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Spammers's Holy GrailSpammers are using a sophisticated piece of software that can create thousands of Windows Live email addresses by cracking the protections designed to prevent the large-scale creation of fraudulent accounts.… read more »
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p strong The issue is described as a design limitation that could allow practical attacks against laptops in sleep or hibernation mode. br strong p ...Free Embedded Linux Webinars 5 free embedded Linux webinars from Timesys. Topics include Toolsets, Boot-Up, Filesystems & more. read more »
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Fresh fruit for rotting vegetablesSpammers, fresh from the success of cracking the Windows Live captcha used by Hotmail, have broken the equivalent system at Gmail.… read more »
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A rootkit uncovered in the wild in December is proving to be a real headache to detect, according to Finnish security company F-Secure. read more »
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http://www.networkworld.com/news/2008/030608-hacker-cracks-smartcard.htmlBy John CoxNetwork World 03/06/2008People are starting to wake up to the fact that RFID-enabled smartcards now can be far more easily, and cheaply, cracked than ever before, as a trio of young computer experts recently showed.These are a particular type of processor-embedded cards, and are different from credit cards. The actual decryption work by the researchers was done on the widely deployed Mifare Classic wireless smartcard, now m read more »
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The keys to London Underground, and plenty moreSecurity researchers say they've found a way to crack the encryption used to protect a widely-used smartcard in a matter of minutes, making it possible for them to quickly and cheaply clone the cards that are used to secure office buildings and automate the collection of mass transportation fares.… read more »
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http://www.itp.net/news/516118-iBy Imthishan Giado Arabian Computer NewsApril 13, 2008When asked to describe what a typical ‘hacker' looks like, most people will resort to film clichés such as Keanu Reeves from the Matrix. The typical hacker profile is that of a dank unkempt loner who lives in a basement lit by the harsh glow of an LCD and gleefully punches away at a keyboard, defacing websites and leaving rude messages on desktops.That's the old reality, says Jeremiah Grossman, CTO and founder of web sec read more »
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http://www.fcw.com/online/news/152223-1.htmlBy Mary MosqueraFCW.comApril 11, 2008The director of the National Institutes of Health has notified employees to expect random computer audits as the agency works to ensure full compliance with its security policies. NIH discovered that a stolen laptop PC belonging to NIH contained medical data and Social Security numbers of 1,200 patients involved in medical research.The theft of the unencrypted laptop was a major violation of NIH’s commitment to protect the con read more »
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Forwarded from: Jason Scott <jason (at) textfiles.com>On Mon, 14 Apr 2008, InfoSec News wrote:> http://www.itp.net/news/516118-i[...]> When asked to describe what a typical 'hacker' looks like, most people > will resort to film cliches such as Keanu Reeves from the Matrix. The > typical hacker profile is that of a dank unkempt loner who lives in a > basement lit by the harsh glow of an LCD and gleefully punches away at > a keyboard, defacing websites and leaving rude messages on des read more »
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http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=security&articleId=9085980By Gregg KeizerMay 15, 2008 ComputerworldA recently disclosed vulnerability in widely used Linux distributions can be exploited by attackers to guess cryptographic keys, possibly leading to the forgery of digital signatures and theft of confidential information, a noted security researcher said today.HD Moore, best known as the exploit researcher who created the Metasploit penetration testing fram read more »
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/mobility/messaging/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=208403978By Marin PerezInformationWeekJune 13, 2008An Indian government official said his country may use third-party tools to crack the encryption used by Research In Motion's BlackBerrys if the company doesn't open up its network."If they fail to come up with any satisfactory solution, we will invoke other options. We have been approached by other companies with solutions to decrypt the data passed over the BlackBerry read more »
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