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- The depressing future of the Internet
- The depressing future of the InternetRE: The depressing future of the InternetEverybody knows the *real* meaning of life is somehow embedded into IPv6. I don't know - I've got a fever so high I could fry a sodding egg on my forehead.Whoa! Slow down, Momar...[i]...some years ago, some military...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, NETWORKING, Internet
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- Apple finally ships DNS flaw fix, patches 16 other Mac OS X holes
- Apple finally ships DNS flaw fix, patches 16 other Mac OS X holesScary combination of arbitrary code execution and privilege escalation!!!Very, very scary. Makes me glad I use more secure OSs.RE: Apple finally ships DNS flaw fixHi NZ, We are all grateful your unstinting efforts to point out the failings...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Domain names, Operating systems, DNS flaw, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., DNS, Apple Mac OS X, flaw, patch management, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS
- Discussion threads 2008-07-31
- Attack code published for DNS flaw
- Attack code published for DNS flawIrresponsible and evil"In an IM exchange, Moore told me his exploit takes about a minute or two to poison a DNS cache but said he is working to improve it in version 2.0."As far as i am concerened he is just an evil person to...
- Tags: Domain names, Halvar, exploit, DNS
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- Kaminsky and Ptacek comment on DNS flaw
- Kaminsky and Ptacek comment on DNS flaw"Important"I guess Microsoft agrees that it's not a really scary vulnerability.ActuallyI talked to Dan about this. It early on threw me off too, but their rating has to do with the fact that it is a spoofing flaw, and not an arbitrary code...
- Tags: DNS, DNS flaw, flaw, Kaminsky, Ptacek, Ptacek comment
- Discussion threads 2008-07-08
- Microsoft to patch zero-day DNS flaw
- Microsoft to patch zero-day DNS flawMicrosoft to patch zero-day DNS flawThere were workarounds and there are now patches so the flaws were really nothing to worry about. I see these patches as a way to seal the deal to know for certain that the flaws can't be exploited any...
- Tags: Domain names, SECURITY, Servers, NETWORKING, DNS, server, flaw, DNS server, Microsoft Windows, zero-day DNS flaw, RPC, DNS flaw, vulnerability, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-05-03
Additional Resources
- BIND is not just legacy freeware
- DNS in the cloud isn't new either...Sounds like they are trying to copy OpenDNS!They are already old tech compared to what's out there...RE: BIND is not just legacy freewareI just remember when Verisign started that program where it hijacked mistyped domains and broke a lot of Internet functionality. Suddenly,...
- Tags: Domain names, BIND, legacy freeware
- Discussion threads 2009-09-23
- News to know: Clearwire; Google Caffeine; innovation; Office and Nokia; VMWare; Windows 7
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Clearwire bets on fourth quarter WiMax tipping point Garett Rogers: Google to Caffeinate search results ...
- Tags: Innovation, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Google Android, Nokia Corp., Clearwire Corp., Andrew Nusca, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Windows, VMware Inc., Matthew Miller, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Mobile Operating Systems, Data Centers, Smart Phones, Virtualization, Microsoft Office, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Office Suites, Software
- Blog posts 2009-08-12
- D-Link router's CAPTCHA flawed, WPA passphrase retrieved
- It took only a week for the researchers at SourceSec to find a flaw in the CAPTCHA implementation of D-Link's recently introduced CAPTCHA in its routers, originally aimed to prevent DNS changing malware from automatically achieving its objective. According to SourceSec, the flawed...
- Tags: WPA, D-Link Systems, CAPTCHA, Passphrase, Router, Malware, Routers & Switches, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Network Technology, Networking, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-05-19
- Dan Bernstein confirms DJBDNS security hole, pays $1,000
- Dan J. Bernstein has acknowledged an exploitable security flaw in his djbdns software and has made good on a public security guarantee -- to pay $1000 to the first person to publicly report a verifiable security hole in the latest version of the popular DNS name server. ...
- Tags: Security Hole, DNS, Dan Bernstein, Dan J. Bernstein, Third-party DNS Service, Domain Names, Security, Viruses And Worms, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-03-06
- Adobe Reader 9 and Acrobat 9 zero day exploited in the wild
- Yesterday, Adobe confirmed the existence of a critical vulnerability affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat versions 9.0 and earlier, originally detected by the Shadowserver Foundation last week. The onging targeted attacks have since been confirmed by both, Symantec and McAfee urging users to disable JavaScript in Adobe Reader...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Attack, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-02-20
- Legal concerns stop researchers from disrupting the Storm Worm botnet
- What if security researchers were able to disrupt the leftovers of the Storm Worm botnet thanks to a flaw in its communication model allowing them to redirect infected hosts and eventually disinfect them, but fearing legal action have their hands tied? At the 25th Chaos Communication Congress,...
