attackers

Virtualisation: At risk from attack

admin — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 04:36:45 -0500

Virtualisation, with its rapid pace of adoption, is becoming a frontier for attackers, but not all businesses are aware of, or act on the risks adequately, according to market observers.

Creepy Clickjacking Bug Lets Hackers Control Webcams

admin — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 10:35:17 -0500

LinuxInsider: "A Flash Player vulnerability could allow attackers to gain control of a user's webcam and microphone, according to a security advisory issued by Adobe. The company has issued a workaround; however a patch won't come until later."

Habari Builds Blogging Software to Handle 'Slashdot Effect'

admin — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:21:28 -0500

In response to the growing blogging ecosystem and Web phenomena like the Slashdot effect, the developers of the Habari blogging platform have built features into their core software to tackle the increased attention blogs receive, both from innocent viewers and exploitative attackers, while making it easier for users to manage and administer

RE: What's cool is....

admin — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:02:14 -0500

"The Luppi worm is blazing a trail with great potential for attackers. We might learn a lot about how secure Linux systems are in the next few months.

Wider implications of the Red Hat breach

admin — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:48:22 -0500

Red Hat's recent server breach isn't the first time that a Linux distribution has been targeted by attackers, but it could be one of the most important attacks in terms of the recovery and mitigation processes.

Novell's iPrint open to attack, say researchers (hijack)

admin — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:40:38 -0500

Attackers can exploit bugs in Novell's iPrint application to obtain corporate information or hijack computers, security experts said today.

Securing a (Networked) Apple Os X 10.5 Install

admin — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:22:51 -0500

Despite Apple's laggard attitude toward patching the underbelly of its flagship OS X software; the ability for attackers to crack the OS in seconds ; or even the capability of security researchers to dedicate ...

How To Patch BIND9 Against DNS Cache Poisoning (Debian/Fedora/Ce...

admin — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 10:20:08 -0500

HowtoForge: "Dan Kaminsky earlier this month announced a massive, multi-vendor issue with DNS that could allow attackers to compromise any name server - clients, too. These two articles explain how you can fix a BIND9 nameserver."

C&C Server

admin — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:44:51 -0500

From Russia with political love? It appears so according to a deeper analysis of the command and control servers used by the attackers.

Skype Bug Allows Attackers to Breach Users' Systems

admin — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:48:23 -0500

Officials at a popular video conferencing Web site are warning that a security policy bypass is allowing attackers to write arbitrary code into users' systems and causing problems.