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Microsoft confirms server vulnerability warning

Microsoft has activated its security response process to deal with the release of a exploit code targeting an unpatched vulnerability affecting IIS 5.0 through 6.0. The company released a formal pre-patch advisory to acknowledge the vulnerability and offer mitigation guidance for customers. ...

Tags: Vulnerability, WebDAV, Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft IIS Server, Thierry Zoller, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-05-19

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WPA Wi-Fi encryption (partially) cracked

Rob McMillan at IDG has the scoop on new research that shows it's possible to partially crack the WPA (Wi-Fi Protected Access) encryption standard. Full details of the theoretical attack is not yet known but McMillan reports that two security researchers -- Erik Tews and Martin Beck...

Tags: WPA, Router, Encryption, Attack, Tews, Network Security, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Networking, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-11-06

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

Apple hasn't learned from past security mistakes

* Ryan Naraine is on vacation. Guest editorial by Aviv Raff Apple's Safari for Windows is a nice browser. It really is. It has slick user interface, some pretty cool features, and benchmarks show that it is really fast. But, saying that...

Tags: Security, Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Web Browser, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Vista SP1 still vulnerable to speech recognition 'analog' hole

A little more than a year ago, Sebastian Krahmer posted a question on the Dailydave security mailing list whether Vista's speech recognition was exploitable or not via malicious sound files that could be hosted on websites.  I was the first to answer his call with some initial skepticism...

Tags: Vulnerability, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Bottom Line, Speech Recognition, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Emerging Technologies, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, George Ou

Blog posts 2008-02-12

German security shop challenges anti-hacker laws

Fed up with the "ambiguity and confusion" surrounding Germany's controversial anti-hacker laws, a private security research firm has put its hacking tools back online as part of a public test of the interpretation of the new law. n.runs AG, a well-known penetration testing shop that counts Microsoft...

Tags: Germany, Law, Tool, Phenoelit, Productivity, Security, Hacking, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2007-09-26

Vista voice exploit - cry wolf?

Thierry Zoller, a security consultant at n.runs AG (one of the outside companies that did pen-testing on Windows Vista), argues that George Ou's Vista speech command exploit is borderline cry-wolf:Speech recognition is inherently unreliable...Since you deem the problem as remotely exploitable, let's ignore for one that I have to actively...

Tags: Windows Vista, Vulnerability research, Microsoft Windows Vista, audio

Blog posts 2007-02-02

Secure-It 1.26 (Windows)

Secure-It is a local Windows security hardening tool developed by Thierry Zoller, it proactively secures your PC by either disabling the intrusion and propagation vectors proactively or reduce the attack surface by disabling underlying functionality malware uses to execure itself.It secures Windows desktop PCs against new dangers by blocking the...

Tags: PC, Malware, Y.A.S.C, Secure-It, Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Desktops, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2006-01-07