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- Secunia: Skype, Java, QuickTime, PDF patches oh my; It's been an ugly 24 hours for Windows users
- Secunia: Skype, Java, QuickTime, PDF patches oh my; It's been an ugly 24 hours for Windows usersagain, Linux is safe folks!only windoze can have so many security holes in a single day.Haven't heart of security issues on Linux for a long time!Why not 89%?Given independant probabilites of 61%, 47%, 34%,...
- Tags: Operating systems, PDF patch, Java QuickTime, daemon, Microsoft Windows, Secunia, Skype Technologies S.A., security, ugly 24-hour, non-Admin, software, Linux, Adobe PDF
- Discussion threads 2008-02-07
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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
- Heap-based buffer overflow reported in RealNetworks RealPlayer
- Update 07/25/2008: Aaron Portnoy of TippingPoint's security research group was kind enough to point out that I'm actually not affected by this, since I've installed the newest version of RealPlayer. From Aaron's email: Notice the Secunia advisory states it affects RealPlayer 10.5... the latest is 11.x, which now uses...
- Tags: Vulnerability, RealNetworks Inc., Buffer-overflow, RealNetworks RealPlayer, Secunia Research, Vendor, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- News to know: 'Spam king' dead; Microsoft's cloud; Dell;
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Escapee 'Spam King' dead in apparent murder-suicide CBS Denver Video: 'Spam King' Inmate Dies Along With Wife, Daughter Mary Jo Foley: Ozzie foreshadows 'Zurich,' Microsoft's elastic cloud Microsoft to get more 'Apple-like' in PC,...
- Tags: Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-25
- Kaminsky suggests long-term fix will still have to be determined, but patch now, or pay soon
- I listened to the Black Hat webcast today to grab as much info as I could on this subject. The biggest thing that I heard from the whole talk is that the patch fixes things to a reasonable point, but that long-term, there will have to be more work...
- Tags: CERT, DNS Server, Server, Kaminsky, Dan, Patches, Domain Names, Security, Internet, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- Sony Reader PRS-505 gets a major firmware upgrade
- My Sony Reader is an excellent piece of hardware that I thoroughly enjoy using during my daily commute. I skipped the Amazon Kindle and bought the Sony Reader and have not been one bit sorry about this purchase I made last fall. I just saw on my favorite eBook site,...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Firmware, Sony Reader, Firmware Upgrade, Sony Reader PRS-505, E-books, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller
- Blog posts 2008-07-24
- 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
- Attack code published for DNS flaw
- The urgency to patch Dan Kaminsky's DNS cache poisoning vulnerability just went up a few notches. Exploit code for the flaw, which allows the insertion of malicious DNS records into the cache of the target nameserver, has been added to Metasploit, a freely distributed attack/pen-testing tool....
- Tags: Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- iPhone vulnerable to phishing, spamming flaws
- Security researcher Aviv Raff left has discovered a pair of basic design flaws that could turn your iPhone into easy bait for malicious phishing and spamming attacks. According to an advisory from Raff, the iPhone's Mail and Safari applications are susceptible to a URL Spoofing vulnerability which...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Safari, Vulnerability, Spamming, Flaw, Aviv Raff, Phishing, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Researchers borrow from Google PageRank for network defense service
- Using a link analysis algorithm similar to Google PageRank, researchers at the SANS Institute and SRI International have created a new Internet network defense service that completely revamps the way network blacklists are formulated and distributed. The service, called Highly Predictive Blacklisting (.pdf), will be unveiled next...
- Tags: Google PageRank, Attacker, Network, DShield, Highly Predictive Blacklist, Internet, Networking, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- McAfee debunks recent vulnerabilities in AV software research, n.runs restates its position
- Several days after blogging about a research conduced by n.runs AG that managed to discover approximately 800 vulnerabilities in antivirus products, McAfee issued a statement basically debunking the number of vulnerabilities found, and providing its own account into the number of vulnerabilities affecting its own products : "A recent...
