Safari ‘carpet Bomb’ Attack Code Released

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008

A hacker has posted attack code that exploits critical flaws in the Safari and Internet Explorer Web browsers. The source code, along with a demo of the attack, was posted Sunday on a computer security blog. It can be used to run unauthorized software on a victim's machine, and could be ...

Access-Me 0.1

Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008

Access-Me allows users to test their web applications for authentication vulnerabilities. With this first release the user will be able to: Resubmit the current page without session tokens Resubmit the current page using different HTTP verbs (HEAD/SECCOM) View reports on how the application handled the requests. Access-Me 0.1 is available ...

A quarter of US PCs infected with malware

Monday, June 2nd, 2008

An OECD study into online crime says that increased activity by cyber criminals has left an estimated one-in-four US computers infected with malware. The report, entitled Malicious Software (malware): a Security Threat to the Internet Economy, gives an impression of two worlds engaged in an uneven war of virus invasion and ...

Shmoocon 2008 videos are now online

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

The videos from ShmooCon 2008 have hit the shelves. Go download them at: http://www.shmoocon.org/2008/videos/ EDIT: As of the time of this post, some of the videos are incorrectly named. Here is the 1-> 1: Correctly Named: 21st Century Shellcode for Solaris Advanced Protocol Fuzzing - What We Learned when Bringing Layer2 Logic to SPIKE land Backtrack ...

ZoneAlarm ForceField – Virtualized Browser Security

Monday, May 12th, 2008

ZoneAlarm ForceField provides a protective layer around your browser, shielding you from drive-by downloads, browser exploits, phishing attempts, spyware and keyloggers. So your passwords, your confidential information, and your financial data remain protected. While traditional security, such as firewalls, antivirus, and security suites, protects your PC, ZoneAlarm ForceField protects your browser ...