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Remote vulnerability in high-profile Firefox extensions

Today is Firefox Patch Day but even after you install the latest security updates from Mozilla, those browser extensions you use and love could put you at risk of code execution attacks.According to independent researcher Christopher Soghoian of boarding pass hacker fame, there's a remote vulnerability in the upgrade mechanism...

Tags: Apple, Botnets, Browsers, Data theft, Exploit code, Firefox, Google, Hackers, McAfee, Microsoft, Mozilla, Open source, Passwords, Patch Watch, Pen testing, Privacy, Responsible disclosure, Rootkits, Viruses and Worms, Vulnerability research, Zero-day attacks

Blog posts 2007-05-30

FBI shuts down self-help boarding pass site

A new entry in annals of stupid programmers. Christopher Soghoian, a graduate student at Indiana University's School of Informatics, posted a program on his website to create fake airline boarding passes, The Washington Post. He says he was exposing a security flaw. The government says he's assisting terrorists. ...

Tags: pass, Transportation Security Administration, Christopher Soghoian, security

Blog posts 2006-11-01

Researcher raided by FBI for blowing whistle on Airport security

The home of a PhD student and security researcher Christopher Soghoian from the School of Informatics at Indiana University Bloomington was raided by the FBI early Saturday morning.  Soghoian had created a fake boarding pass generator to demonstrate flaws in the Government's implementation of a no-fly...

Tags: Federal government, Joris Evers, Christopher Soghoian, security, FBI

Blog posts 2006-10-29

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Probing the Google-Firefox relationship

Google is the new Microsoft, at least in the way every move the company makes and its relationships are viewed in the context of a secretive, powerful company bent on world domination. Christopher Soghoian adds to the drama, making a case that Google unduly influences the direction of the...

Tags: Google Inc., Mozilla Firefox, Web Browsers, Phishing, Internet, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2007-11-01

After consultations security expert believes Comcast may be "violating the law" on Torrent practices

Christopher Soghoian, a graduate student in the school of Informatics at Indiana University, delves into the areas of security, privacy and e-crime, has done extensive researh into Comcast's throttling of BitTorrent and other high bandwidth traffic- and alleged impersonation practices to cripple this content. In an extensive post...

Tags: Comcast Corp., Internet, Benefits, Security, Human Resources, Russell Shaw

Blog posts 2007-10-23

SiteKey phish demonstrated against BofA

The use of images to assure a user that they are not being phished has started to become common. Yahoo! uses them. And BankofAmerica has been using Passmarks RSA technology in their SiteKey scheme to protect their online banking customers from being phished. The idea is that a cookie...

Tags: Security blog, Bank security

Blog posts 2007-04-12