- Tags: Software, McAfee Inc., Antivirus, Vulnerability, Vendor, Flaw, N.Runs, Dancho, Security, Viruses And Worms, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- 75% of online banking sites found vulnerable to security design flaws
- In a paper entitled "Analyzing Web sites for user-visible security design flaws" to be published at the Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security meeting at Carnegie Mellon University July 25, Atul Prakash and two of his doctoral students examined 214 financial institutions in 2006, finding that over 75% of all...
- Tags: Bank, Online Banking, Flaw, Security, Financial Services, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- TTProtect (zip)
- TTProtect is an advanced software protection tool, it protect software against cracker. It absorb the advantages of the other protections, and adding own characteristics, use of a unique anti-tracking methods, make it difficult to debug protected application. TTprotect features Debugger Detection, Anti-Attached, Drx decoding, Code Chaos and confusion, Virtual Machine...
- Tags: Software, TTProtect, Tools & Techniques, Management
- Software downloads 2008-07-23
- X12 Parser (exe)
- The X12 Parser allows you to convert X12 837 claims or 835 remittance files into a CSV or XML file. It is designed to be used either on the desktop or can be called from another application to convert an X12 file into a CSV file. It also allows users...
- Tags: File, Com1 Software, X12 Parser, XML, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources
- Software downloads 2008-07-23
- RIM ships fix for BlackBerry code execution bug
- Just a quick note to update a story I wrote last week on an unpatched remote execution vulnerability affecting BlackBerry business users: Research in Motion RIM has finally shipped patches to cover the issue, which affects the BlackBerry Attachment Service component of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. ...
- Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., RIM BlackBerry, Handhelds, Hardware, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Vulnerability disclosure gone awry: Understanding the DNS debacle
- On July 7, the day before the release of the patch for the now infamous DNS design flaw, hacker Dan Kaminsky with the help of Black Hat conference organizers invited reporters to a press conference to "discuss the massive multivendor patch being released this Tuesday." "A synchronized...
- Tags: Black Hat, DNS, Conference, Dan Kaminsky, Thomas Ptacek, Domain Names, Patches, Security, Networking, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Sybase extends Lotus Notes, Exchange support to iPhone 3G
- Sybase said Tuesday that it has launched its iAnywhere Mobile Office software for the iPhone 3G with connections to Lotus Notes and Microsoft Exchange email. Sybase has been on the iPhone bandwagon since earlier this year, but does bolster the enterprise app lineup available for the iPhone...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, IBM Lotus Notes, Apple iPhone 3G, Sybase Inc., IBM Corp., 3G, Databases, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- AQL Question Set Builder (exe)
- This easy to use software allows professionals to concentrate on developing the question sets to identify clients' strengths and weaknesses. Questions are grouped and ordered using drag and drop. A question bank stores all questions making revision easy while output in Word or PDF gives you control over distribution and...
- Tags: Sirius, Question, Questions, Microsoft Word, Word Processors, Microsoft Office, Financial Services, Office Suites, Software
- Software downloads 2008-07-22
- Kundli for Windows Pro (zip)
- Kundli for windows, kundli 5.5, latest kundli version, vedic indian astrology, professional horoscope reports, planet position, shodash varga, ashtakvarga, match making, guna dosh milan, manglik consideration, 120 year varshphal, hindi, english language, export reports to pdf, jpeg, bmp and email them. User friendly, Most Accurate Calculations, Screen Preview, Storage of...
- Tags: Phone, Version, Y2K, Storage, Microsoft Windows, Telecom & Utilities, Databases, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2008-07-22
- Free Doc Xls PPT Txt To Pdf Converter (exe)
- Free Doc Xls PPT Txt To Pdf Converter can create PDF file from documents including doc, docx, docm, rtf, xls, xlsx, xlsm, ppt, pptx, pptm, txt, which can convert one file once. The conversion will be as original as an original format and all this comes with this effortless user...
- Tags: Adobe PDF, Word-Pdf-Convert Software
- Software downloads 2008-07-22
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