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Category: vulnerabilities | Posted by Avatar Staff 293 days ago
Via: http://secunia.com | Tags: larson network print server format string buffer overflow vulnerabilities comments Discuss  
Luigi Auriemma has discovered two vulnerabilities in Larson Network Print Server, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or 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 updatin read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 291 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: network security review consentry lanshield switch comments Discuss  
Traditionally, many IT specialists have seen networks as an open channel. They allow an infinite variety of devices to communicate, and the best networks make communication simple, free, and instantaneous -- like the air we breathe. Back in the early days of the Internet, shell accounts were gratis for the asking. Few people used passwords. It was an easy and altruistic era. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 287 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: fbi screwed up spied entire email network comments Discuss  
One warrant for one address not quite good enoughThe FBI on Friday revealed that human error led to surveillance of an entire email network back in 2006, rather than the single email address approved by the secretive court which approves domestic wiretaps and other forms of e-surveillance.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 285 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn russian hosting network running protection racket researcher says comments Discuss  
http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=security&articleId=9063418By Gregg KeizerFebruary 19, 2008 Computerworld The Russian Business Network, a notorious hacker and malware hosting network, runs a protection racket that extorts as much as $2,000 a month in fees for "protective Web services" from borderline sites, a researcher alleged today.The RBNExploit blog -- which is authored by one or more anonymous researchers -- spelled out the racket run by th read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 284 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn hackers break gsas network post protected content downloading web site comments Discuss  
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=521958By ABBY D. PHILLIPCrimson Staff WriterFebruary 19, 2008Hackers broke into the Web site of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences this weekend and posted secure information to an online peer-to-peer network.The user kaboom73 uploaded the 125-megabyte filewhich contained the site administrators secure user name and password, a back-up of the sites server, site databases, and contact databasesto the torrent site Pirate Bay on Saturday.At 8 p.m. yesterday even read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 279 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: network solutions sued domain policy comments Discuss  
A class-action lawsuit filed on Monday against Network Solutions alleges the company has unfairly profited from its domain name registration business. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 278 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: that wifi network thought secure aint comments Discuss  
'Pwnage Edition' on the prowlBusinesses using some of the more advanced methods for securing connections to Wi-Fi access points need to take a hard look at the configuration settings of client computers. So say researchers who have documented a simple way to impersonate trusted networks.… read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 277 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn wifi network thought secure aint comments Discuss  
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/02/26/wpa_enterprise_pwnage/By Dan Goodin Channel Register26 Feb 2008Businesses using some of the more advanced methods for securing connections to Wi-Fi access points need to take a hard look at the configuration settings of client computers. So say researchers who have documented a simple way to impersonate trusted networks.The attack works on access points that use the Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) in concert with Protected Extensible Authentication Protocol (PEAP) o read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 269 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn simple snmp scans yield network data comments Discuss  
http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?newsID=11617By Matthew BroersmaTechworld05 March 2008System administrators have long been wary of the security implications of Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), but a recent experiment by "ethical hacking" group GNUCitizen has shown that many SNMP-enabled devices are left unguarded and may be prone to giving away sensitive information.In a random scan of 2.5 million IP addresses via SNMP, the group found that many devices gave away names, read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 269 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn defense officials concerned data lost network attack comments Discuss  
http://www.govexec.com/story_page.cfm?articleid=39456By Jill R. Aitoro Govexec.com March 5, 2008A June 2007 network intrusion at the Pentagon resulted in the theft of an "amazing amount" of data, and the incident remains a national security concern, a top Defense Department technology official said this week.The Office of the Secretary of Defense detected malicious code in various portions of its network infrastructure while consolidating information technology resources in the middle of last y read more »
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