A photo that can steal your online credentials

Monday, August 4th, 2008

At the Black Hat computer security conference in Las Vegas next week, researchers will demonstrate software they've developed that could steal online credentials from users of popular Web sites such as Facebook, eBay, and Google.The attack relies on a new type of hybrid file that looks like different things to ...

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Online Banking: Widespread Security Flaws Revealed

Tuesday, July 29th, 2008

Online bankers, beware. More than 75 percent of bank Web sites surveyed by a research team had at least one design flaw that could make customers vulnerable to cyber thieves.University of Michigan computer scientist Atul Prakash and his graduate students Laura Falk and Kevin Borders examined the Web sites of ...

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Darik’s Boot and Nuke Securely Wipes Your System in an Emergency

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

Free, open-source boot disk utility Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN) automatically and completely deletes the content of every hard disk it can find on your computer when you run it. Sure you can fire up DBAN for emergency system wipes next time the feds come knocking on your door, but ...

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Finding the name behind a gmail address

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008

Ever wondered what name is behind some obscure gmail address? Maybe your preferred gmail address was taken and you’re wondering who took it? Here’s a cute vulnerability in the gmail system that comes from the strong tie-ins between gmail, the google calendar and all the other services. Source: http://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/1113

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Cracking Physical Identity Theft

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

A researcher performing social engineering exploits on behalf of several U.S. banks and other firms in the past year has “stolen” thousands of identities with a 100 percent success rate.Joshua Perrymon, hacking director for PacketFocus Security Solutions and CEO of RedFlag Security, says organizations typically are focused on online identity ...

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