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- SlideShare: Another DDoS victim surfaces
- In an email to me, Dancho Danchev reported another victim of the same type of DDoS attack mentioned as hitting CNN. We'll keep our ears open for other instances. The following links to the SlideShare blog which discusses the attack: http://blog.slideshare.net/2008/04/18/slideshare-experiencing-ddos-attack/ ...
- Tags: Victim, Distributed Denial Of Service, Security, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-04-24
- Defeating the Same Origin Policy part 1
- The Same Origin Policy is one of the guiding principles that seek to protect our browsing experience. The Same Origin Policy was originally released with Netscape Navigator 2.0 and has been incorporated in one form or another in every major browser since. The concept has additionally been extended...
- Tags: Concept, Attacker, Java, Victim, Applet, Attack, Same Origin Policy, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-03-14
- 66% of Americans believe their identity can be stolen while shopping online
- 57% of U.S. adults are concerned about being a victim of identity theft during the holiday season, and 66% believe they are more at risk when making purchases online, according to National Association of Insurance Commissioners. 32% of consumers were victims or knew someone who had been a victim of...
- Tags: Victim, Identity, Identity Theft, Security, AM
- Blog posts 2008-01-11
- IE users beware: RealPlayer zero-day flaw under attack
- See updates below with confirmation from RealNetworks and plans for an emergency RealPlayer patch Hackers are actively exploiting a zero-day hole in RealNetworks' RealPlayer media player, a software program installed on tens of millions of Windows computers worldwide. The in-the-wild attacks, which began...
- Tags: Attacker, Victim, Microsoft Internet Explorer, RealNetworks RealPlayer, Attack, Flaw, Exploitation, Digital Music, Digital Media, Security, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-10-19
- Bullseye on Google: Hackers expose holes in GMail, Blogspot, Search Appliance
- [ UPDATE, October 1, 2007: Google has issued a fix for this issue. It's important that you check your filters to ensure your mailbox isn't compromised ] Google's security model is not holding up very well to scrutiny from hackers. In the past few...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, Search Appliance, Victim, XSS, Hacker, Attack Technique, E-mail Providers, E-mail, Internet, Online Communications, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2007-09-25
- A Strange Message - Prank Program (exe)
- Simply secretly install this harmless prank program on your victim's computer. When your victim starts and uses Windows, a weird error message will open in irregular intervals which can only be confirmed with OK. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
- Tags: Victim, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2007-05-22
- 10 ways to avoid being the victim of identity theft
- Identity theft is on the increase, to the tune of 10 million victims in the U.S. and $50 billion in costs. Share this list of preventive measures with your end users, friends, and family members to help protect them from this escalating crime. The FTC reports that...
- Tags: Victim, Identity Theft, Security
- Download resources 2006-05-10
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- DIY phishing kits introducing new features
- What are some of the main factors for the increase of phishing attacks, and their maturity from passive emails to blended threats attempting to not just steal personal information, but also infect with malware by embedding client-side vulnerabilities at the pages? It's all a matter of perspective, which in this...
- Tags: Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Mozilla spreads malware rather than security
- Mozilla spreads malware rather than securityyet another demostration that open source code is NOT safer than closedyet another demostration that open source code is NOT safer than closedSh*t happens....There is no absolute security in computing. And there never will be. Not even when you are running Linux (safe from viruses,...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, Web browsers, Murderers, security, Mozilla Corp., malware, virus, Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-05-08
- Why many MCSEs won't learn Linux
- Here's the entirety of a note by discussion contributor nhudd responding to my e-mail exchange with "MCSE Mike": On behalf of MCSE Mike's everywhere... Paul, I think that the vast majority of techs/geeks out there can relate to MCSE Mike's question at the top...
- Tags: MCSE, Newcomer, Nathan, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- Catching up: MySpace adds Karaoke; Friends Reunited drops paid access; Facebook apps create privacy scare
- The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the last week… MySpace adds Karaoke. Nearly two years after Fox Interactive purchased the karaoke site kSolo.com, its feature-set has finally been integrated into MySpace. "The combination of...
