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- A tale of two animated cursor attacks
- A tale of two animated cursor attacksNot to bad might I add .Personally I think all this is nothing to me , if anything this is Microsoft's & its users problem .Eh?Then why bother posting a comment?TrueExcept like most other "problems", not a very big one.In the hundreds of PC's...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Operating systems, Spam, Microsoft Corp., exploit, cursor attack
- Discussion threads 2007-04-09
- The source of the problem (Anatomy of an animated cursor attack)
- The source of the problem Anatomy of an animated cursor attackNext? Check boxes, Ok buttons, DT Icons, shortcuts, menus, etc....Why would anyone buy MS CRAP!Microsoft wants to rule the world!If you have ANYTHING to do with software (SAP. IBM and even HP) Microsoft is out to get you! They will...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Cyberthreats, cursor attack, animated cursor attack, anatomy, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-04-06
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- Hacker claims to have phished Steve Jobs Amazon account
- Hacker claims to have phished Steve Jobs Amazon accountHacker claims to have phished Steve Jobs Amazon accountClassicRE: Hacker claims to have phished Steve Jobs Amazon accountOh, yeah, classic alright, classic BS.First of all, this guy has offered no unrefutable proof of his claims. Could all be BS.Second, even if...
- Tags: Hacking, Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, Cyberthreats, Steve Jobs, Amazon.com Inc., hacker, Apple Inc., Apple Safari, operating system, security
- Discussion threads 2009-05-15
- MS ships emergency patch for Windows worm hole
- Microsoft has released an out-of-band patch to fix an extremely critical worm hole that exposes Windows users to remote code execution attacks. The emergency update comes just one week after the regularly scheduled Patch Tuesday and follows the discovery of a targeted zero-day attack, Microsoft said in...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Vulnerability, Microsoft Corp., Windows Server Service, Microsoft Windows, RPC, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Networking, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-10-23
- Symantec shows Microsoft how to do UAC
- Symantec shows Microsoft how to do UACSo I don't have to wait for Windows 7?The need to wait or upgrade to Windows 7 is looking more dim for Windows Vista users. Microsoft just yesterday announced their intention to improve the user experience for UAC in Windows 7. But with third...
- Tags: SECURITY, Web browsers, EXPLORER, UAC, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
- Developers at fault? SQL Injection attacks lead to wide-spread compromise of IIS servers
- There's been a lot of noise and violent thrashing over the last couple days regarding a flaw that was originally believed to be a flaw in Microsoft's IIS Internet Information Server, but has since been pointed out as simply a well thought out SQL Injection attack. For those of...
- Tags: Developer, Password, Web Application, Server, SQL, Site, SQL Injection, Microsoft IIS Server, Attack, Programming Languages, Security, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
- Attack of the PDFs
- Less than 24 hours after Adobe shipped a fix for a gaping hole affecting its Reader and Acrobat software, PDF files rigged with malware are beginning to land in e-mail spam filters. The discovery of the active attacks have underlined the need for Windows users to immediately...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PDF, Attack, DeepSight Team, Security, Viruses And Worms, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-10-23
- Gamer (Mobile)
- New: Free all Show Cursor, Scan in PC, Save scan command, Address write, Menu command in gameInstall:Unpack all file to SD/Mini card, and start Gamer.exe in mobile.Tips:If the menu can't popup in game, please check the menu item "Hotkey just back".Use Gamer as menu tool just start Gamer with param...
- Tags: Mobile, Gamer, Smartphone, Terst, Drop, Games, Personal Technology
- Software downloads 2007-08-15
- Firefox improved on Vista, but still no protected mode
- Since our last article on Firefox's problems with Vista, considerable progress has been made to improve the browser for Microsoft's newest operating system. We caught up with Mike Schroepfer, VP of Engineering at the Mozilla Foundation, to bring us up to date.[ZDNet] When Vista first came out, users reported a...
- Tags: Web Browsers, Microsoft, Java, General, Community, AJAX
- Blog posts 2007-07-04
- Exploit packs get intelligent -- Attacks launched based on victim's browser
- Virus hunters at Symantec have stumbled upon a malicious server using an attack framework that intelligently chooses exploits based on the client's browser.This is the first sign of the type of reconnaissance attacks predicted by by white hat researchers (See: Do you know what's leaking out of your browser?) and...
- Tags: Zero-day attacks, Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Symantec, Spyware and Adware, Spam and Phishing, Rootkits, Responsible disclosure, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Passwords, Mozilla, Microsoft, Metasploit, Hackers, Firefox, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-06-28
- Microsoft mulling major changes to ward off .ANI-type flaws
- Microsoft mulling major changes to ward off .ANI-type flawsVista's huge success[i]One Windows Vista defense-in-depth mitigation that did kick in to reduce the attack surface was UAC and Protected Mode Internet Explorer. These technologies put up a roadblock and limited the damage from the .ani attack but, as Mark Russinovich explained...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, OSX, operating system, Storm Worm, malware, API
- Discussion threads 2007-04-27
- Microsoft mulling major changes to ward off .ANI-type flaws
- How did the super-critical animated cursor (.ani) vulnerability get past all the strict code review, fuzz testing and other defense-in-depth mitigations built into Windows Vista. Michael Howard left has the answer and hes sharing it with us in a candid explanation from Microsoft on the lessons learned from the...
