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| Last Updated: 07/25/2008 11:35 am |
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| Metasploit Loads Up DNS Attack Code |
[Insider Report: 2008-07-24 ]
Metasploit Loads Up DNS Attack Code
David Utter
Script kiddies and sophisticated hackers gained easy access to code for exploiting a critical flaw in the domain name service (DNS) system when the Metasploit Project added two attacks to its toolkit.
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Recent Reports:
[Insider Report: 2008-07-23 ]
Romanian Pleads Guilty In US Phishing Case
David Utter
Eighteen months after being indicted by a federal court, one of a group of seven Romanian citizens pleaded guilty to involvement with phishing bank details from people.
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[Insider Report: 2008-07-22 ]
DNS Flaw Details Emerge
David Utter
Security pros have been urged to patch vulnerable DNS systems if they have not done so already.
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[Insider Report: 2008-07-21 ]
Server Theft Trumps Server Hacking
David Utter
The brute force technique applied to physical goods long before it ever came up in the conversation about breaking passwords to gain access to resources.
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Lead Articles:
[2008-07-18] Critical DNS Issue Threatens Internet
No hyperbole, no joke. People familiar with a flaw in the domain name system sounded a sobering call to administrators everywhere to fix their systems. »Click
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[2008-07-17] Mozilla Patches Firefox 3
A fix for a vulnerability reported a few hours after the Firefox 3 Download Day opened began arriving on people's computers. »Click
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[2008-07-16] Oracle Troubled By Web Component Security
The latest run of vulnerability fixes released by Oracle showed troubling trends with making services available with web-facing resources. »Click
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Regulatory Compliance & the Real Risk of Undetected Malware 2008-06-23 05:50 With the emergence of regulatory laws borne out of experience from a variety of embarrassing security breaches, today's corporate leaders face a myriad of repercussions...
From Traditional Anti-Virus to Security-as-a-Service 2008-05-28 09:21 Over the past five years, the anti-virus market has experienced tremendous growth as many new technologies have emerged in response to current conditions...
Don’t Overlook the Online Channel: Combating Multi-Channel Fraud at the Source 2008-05-21 05:17 The latest threat to online banking accounts involves fraudsters using multi-step schemes that involve different interaction points with financial institutions...
Storm Botnet Subsides 2008-05-02 01:03 Something new may be on tap to replace Storm as the big botnet pest, as its size decreased substantially in April...
eBay Has Its Romanian Hacker 2008-04-21 01:46 An arrest in Budapest turned up one Vlad Constantin Duiculescu, aka Vladuz, a thorn in the side of the online marketplace...
Google Builds Tools To Fight Child Porn 2008-04-15 02:23 An ongoing effort with the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) by Google produced video tools for use in finding exploitative images and videos...
PayPal Calls For Partnerships Against Phishing 2008-04-14 01:40 One of the most popular phishing targets on the Internet wants to thwart criminals, but needs a lot of help to do so...
Online Criminals Outsource Their Work 2008-04-08 12:38 A study by security vendor Finjan suggested a trend in criminal behavior has them farming work out to established rings with a technology infrastructure in place...
Google Street View Becomes Driveway View 2008-04-07 12:33 While one Pittsburgh couple sues Google over its Street View pictures of their residence, another neighboring home found itself the focus of a Google camera car that drove up its driveway...
Identity Info Breaches Hitting Everywhere In 2008 2008-04-04 01:04 Commercial businesses, colleges and universities, government offices, and medical facilities of varying sizes share the common label of being hit by identity thieves...
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