- Tags: Facebook, Privacy, MySpace, MySpace Karaoke, Data Mining, Business Intelligence, Corporate Communications, Marketing Research, Desktops, Databases, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing, Hardware, Steve O\'Hear
- Blog posts 2008-05-05
- Morse Code Rickroll 0-day... no, seriously, I mean it
- In the security research world, getting Rickrolled has become a global epidemic. If you've been to any of the recent conferences, you're sure to have been Rickrolled at least once... if you were fortunate enough to be at ToorCon Seattle, then you got Rickrolled about 300 times by Dan Kaminsky....
- Tags: Morse Plc., I/O, XSS, Encryption, Security, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-05-04
- What MicroNoHoo means for enterprises
- What MicroNoHoo means for enterprisesMicrosoft real enemy is piracyI can't denied Microsoft dominate desktop operating system market but this clearly because of piracy. In my country 40% of computer users use pirated version of Windows. They only use the genuine one if it come with the computerOEM.Microsoft is loosening up...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Piracy, Operating systems, Blogging, Microsoft Corp., MicroNoHoo
- Discussion threads 2008-05-04
- Microsoft withrawls bid for Yahoo, Google wins
- Microsoft withrawls bid for Yahoo, Google winsEven more embarassing than thatis that it should be "withdraws".A withdrawal is what a drug user experiences when he has no more of his addictive drug. Or is that what you meant ;-)Withrawls???Somebody please fix the headline for this article! It's embarrassing!THE INTERNET AND...
- Tags: INTERNET, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Inc., withdrawal
- Discussion threads 2008-05-04
- A personal denial of service attack
- About two weeks ago my mail system started getting a lot of reject and return messages pertaining to email being sent out with murph at winface as the return address. None of that actually originated here, of course, but by last Sunday volumes were up to about a two hundred...
- Tags: Denial Of Service, Network, Linux, E-mail, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Networking, Security, Software, Online Communications, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- Excess thermal paste causing high temps in MacBook Air (updated)
- Excess thermal paste causing high temps in MacBook Air updatedWell, as they sayToo much of a good thing can be bad.Hacker computerThey must switch the CPU with a hacked CPU.Geek-tech globs it on.Thermal grease is only there to fill...any gaps due to imperfections in the heat sink and the cpu...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Federal government, Thermal Grease, Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., assembler
- Discussion threads 2008-04-30
- Does open source programming make you a criminal?
- <satire> The New York Times is working on a story saying open source programming makes you a criminal. Matt Richtel right called for an interview soon after learning that a jury had convicted open source programmer Hans Reiser of first degree murder. (Picture from TwelveBooks Publishing.) It...
- Tags: Open Source, Programmer, Programming, Computer, Wally, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-04-30
- Could Apple be preparing the way for Mac gaming?
- Could Apple be preparing the way for Mac gaming?Absolutely - NLP would rock their sales!It's about time they make the microphone an equal input device in lieu of previous weaker attempts with macs. In addition, as a developer I'm looking forward to their high-quality, or familiar voices, toolkit to...
- Tags: Games, Desktops, game, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Mac Gaming
- Discussion threads 2008-04-29
- Online thieves worse than 1960s Mafia
- Online thieves worse than 1960s MafiaCompletely different situationThe current situation is completely different. In the '60's the Mafia was basically a U.S. thing. Also, one reason why it had grown was J. Edgar Hoover, head of the FBI. Hoover was a fanatic about keeping the FBI "pristine",...
- Tags: Phishing, Cyberthreats, Federal government, Spam, Viruses and worms, Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, Mafia, Edgar Hoover
- Discussion threads 2008-04-25
- SportsNetwork CEO: Site back up; A look at the recovery plan
- Sports Network, victim of a Chinese hacker drive-by, is back online as it recovers and revamps security following a Sunday attack. In an interview, Sports Network CEO Mickey Charles detailed some preliminary parts of its recovery plan and a few more details of the attack, which began...
- Tags: SportsNetwork, Sports Network, Hacking, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-04-22
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