- Tags: Node, Malware, Worm, Stormfucker, Waledac, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-01-16
- Why did Microsoft wait 7 years to fix SMBRelay attack flaw?
- Why did Microsoft wait 7 years to fix SMBRelay attack flaw?Sour over mis-predicting the patches this month?First off, does anyone proof-read these posts? Multiple typos/grammatical errors make it look like this was rushed out... Anyway.Mentioning the token-kidnapping issue makes me wonder if Ryan is sour that his patch prediction (on...
- Tags: SECURITY, Patches, Viruses and worms, anti-MS people, NTLMv2, Admin Access, Microsoft Corp., vulnerability, SMBRelay, SMBRelay attack flaw, Ryan, attack flaw
- Discussion threads 2008-11-12
- Adobe posts workaround for clickjacking flaw, NoScript releases ClearClick
- Adobe posts workaround for clickjacking flaw, NoScript releases ClearClickRequires Firefox pluginAre you afraid of offending Microsoft or just being unhelpful hurried?To use the only available cure right now requires adding the plugin you mention -- NoScript 1.8.2.1 -- to your Firefox browser. There is no fix for Internet Explorer, Opera,...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., ClearClick, flaw, Microsoft Corp., NoScript, Opera Software ASA, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2008-10-08
- Apple plugs gaping holes in Java for Mac
- Apple plugs gaping holes in Java for Mac"Gaping" Holes...Why is it that several past articles about Apple's security refer to "Gaping" holes and similar adjectives, see: "Apple plugs gaping holes in Java for Mac", "Apple plugs gaping QuickTime security holes", "Apple finally ships DNS flaw fix, patches 16 other Mac...
- Tags: Desktops, Programming languages, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Java
- Discussion threads 2008-09-26
- Phishing, Pharming, and Vishing, Oh My! a Guide to the "INGs" and How to Remain Protected
- More recently, a New York Times article highlighted the flaw and the resulting leaks in the "Cobbled-together patch." The flaw in the DNS Domain Name System, which acts like the Internet's telephone book, could allow Internet traffic to be secretly redirected so thieves could, for example, hijack a bank's Web...
- Tags: Pharming, Flaw, Phishing, Computer, ING Group, Perimeter eSecurity, Productivity, Domain Names, Security, Internet
- Webcasts 2008-09-11
- The depressing future of the Internet
- A brief overview of how the Internet came about: some years ago, some military boffs thought it'd be awesome if computers could talk to each other, so the US could nuke the hell out of other countries without actually being near there. A smart professor from England then came up...
- Tags: Security, IPv6, Computer, Flaw, IPv6 Adoption, Internet, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-08-28
- Who’s Dumber: Bad Guys … Or Good Guys?
- In the old cowboy movies, the black hats were villains that created mayhem, until the white hats came along and ended their reigns of fear. Now, we have the spectacle of good guys seemingly educating the bad guys on how to exploit flaws or processes of the Internet, that...
- Tags: Hat, Flaw, Internet, Social Security, BGP, Operational Accounting, Government, Networking, Finance, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld
- Blog posts 2008-08-27
- News to know: Google; Typosquatting; Apple; IDF
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Garett Rogers: Google gains share again, should Microsoft give up? Christopher Dawson: Can Dell compete on cost anymore? Dancho Danchev: Typosquatting the U.S presidential...
- Tags: Google Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Open Source, Security, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-22
- Microsoft investigating NSlookup.exe flaw, reported attacks
- Microsoft is investigating new public reports of a zero-day Windows vulnerability that's being exploited in the wild. According to a this SecurityFocus alert, the attacks are exploiting a remote code-execution vulnerability due to an unspecified error in NSlookup.exe, the command-line administrative tool used for testing and troubleshooting...
- Tags: Vulnerability, Microsoft Corp., Attack, Flaw, Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2, Access Snapshot Viewer, Security, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Microsoft Windows, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-08-15
- Measuring (not so) recent BIND nameserver patching
- Guest editorial by Derek Callaway This post is meant to provide an approximation of BIND nameserver updates that occurred during the past month, most likely in response to Dan Kaminsky's DNS cache poisoning vulnerability. I conducted this research because I was curious as to how widely BIND...
- Tags: Vulnerability, BIND, Domain, Dinosaur, Domain Names, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-08-14
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