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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 285 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn thief scams fortress dc comments Discuss  
http://blog.wired.com/defense/2008/02/thief-scams-for.htmlBy Noah Shachtman Danger RoomWired.comFebruary 08, 2008 If you're looking for a great yarn [1], you could do a whole lot worse than the cover story in this week's Washington City Paper. Here's a snip: A little before 2 p.m.... a woman returned to her office [at the Nuclear Regulatory Commission] and found a stranger sitting at her desk... I was going to leave you a note, the stranger said, rising from the chair. She explained that s read more »
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Category: vulnerabilities | Posted by Avatar Staff 149 days ago
Via: http://secunia.com | Tags: dc null pointer dereference denial service comments Discuss  
A weakness has been reported in DC++, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).Be sure to check if your system is missing security updates or have insecure applications installed:http://secunia.com/software_inspector/Feature Overview - The Secunia Software Inspector: * Detects insecure versions of applications installed * Verifies that all Microsoft patches are applied * Assists you in updating your system and applications * Runs through your browser. No installation or read more »
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Category: vulnerabilities | Posted by Avatar Staff 142 days ago
Via: http://secunia.com | Tags: linux dc null pointer dereference incomplete message denial service comments Discuss  
Two weaknesses have been reported in Linux DC++, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).Be sure to check if your system is missing security updates or have insecure applications installed:http://secunia.com/software_inspector/Feature Overview - The Secunia Software Inspector: * Detects insecure versions of applications installed * Verifies that all Microsoft patches are applied * Assists you in updating your system and applications * Runs through your browser. No inst read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 127 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn ownthebox dc pwning dollars comments Discuss  
From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 03:12:20 -0500 (CDT)Forwarded from: OTB <ownthebox (at) cipherpunx.org>OwnTheBox, now in year 0x01, continues its hallowed tradition of creating temporary autonomous zones comprised of random people asking to be haxored to test their defensive Kung Fu. We're a defender contest, of sorts, which means the following:* Contestants bring a server, running some hardened services* We invite all DefCon attendees to attack these services* ???? read more »
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Category: blogs | Posted by Avatar Staff 16 days ago
Via: http://voices.washingtonpost.com | Tags: election hoax dc based ecampaign group comments Discuss  
An e-mail hoax telling 35,000 George Mason University students, faculty and staff, that the election had been moved to Nov. 5, was sent through servers run by a D.C. based company that seeks to help political campaigns promote their messages online. The fake e-mail, sent just after 1 a.m. this morning to a campus listserv, was crafted to appear as though it was sent from GMU's provost. In a follow-up e-mail sent this morning by...Please click on the title to continue reading this entry. read more »
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