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| Posted by Avatar Staff 287 days ago
Via: http://www.uninformed.org | Tags: improving software security analysis using exploitation properties comments Discuss  
Reliable exploitation of security vulnerabilities has continued to become more difficult as formidable mitigations have been established and are now included by default with most modern operating systems. Future exploitation of software vulnerabilities will rely on either discovering ways to circumvent these mitigations or uncovering flaws that are not adequately protected. Since the majority of the mitigations that exist today lack universal bypass techniques, it has become more fruitful to take the latte read more »
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| Posted by Avatar Staff 287 days ago
Via: http://www.uninformed.org | Tags: memalyze dynamic analysis of memory access behavior in software comments Discuss  
This paper describes strategies for dynamically analyzing an application's memory access behavior. These strategies make it possible to detect when a read or write is about to occur at a given location in memory while an application is executing. An application's memory access behavior can provide additional insight into its behavior. For example, it may be able to provide an idea of how data propagates throughout the address space. Three individual strategies which can be used to intercept memory accesses read more »
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| Posted by Avatar Staff 287 days ago
Via: http://uninformed.org | Tags: antivirus software gone wrong comments Discuss  
Anti-virus software is becoming more and more prevalent on end-user computers today. Many major computer vendors (such as Dell) bundle anti-virus software and other personal security suites in the default ... read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 283 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: two companies settle software copyright claims comments Discuss  
Two companies, a door manufacturer and a dental laboratory network, have agreed to pay tens of thousands of dollars to settle Business Software Alliance (BSA) claims that they had unlicensed software on their computers. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 281 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn safecode software assurance comments Discuss  
http://www.gcn.com/online/vol1_no1/45811-1.htmlBy William JacksonGCN.com02/13/08An information technology industry group formed to develop and share best practices for secure software development has released its first paper, outlining the core practices being used by member companies.The Software Association Forum for Excellence in Code (SAFECode) was announced in October as a way to enhance communications between software companies. Many companies have internal programs to improve the quality of the code read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 280 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: siia sues ebaybased software sellers comments Discuss  
Online auction giant eBay has been slow to respond to concerns about pirated software being sold there, prompting the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) to file nine lawsuits against eBay-based software sellers, an SIIA official said. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 280 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn friendly worms spread software fixes comments Discuss  
http://technology.newscientist.com/article/dn13318-friendly-worms-could-spread-software-fixes.htmlBy Tom SimoniteNewScientist.com news service14 February 2008Microsoft researchers are hoping to use "information epidemics" to distribute software patches more efficiently.Milan Vojnovic and colleagues from Microsoft Research in Cambridge, UK, want to make useful pieces of information such as software updates behave more like computer worms: spreading between computers instead of being downloaded fro read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 274 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: beware thirdparty software flaws comments Discuss  
p strong Dealing with and managing unpatched third-party software is key as hackers use them to compromise your OS according to Charles Miller principal analyst for Independent Security Evaluators in this OnSecurity podcast. strong br p ...Embedded Linux From a Trusted Source Reduce your development schedules with pre-compiled Linux components, along with tools and support. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 273 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: beware thirdparty software flaws comments Discuss  
p strong Dealing with and managing unpatched third-party software is key as hackers use such applications to compromise operating systems according to Charles Miller principal analyst for Independent Security Evaluators in this OnSecurity podcast. strong br p ...Online Education-Accredited Learn from Home-Fully accredited 1000's of Degrees 2 Hours per week. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 263 days ago
Via: http://lists.jammed.com | Tags: isn foreign software security threat comments Discuss  
http://www.military-information-technology.com/article.cfm?DocID=2354By Cheryl GerberMilitary Information TechnologyVolume: 12 Issue: 2Feb 28, 2008Although the global outsourcing of software development and the expanding use of commercial software have dropped the price and often boosted the quality of software, the practices have also raised the rate of malicious code attacks. That has presented a potential national security risk that the Department of Defense and a number of companies are battling with read more »
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Category: vulnerabilities | Posted by Avatar Staff 262 days ago
Via: http://secunia.com | Tags: groupe collaboration software headauthphp remote file inclusion comments Discuss  
CraCkEr has reported a vulnerability in GROUP-E Collaboration Software, 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 * Ru read more »
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