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Microsoft, Mozilla look into browser flaws: Two user accounts, one for Internet, other for personal infoFirst I disable Java in my web browsers.Then, since certain web sites which I won't name require the use of JavaScript and since I consider JavaScript to be an egregious security attack tool I have created two user accounts. One user...; Tags: user account, Newsletter Editor, Web, security flaws, security, firefox, internet security, news, malicious Web, personal account, Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Corp., Web browser, Internet, Web site; Discussion threads 2007-02-20

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Java flaws open door to hackers: A pair of Java security flaws, rated "highly critical" by monitoring company Secunia, have received fixes from Sun Microsystems. These security bugs were open to exploit by attackers to take over computers running Windows, Linux, and Solaris. However, Sun said it wasn't aware of any exploits or attacks using the...; Tags: Programming languages, SECURITY, flaw, Java; Discussion threads 2005-06-15
Security Overview of Bluetooth: This paper gives a short overview of the security architecture of Bluetooth. The paper especially focuses on the key exchange protocol in Bluetooth. This is the most important security critical part of the security architecture. Unfortunately, there are a lot of security flaws in the Bluetooth standard. Some are rather...; Tags: Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Security, Wireless; White papers 2004-06-01
A Systematic Approach to Uncover Security Flaws in GUI Logic: To achieve end-to-end security, traditional machine-to-machine security measures are insufficient if the integrity of the human-computer interface is compromised. GUI logic flaws are category of software vulnerabilities that result from logic bugs in GUI design/implementation. Visual spoofing attacks that exploit these flaws can lure even security-conscious users to perform unintended...; Tags: GUI, Web Browser, Flaw, Security; White papers 2007-03-25
Exploit code makes IE flaw more dangerous: using IE with flawsI annot beleive one must be forced int upgarding their current OS to Win xp. What about us who are using Win 2000? Are we all left behind? Right now I cannot afford to upgrade so what do I do with all of the new flaws in...; Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, flaw, Win; Discussion threads 2004-11-05

