Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Ok, we have a confirmed instance where the DNS cache poisoning vulnerability was used to compromise a DNS server belonging to AT&T. This PCWorld article covers the incident. The original article makes it sound as though the Metasploit site was 'owned' by this incident when really the issue was ...
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
It’s déjà vu all over again. Whitelisting technology has enjoyed a resurgence of interest lately, with antivirus companies such as Symantec, McAfee, and Microsoft planning to add it to their blacklisting-based malware detection tools and some enterprises even dropping AV altogether in favor of whitelisting alone. All thanks to the ...
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Wednesday, July 30th, 2008
Google’s webmailer Gmail has an apparently* new filter function named “Never send it to Spam”. Ticking this should ensure that a certain email – with criteria you define, like by entering your friend’s name in the “From” field – will not be accidentally sorted into the spam folder. It’s a ...
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
A recent study of Web browser installations showed that far too few are up to date with the latest security patches. And browsers aren't alone; as my dear old mum can attest, it can be hard to keep up with OS and application patches when all you want to do ...
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
Cybercriminals increasingly are employing no-tech or low-tech techniques for making big money online -- no exploits or sophisticated hacker tools required.The techniques themselves aren’t new -- some have been around for nearly a decade. But the Web model has made these schemes that capitalize on so-called business logic flaws more ...
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