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- Microsoft confirms SMB2 vulnerability, warns of code execution risk
- Feel free to delete this Ryan.ThanksIsn't it about time we stop playing nice andfind these people who create such an endless stream of blank and do a bit of Vlad the Impaler on them? Catch em... give them a fair trial (I want to be certain we publicly impale...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., SMB2, Microsoft Windows Vista, vulnerability, beta
- Discussion threads 2009-09-09
- Windows 7, Vista exposed to 'teardrop attack'
- Vulnerable by default?[i]Exploit code for a remote reboot flaw in Microsoft's implementation of the SMB2 protocol has been posted on the internet, exposing users of Windows 7 and Windows Vista to the teardrop attacks that used to be popular on Windows 3.1 and Windows 95.[/i]I presume this attack is able...
- Tags: Firewalls, Network security, SECURITY, NETWORKING, Microsoft Windows Vista, firewall, Network Address Translation, Microsoft Windows, software firewall, Microsoft Windows 7, attack
- Discussion threads 2009-09-08
- Microsoft WINS vulnerability under attack
- Just one week after Microsoft issued a fix for a worm hole in the Windows Internet Name Service WINS, malicious hackers have started launching attacks against unpatched systems. The attacks, first spotted by the SANS Internet Storm Center, are hitting Microsoft Windows users who have not yet...
- Tags: Vulnerability, WINS, Microsoft Corp., Attack, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-08-19
- US, S. Korean websites under attack; N. Korea blamed
- US, S. Korean websites under attack; N. Korea blamedattacks from Windows machinesThese are infected Windows operating system computers that are attacking the government sites. Will we ever learn?RE: US, S. Korean websites under attack; N. Korea blamedIs this story real? It seems like this would be a little more...
- Tags: Web site development, Web technology, SECURITY, Cyberwarfare, Korean website, attack, Web site
- Discussion threads 2009-07-08
- The Harsh Reality of Suburban Broadband, Part Deux
- Goddamit! Why have I been offline for so long? As I explained in a previous article last summer about my broadband situation, my employer, like many large technology services companies, has elected to classify my work situation as "Home-Based", in that...
- Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Broadband, Mike, Cable Guy, Modems, Cable, Network Technology, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Hardware, Components, Personal Technology, Networking, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-06-26
- Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account hijacked, pushes Windows and Mac malware
- Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account hijacked, pushes Windows and Mac malwareMore details about severity of attack[i]On Windows machines, a user falling for the bait gets to a series of Web pages featuring pornographic content and, at the end, a prompt to update a video codec. That fake codec is...
- Tags: Operating systems, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Apple Mac OS X, malware, Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh, Guy Kawasaki, attack, user interaction, disk image, Twitter
- Discussion threads 2009-06-24
- Web 2.0 Expo: Top ten Web hacking techniques
- A large portion of the Web 2.0 Expo attendees are focused on content. They want to create better, more engaging content for social media programs and Web engagement with their customers. But the Web and application developers behind this content need to know how to secure it. This is what...
- Tags: Technique, Web, Web 2.0, Hacking, Attacker, Attack, Clickjacking, Channel Management, Security, Marketing, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2009-04-01
- Cisco IOS patch day covers multiple vulnerabilities
- Cisco has shipped a batch of patches to cover multiple vulnerabilities affecting IOS, the software that powers the vast majority of Cisco's routers and switches. In all, the company released 8 separate advisories with warnings for information disclosure, privilege escalation, denial-of-service vulnerabilities. The...
- Tags: Denial Of Service, Cisco IOS, Device, Cisco IOS Software, Vulnerability, Cisco Systems Inc., Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-03-25
- FortGuard Firewall 2.2 (Windows)
- The most accurate, highest performance protection against DDoS attacks with built-in Intrusion Prevention System. Features: accurate, highest performance protection against DDoS attacks; built-in intrusion prevention system; protection against SYN, TCP flooding and other types of DDoS attacks; real-time visibility of attack packets; TCP flow control; attack packets filtering; UDP/ICMP/IGMP packets...