Maximize the benefits of software security testing with threat modeling: Given limited resources and the fact that time to market is critical in software development, we need to prioritize software security tests in order to maximize both the quantity and severity of the security flaws we uncover. The technique for prioritizing security testing is known as threat modeling...; Tags: Software, Benefit, Modeling, Addison-Wesley, Attack, Tools & Techniques, Research & Development, Security, Management, Business Operations; Book chapters 2007-02-06
Oracle fixes pile of bugs: As part of its quarterly patch cycle, Oracle recently released fixes for a long list of security vulnerabilities in many of its products: 37 flaws related to Oracle's Database products, 17 related to Application Server, 20 to the Collaboration Suite, 27 to E-Business Suite and Applications, one to PeopleSoft's Enterprise...; Tags: Web technology, SECURITY, Groupware, Oracle Corp.; Discussion threads 2006-01-19
Darwin flaws survive in Apple's Mac OS X: Stay on top of the latest tech news with our free IT News Digest newsletter, delivered each weekday. Automatically sign up today!By ...; Tags: Operating systems, SECURITY, Desktops, flaw, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Apple Inc., Darwin, ImmunitySec, Apple Macintosh, operating system; Technical articles 2005-01-19
Tenable Tools for Security Compliance - The Antivirus Challenge: Worms and viruses, devastating in the 90's, have gained momentum in the last few years and are arguably the largest risk to many companies. As such, antivirus products are a staple part of any Corporate Security policy. The antivirus client has become as common on the desktop as the web...; Tags: Antivirus, Tool, Tenable Network Security Inc., Antivirus Client, Viruses And Worms, Security; White papers 2006-05-23
Word flaw hit with zero-day attack: Trojan MDropper.Q exploitAn "extremely critical flaw" in Microsoft Word 2000, which has no released patch, could lead to the remote execution of code. The exploit, Trojan MDropper.Q, affects systems running Windows 2000 and occurs when processing malicious Word 2000 documents.How is your organization dealing with this Microsoft Office vulnerability?How do...; Tags: e-mail, expolit, flaw, microsoft, Microsoft Word, news, office suite, OpenOffice, security, Sonja Thompson, trojan, vulnerability, word; Discussion threads 2006-09-06
Psychotic Apple Users: It appears that Apple users can't take the mention of possible security flaws in their product. An anonymouse security researcher posted a blog saying [s]he found a hack thru DNS into Macs. As a result, stupid psychotic Mac users posted death threats and hacked his blog!...; Tags: Desktops, Dr Dij, Apple Macintosh, security, Apple Inc., blog; Discussion threads 2007-07-19
Should I download IE 7 or wait?: With all the flaws in IE 7, I am kinda alittle scared to download this. What is your opinon on this guys?? Have you downloaded it and it works for you? Or are you waiting like I am?Go for itI wouldn't hesitate to download and use IE7. The flaws I; Tags: e-mail, feedback, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Mozilla Firefox, rednksweetpea@..., security, software, windows; Discussion threads 2006-11-02
Web Application Security: Too costly to ignore: Web application security is crucial to mitigating the risks of attack and attaining regulatory compliance. The number of web attacks is on the rise and is exponentially more cost effective to remedy those flaws early in the development process. There is an enormous chasm between where application security...; Tags: Web, Hewlett-Packard Co., Web Application, Application Security, Web Application Security, Security; White papers 2008-05-01
Students uncover dozens of Unix software flaws: What?"The latest crop of security flaws comes two days after a software-testing firm announced that it had found 985 flaws in the latest Linux kernel during the past four years using the company's analysis software. While the number seems high, it is far lower than most commercial software, the company...; Tags: Brant Fitzsimmons, flaw, Linux, Linux kernel, software, Unix; Discussion threads 2004-12-16
A site to auction off vulnerabilities: Application vulnerabilities and security flaws will henceforth be marketable, thanks to the Swiss security firm, WabiSabiLabi (its name is a conceptualization of "imperfect, impermanent, and incomplete," derived from Buddhism). The new marketing scheme will make it possible for security researchers to auction off information about security exploits to the highest...; Tags: Researcher, Vulnerability, Auction, Security, Arun Radhakrishnan; Blog posts 2007-07-06
Bluetooth Security: Bluetooth is a way of connecting machines to each other without cables or any other physical medium. It uses radio waves to transfer information, so it is very susceptible to attacks. This paper first gives some background information about Bluetooth system and security issues in ad hoc networks, then it...; Tags: Helsinki University, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Security, Wireless; White papers 2000-05-25
Students uncover dozens of Unix software flaws: Stay on top of the latest tech news with our free IT News Digest newsletter, delivered each weekday. Automatically sign up today!By ...; Tags: SECURITY, Operating systems, Unix, flaw, Daniel Bernstein, software; Technical articles 2004-12-16
Samba servers vulnerable to denial-of-service attacks: Stay on top of the latest tech news with our free IT News Digest e-newsletter, delivered each weekday. Automatically sign up today!By ...; Tags: SECURITY, server, Samba open-source software project, Samba, flaw, denial of service, SAMBA Server; Technical articles 2004-09-15
Hacking Windows Vista: Vista is feature complete and has been since early 2006. Microsoft will no doubt change Vista's security features to prevent the kind of hack that was demonstrated during Black Hat (in which a Polish security researcher used virtualization technologies to bypass Vista's security). But this is exactly the kind of...; Tags: Hacking, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Security, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software; White papers 2006-08-23
Security certification for open-source projects: Under a contract from the Department of Homeland Security, open-source projects are being certified for security. An excerpt from TechWorld: The programme, called the Open Source Hardening Project, is sponsored by the DHS and carried out by Coverity and Stanford University. Launched in March 2006, the...; Tags: Security, Certification, Coverity, Open-source Project, Open Source, Arun Radhakrishnan; Blog posts 2008-01-11

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