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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 284 days ago
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http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?newsID=11371By Bryan BettsTechworld08 February 2008The use of data encryption could make organisations vulnerable to new risks and threats, a panel of security experts warned today.Many organisations are encrypting their stored data to relieve concerns over data theft or loss - for example, US mandatory disclosure laws on data breaches do not apply to encrypted data.However, experts from IBM Internet Security Systems, Juniper, nCipher and elsewhere said that read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 268 days ago
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=206900323By Thomas ClaburnInformationWeekFebruary 26, 2008The most recent version of Apple's Mac OS X (10.5.2) appears contain a security vulnerability that could allow an attacker to crash computers on a local or remote network.Security researcher Neil Kettle of Digit-labs.org on Tuesday posted a proof-of-concept exploit that takes advantage of a flaw in the way the Apple implements IPv6 support.Most networks use the IPv4 networking protocol; read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 255 days ago
Via: http://www.infoworld.com | Tags: companies vulnerable insider threats comments Discuss  
The recent scandal at French bank Société Générale has again highlighted how vulnerable companies are against insider threats, speakers said Tuesday at the European Computer Audit Control and Security Conference in Stockholm. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 238 days ago
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207000123By Paul McDougallInformationWeekMarch 27, 2008 Researchers at software security firm Secunia said they've found two "highly critical" vulnerabilities in Apple's Safari 3.1 For Windows browser.In one instance, files with long names downloaded via the browser "can be exploited to cause memory corruption," according to Secunia. That could result in the host computer becoming vulnerable to arbitrary code execution -- a read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 196 days ago
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http://www.informationweek.com/news/windows/operatingsystems/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=207601217By Thomas ClaburnInformationWeekMay 8, 2008 Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT)'s Vista operating system is more susceptible to malware than Windows 2000, and though it's 37% more secure than Windows XP, it's still too vulnerable.That's the contention of security vendor PC Tools Software, which has a financial interest in the vulnerability of Microsoft's software."Ironically, the new operating system has been hailed b read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 184 days ago
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/20/AR2008052002354.htmlBy Brian Krebswashingtonpost.com Staff WriterMay 21, 2008The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), the nation's largest public power company, is vulnerable to cyber attacks that could sabotage critical systems that provide electricity to more than 8.7 million people, according to a Government Accountability Office report to be released today.The report was requested by a House Homeland Security panel on cyber security, which is read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 127 days ago
Via: http://feeds.ziffdavisenterprise.com | Tags: dnsstuff freeware detects vulnerable dns servers comments Discuss  
DNSstuff has released a new tool to help organizations detect if their DNS servers are vulnerable to the DNS protocol flaw revealed last week. - DNSstuff.com is offering a free tool for organizations looking to test the susceptibility of their domain name servers to a fundamental flaw in the Domain Name System (DNS) protocol revealed publicly last week.A provider of on-demand DNS and network analysis tools, DNSstuff made the freeware, w... read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 109 days ago
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A month after a critical flaw in the Internet's Domain Name System was first reported, security experts are warning that updates introduced by Apple last week may not go far enough to combat the threat. read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 109 days ago
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A vulnerability in as-yet unpatched Microsoft software poses a more severe threat to Internet Explorer 6 users than those on the next version of the browser, security vendor Symantec has warned. read more »
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Category: vulnerabilities | Posted by Avatar Staff 107 days ago
Via: https://forums.symantec.com | Tags: activex vulnerabilities vulnerable vulnerable comments Discuss  
Recently, we came across a rather unfortunate exploit case for the Access Snapshot Viewer ActiveX Vulnerability that took advantage of a property of the ActiveX system to exploit IE users who did not have the vulnerable control installed. How does one exploit a vulnerability that does not exist on a system you say? read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 102 days ago
Via: http://go.theregister.com | Tags: patched dns servers vulnerable cache poisoning comments Discuss  
But the sky won't fall just yetLarge swaths of the internet remain at risk from a potentially crippling vulnerability in the net's address lookup system even after installing emergency patches, a researcher has warned.… read more »
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