADA security is such a "big deal". Earlier this week a road sign was hacked to warn drivers about zombies disturbing their evening commute. The hack itself...
- Tags: Security, SCADA, Zombie, Enterprise Software, Software, Adam O'Donnell
- Blog posts 2009-01-29
- A Stateful CSG-Based Distributed Firewall Architecture for Robust Distributed Security
- Distributed firewalls have been developed in order to provide networks with a higher level of protection than traditional firewalling mechanisms like gateway and host-based firewalls. Although distributed firewalls provide higher security, they too have limitations. This work presents the design & implementation of a new distributed firewall model, based on...
- Tags: University Of Mauritius, Firewalls, Network Security, Security, Networking
- White papers 2008-12-11
- Vendor claims Acrobat 9 passwords easier to crack than ever
- Password recovery software vendor ElcomSoft claims that the password verification mechanism in the new Adobe Acrobat 9 is weaker than the one used in the previous version of Adobe's product, thereby allowing them to improve the brute forcing speed a hundred times faster. The company's claim comes right after Adobe's...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Password, Passphrase, Adobe Acrobat, ElcomSoft, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Fake Windows XP activation trojan goes 2.0
- Fake Windows XP activation trojan goes 2.0Why are you advertising the merits of a trojan?This whole blog post reads like an ad, it almost sounds like you're bragging about how improved the latest version of the trojan is.Committed to your "piracy"That's really cute. Check the description vs. the URL....
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, Financial services, Microsoft Windows XP, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Fake Windows XP, Fake Windows XP activation trojan, activation trojan
- Discussion threads 2008-11-18
- NoScript mitigates HTTPS cookie hijacking attacks
- The invaluable NoScript for Firefox plug-in just got a tad better. According to Giorgio Maone, the developer behind the popular browser extension, a new experimental feature called "Forced Secure Cookies" has been added to NoScript v1.8.0.5 to mitigate the HTTPS cookie hijacking attack vector discussed at DEFCON...
- Tags: Attack, Cookie, NoScript, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-09-11
- Fortune 500 companies use of email spoofing countermeasures declining
- Here's a paradox - a technology originally meant to verify the sender of an email message for the sake of preventing spoofed messages from reaching the network, still hasn't been embraced by the world's biggest companies despite being around for years, but is actively used by adaptive spammers increasingly abusing...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., Spammer, Authentication, Fortune 500 Company, E-mail, Spam, Security, Online Communications, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- Associating the Authentication and Connection-Establishment Phases in Passive Authorization Techniques
- Port Knocking and Single Packet Authorization SPA are passive authorization techniques that provide firewall-level authentication to ensure authorized access to potentially vulnerable network services. Although these techniques serve as powerful protection mechanism against the intruders, they still suffer from a major problem. The lack of association between the authentication process...
- Tags: Technique, Authorization, TCP, Authentication, Productivity, Tcp/Ip, Security, Networking
- White papers 2008-07-04
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