- Tags: Intrusion Prevention System, Performance, Microsoft Windows, Distributed Denial Of Service, FortGuard Technology, Intrusion Prevention, Tcp/Ip, Performance Management, Security, Networking, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- Software downloads 2009-02-12
- Mac Trojan horse found in pirated Adobe Photoshop CS4
- A new variant of the iServices Trojan horse has been discovered by Intego. The new Trojan horse, OSX.Trojan.iServices.B, is found in pirated software distributed via BitTorrent trackers and other sites containing links to pirated software, just like the previous version. OSX.Trojan.iServices.B Trojan horse is...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe PhotoShop, Apple Macintosh, Trojan Horse, OSX.Trojan.iServices.B Trojan Horse, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Spyware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-01-26
- Detecting Pulsing Denial-of-Service Attacks With Nondeterministic Attack Intervals
- This paper addresses the important problem of detecting Pulsing Denial of Service PDoS attacks which send a sequence of attack pulses to reduce TCP throughput. Unlike previous works which focused on a restricted form of attacks, one considers a very broad class of attacks. In particular, the attack model admits...
- Tags: Denial Of Service, The Vanguard Group Inc., Attack, Attack Interval, Security
- White papers 2009-01-21
- MS Patch Tuesday: 3 critical SMB vulnerabilities
- Microsoft today shipped a solitary bulletin with patches for at least three documented security flaws in the Microsoft Server Message Block SMB Protocol. The three vulnerabilities, rated "critical" on Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, exposes Windows users to remote code execution attacks, Microsoft said...
- Tags: Attacker, Vulnerability, Patch Management, Microsoft Corp., Worm, Small And Medium Business, Microsoft Windows, Security, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-01-13
- Analysis of a Denial of Service Attack on TCP
- This paper analyzes a network-based denial of service attack for IP Internet Protocol based networks. It is popularly called SYN flooding. It works by an attacker sending many TCP Transmission Control Protocol connection requests with spoofed source addresses to a victim's machine. Each request causes the targeted host to instantiate...
- Tags: Purdue University, Denial Of Service, TCP, Analysis, Tcp/Ip, Networking
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Proactive Server Roaming for Mitigating Denial-of-Service Attacks
- This paper proposes a framework based on proactive server roaming to mitigate the effects of Denial-of-Service DoS attacks. The active server proactively changes its location within a pool of servers to defend against unpredictable and undetectable attacks. Only legitimate clients can follow the active server as it roams. They present...
- Tags: Denial Of Service, Attack, Servers, Security, Hardware
- White papers 2009-01-01
- Apple plugs 21 Mac OS X security holes
- Apple has released a peck of patches to cover at least 21 documented security vulnerabilities affecting Mac OS X users. With its eighth security update for 2008, the company shipped fixes for flaws that could lead to remote code execution and denial-of-service attacks . The patch batch...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Update, Apple Inc., Issue, Arbitrary Code Execution, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Security, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-12-15
- Foreign governments attack White House, Obama, McCain campaign systems
- Foreign governments attack White House, Obama, McCain campaign systemstsk, tsk...MISLEADING headline!!!Man, just when will folks like you stop your xenophobia??!! Whatever happened to the terrible horrible Russians that you guys kept telling the public that they wanted to invade and control us?!! Get a life!!In case you haven't...
- Tags: SECURITY, govt, Foreign governments attack, Obama McCain, Foreign Government, White House, attack
- Discussion threads 2008-11-07
- Patch Tuesday heads up: Critical Windows, Office fixes coming
- Patch Tuesday heads up: Critical Windows, Office fixes comingOffice Patch/updateOffice updates fail every time for me. Did what help file said. No good. Emailed Microsoft/no reply. I need another OS.RE: Patch Tuesday heads up: Critical Windows, Office fixes comingMicrosoft patches are as useful as herpiesWell i hope they will at...
- Tags: NETWORKING, Microsoft Patches, Critical Windows Office fix, Critical Windows Office, Patch Tuesday, network
- Discussion threads 2008-11-06
- Fake Microsoft Patch Tuesday malware campaign spreading
- Malicious attackers are once again taking advantage of event-based social engineering attacks, and are currently mass mailing fake notifications for Microsoft's Patch Tuesday, attaching a copy of Trojan.Backdoor.Haxdoor, next to a legitimately looking PGP signature which is, of course, fake too : "We received some questions from customers about...
- Tags: Malware, Microsoft Corp., PGP Corp., Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, E-mail, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Debate around 'partial disclosure' heats up
- There are many ways of telling the world about a security vulnerability. A vulnerability can be announced without telling the vendor, it can be announced after giving the vendor a period of time to fix the issue, or it may just be circulated amongst the underground without ever coming...
- Tags: Disclosure, Researcher, Vulnerability, Security, Adam O'Donnell
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
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