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Category: vulnerabilities | Posted by Avatar Staff 300 days ago
Via: http://research.eeye.com | Tags: Internet Connection Sharing DoS comments Discuss  
A denial of service vulnerability exists within the Internet Connection Sharing service in Microsoft Windows XP. read more »
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Category: tools | Posted by Avatar Staff 300 days ago
Via: http://blog.metasploit.com | Tags: Internet DriveBy Shootings comments Discuss  
Web browser flaws are nothing new, but the professional crooks are finding new ways to combine these flaws into a system for turning a quick profit. This post describes an example of how one web site is combining system fingerprinting, browser vulnerabilities, email spam, fake web forums, and buggy PHP applications into an automated malware installation system.If you would like to test your system to see if it is vulnerable to these attacks, please visit the Metasploit Browser Assessment web page.Every cou read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 297 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn cable damage hits m internet users in uae comments Discuss  
http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/theuae/2008/February/theuae_February155.xml§ion=theuaeBy Asma Ali Zain (Our staff reporter)5 February 2008DUBAI -- An estimated 1.7 million Internet users in the UAE have been affected by the recent undersea cable damage, an expert said yesterday, quoting recent figures published by TeleGeography, an international research Web site.Internet data was majorly affected as it is the biggest capacity carried by the undersea cables.However, all voice read more »
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| Posted by Avatar Staff 297 days ago
Via: http://www.uninformed.org | Tags: getting out of jail escaping internet explorer protected mode comments Discuss  
With the introduction of Windows Vista, Microsoft has added a new form of mandatory access control to the core operating system. Internally known as "integrity levels", this new addition to the security manager allows security controls to be placed on a per-process basis. This is different from the traditional model of per-user security controls used in all prior versions of Windows NT. In this manner, integrity levels are essentially a bolt-on to the existing Windows NT security architecture. While th read more »
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Category: vulnerabilities | Posted by Avatar Staff 292 days ago
Via: http://secunia.com | Tags: microsoft internet explorer multiple vulnerabilities comments Discuss  
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Internet Explorer, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.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. read more »
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Category: vulnerabilities | Posted by Avatar Staff 292 days ago
Via: http://secunia.com | Tags: microsoft internet information services code execution vulnerability comments Discuss  
A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS), which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a vulnerable system.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 * read more »
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Category: vulnerabilities | Posted by Avatar Staff 292 days ago
Via: http://secunia.com | Tags: microsoft internet information services privilege escalation comments Discuss  
A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS), which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.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 * read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 291 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn internet security awareness forum launched comments Discuss  
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39292798,00.htmBy Tom Espiner ZDNet.co.uk12 Feb 2008An organisation has been launched to promote security awareness in the wake of the plethora of major security breaches in 2007.The Internet Security Awareness Forum (ISAF), launched on Tuesday at the British Computer Society (BCS) in London, will be an umbrella body for a number of organisations, including BCS, IT industry lobbying group EURIM, and web-safety campaign Get Safe Online.The forum was created as read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 290 days ago
Via: http://radajo.blogspot.com | Tags: internet storm center isc handler comments Discuss  
Last month, January 2008, I became handler of the Internet Storm Center (ISC) - What is this? - It is an honor for me to be the first Spanish handler in History. Today (February 14, 2008) it has been my first shift as the Handler on Duty at the ISC and it has been a lot of fun, always considering that "with great power comes great responsibility" :)Last week I published my first couple of posts, warning about multiple vulnerabilities in commonly used client software, and about the latest Adobe Reader vulne read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 285 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: bill gates internet censorship work comments Discuss  
Efforts by countries like China to restrict the exchange of information on the Internet are ultimately doomed to failure, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates told an audience of Stanford University students Tuesday. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 284 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: lords internet security comments Discuss  
'Disappointed' that gov ignored recommendationsThe House of Lords Science and Technology Committee has announced a follow-up inquiry to its 'Personal Internet Security' report.… read more »
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