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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 275 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: be prepared activex attacks persist comments Discuss  
A recent string of high-profile ActiveX vulnerabilities caused the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) to advise users to disable the ubiquitous Microsoft browser plug-in technology altogether. The vectors for these recent exploits include a third-party image uploading tool used on both the Facebook and MySpace social networking sites, and flaws found in Yahoo's Music Jukebox, Real Networks' RealPlayer, and Apple's QuickTime. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 85 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: whitehat report finds web site security vulnerabilities persist comments Discuss  
WhiteHat Security's latest report on Web site security shows cross-site scripting remains the most common Web site vulnerability. But cross-site forgery requests also made WhiteHat's list of top 10 Web site security flaws. On a positive note, the majority of the vulnerabilities discovered by WhiteHat were remediated. - WhiteHat Security's latest report on Web site vulnerabilities has found theInternet in slightly better shape emphasis on slightly.In the fifth installment of the quot;WhiteHat Website Se read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 18 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn cyber security questions persist world bank comments Discuss  
From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 02:28:18 -0600 (CST)http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,445829,00.htmlBy Richard BeharFOX NewsNovember 02, 2008Is the World Bank in the middle of a security meltdown?Over the past year, as FOX News reported three weeks ago, the bank has suffered a series of Internet attacks that penetrated at least 18 and perhaps as many as 40 of the bank's data servers. Moreover, spyware was apparently installed on computers inside the bank's treasury unit read more »
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