- Tags: Botnets, Browsers, Data theft, Exploit code, Firefox, Hackers, Metasploit, Microsoft, Patch Watch, Pen testing, Responsible disclosure, Rootkits, Spam and Phishing, Spyware and Adware, Viruses and Worms, Vulnerability research, Windows Vista, Zero-day attacks
- Blog posts 2007-04-27
- Microsoft: Beware of .HLP files
- Microsoft: Beware of .HLP filesWhere did it go?Where did the articles bashing Apple for claiming to be superior in security go? All I've seen are articles simply stating the facts about what has been released as vulnerabilities for Vista. How about the articles about wonderful 90 day report...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, HLP
- Discussion threads 2007-04-11
- Office zero-day bugs spoil Patch Tuesday
- Office zero-day bugs spoil Patch TuesdayOffice zero-day bugs spoil Patch TuesdayThe user still needs to open the attachment once they get past the big warning screen saying it could be potentially harmful so that right there doesn't make this flaw all that feasible.Patches spoil every software makers repcause they didn't...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Patches, Spyware, adware & malware, WTF, Patch Tuesday, L.D., Office zero-day bug, zero-day bug, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2007-04-10
- News to know: Microsoft bug disclosure; Apple Airport security; XP SP3; AMD woe
- Notable headlines:Ryan Naraine: Responsible disclosure, the Microsoft way.George Ou: Microsoft fights with researcher over Full Disclosure. A tale of two animated cursor attacks.Apple swats Airport Base Station security bugs.Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft: XP SP3 is still on the schedule for Q1 2008.Microsoft to push fix for patch trouble.Dan Farber: Salesforce.com...
- Tags: General
- Blog posts 2007-04-10
- Microsoft, responsible disclosure, and that 2-year-old kernel flaw
- A few weeks ago, I wrote about a Windows kernel vulnerability that was reported to Microsoft on October 22, 2004 and remained unpatched for more than two years.This is a bug I've been following closely since last November when Cesar Cerrudo, the hacker who found it, got tired of waiting...
- Tags: Data theft, Browsers, Vulnerability research, Punditocracy, Pen testing, Hackers, Zero-day attacks, Viruses and Worms, Responsible disclosure, Patch Watch, Microsoft, Metasploit, Exploit code
- Blog posts 2007-04-09
- News to know: Best flash features; Anatomy of ANI attack; Vonage saga; Windows Home Server
- Notable headlines: Ryan Stewart: The top 5 new features in Flash CS3. Gallery left.Yahoo Music blog: Wifi-Enabled SanDisk Sansa Connect Features Yahoo! Music Unlimited, LAUNCHcast, Messenger, and Flickr. Tim OReilly: Draft Bloggers Code of Conduct. Gallery: Anatomy of an animated cursor attack right. Ryan Naraine: Asus.com hacked, serving up...
- Tags: General
- Blog posts 2007-04-09
- Anatomy of an animated cursur attack
- Earlier this week, Microsoft shipped an emergency out-of-band patch to block zero-day attacks against a code execution hole in the way Windows handles animated cursor (.ani) files. This gallery provides a visual look at elements of the hacker attacks, including malicious Web sites, the exploit in action and the...
- Tags: SECURITY, attack, hacker attack, anatomy, exploit, Web site, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Web
- Image galleries 2007-04-05
- eEye spies new code-exection Windows hole
- Researchers at eEye Digital Security have flagged a remote code-execution vulnerability in Microsofts dominant Windows operating system.The flaw "allows for remote execution of arbitrary code with minimal user interaction," eEye said in a barebones advisory. The bug carries a "high severity" rating and affects Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows...
- Tags: Hackers, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers, Zero-day attacks, Windows Vista, Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Spyware and Adware, Spam and Phishing, Responsible disclosure, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Microsoft
- Blog posts 2007-04-05
- Mozilla to ship Firefox 'workaround' for .ANI exploit
- Mozilla is considering a "workaround" to block the attack vector that puts Firefox users at risk of attacks exploiting the Windows animated cursor (.ani) vulnerability.Because Firefox uses the Windows API function that triggers the vulnerable code, the .ani vulnerability can be exploited through Firefox. (See this Flash demo by...
- Tags: Zero-day attacks, Windows Vista, Viruses and Worms, Spam and Phishing, Pen testing, Microsoft, Mozilla, Hackers, Google, Firefox, Data theft, Browsers, Vulnerability research, Spyware and Adware, Responsible disclosure, Patch Watch, Open source, Exploit code, Botnets
- Blog posts 2007-04-04
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