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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 136 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn experts lax security allowed san francisco network hijacking admin offers passwords comments Discuss  
From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 02:47:44 -0500 (CDT)http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/07/former-san-fran.htmlBy David Kravets Threat LevelWired.comJuly 17, 2008SAN FRANCISCO -- San Francisco's "rogue" computer admin accused of commandeering the city's exclusive network passwords has offered to hand them over, his attorney said Thursday.The jailed defendant, Terry Childs, 43, pleaded not guilty Thursday to four felony counts of denying access to the city's ne read more »
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Category: vulnerabilities | Posted by Avatar Staff 123 days ago
Via: http://secunia.com | Tags: phpfreechat nickid hijacking vulnerability comments Discuss  
A vulnerability has been reported in phpFreeChat, which can be exploited by malicious users to conduct hijacking attacks.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 installati read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 117 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn russian gang hijacking pcs vast scheme comments Discuss  
From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 04:03:34 -0500 (CDT)http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/06/technology/06hack.htmlBy JOHN MARKOFFThe New York TimesAugust 5, 2008A criminal gang is using software tools normally reserved for computer network administrators to infect thousands of PCs in corporate and government networks with programs that steal passwords and other information, a security researcher has found.The new form of attack indicates that little progress has been made in def read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 96 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: hijacking huge chunks internet to comments Discuss  
It's easy. Those tubes are bustedMore evidence that the intertubes are fundamentally broken has been served up by Wired.com in an article laying out a technique to surreptitiously hijack huge chunks of the internet and monitor or even modify unencrypted traffic before it reaches its intended destination.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 24 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: miscreants hijacking machines freshly patched adobe flaw comments Discuss  
Is yours next?If you haven't updated your Adobe Reader program lately, now would be a good time. Three days after the company rushed out a critical update, miscreants are actively exploiting a security flaw to execute malicious code on vulnerable machines.… read more »
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