Monday, April 21st, 2008
The Captcha used in the current version 8.1 of PHP Nuke can be deciphered with 100% accuracy. more information can be found here:
http://www.rooksecurity.com/blog/?p=6
Exploit Code: http://www.rooksecurity.com/exploits/php_nuke_captcha.zip
What is so interesting about this captcha is that it is incredibly wide spread. Variants of this captcha are being used by big names like Paypal. ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
Almost everyone knows what CSRF or better unauthorized requests are. I never really embraced CSRF as the correct term for unauthorized request issues, because the term is outdated and inadequate to contemporary hacking. For me, an unauthorized request is the layer or automation of a hacking procedure without direct interference ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
It seems like Microsoft are starting to get serious about security, in a very progressive move they have said they are ok with ethical hackers finding security flaws in their online services.
It’s been fairly ok so far to hack away at software installed on your own hardware, but hitting remotely ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
There's a ton of information in your computer's user manual, but it's also hundreds of pages long. To become a real power user, you could read through the entire thing, memorizing the details on each page. Or you could turn to PC Magazine.
For this very special feature, we'll boil down ...
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Sunday, April 20th, 2008
Storwize has developed a new range of in-line data compression appliances which it claimed can compress files at up to 500MB/s, doubling or even tripling the effective capacity of a NAS array.
The three new systems are 64-bit, meaning they can use far more memory than the company's previous models. That ...
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