Tuesday, May 26th, 2009
Being safe while you surf the Web is extremely important, yet safe surfing sometimes seems like an oxymoron. For users of the Firefox browser, downloading security extensions can help increase your level of protection from worms, hackers, phishers, and the like.
I should note that even with these extensions installed, you ...
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Monday, May 25th, 2009
Version 1.0.8 of the Wireshark network protocol analyser has fixed a few bugs, including one that affects the processing of the PCNFSD protocol. Crafted packages can crash the PCNFSD dissector, and the developers classify this as a security vulnerability. A PCNFS server is contained in Microsoft Windows Services for UNIX, ...
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Thursday, May 21st, 2009
Security experts are warning Twitter users of a new phishing scam that could lead to their accounts being compromised.
The typo-squatting site, which was discovered by Rik Ferguson, senior security advisor at Trend Micro, has been set up by phishers to look like Twitter, although the URL uses only two 't's ...
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Tuesday, May 19th, 2009
The Wi-Fi Alliance has expanded its WPA2 certification program to include a tool for secure handoffs between Wi-Fi and 3G networks, as well as an authentication system that uses multiple secured tunnels.
WPA2 (Wi-Fi Protected Access 2) is the most advanced security standard for Wi-Fi. The WPA2 certification program already included ...
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Monday, May 18th, 2009
US-CERT is aware of public reports of a malware exploit circulating. This is a drive-by-download exploit with multiple stages and is being referred to as Gumblar. The first stage of this exploit attempts to compromise legitimate websites by injecting malicious code into them. Reports indicate that these website infections occur ...
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