Archive for January, 2009
25 Most Dangerous Programming errors revealed
"The US National Security Agency has helped put together a list of the world’s most dangerous coding mistakes. The 25 entry list contains errors that can lead to security holes or vulnerable areas that can be targeted by cyber criminals.
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Firefox 3.0.4 fixes several security issues
Microsoft Patches Four Windows Security […]
Serious bug opens major browsers to phishing attack
"Here’s how an attack would work: The bad guys would hack a legitimate website and plant HTML code that looks like a pop-up security alert window. The pop-up would then ask the victim to enter password and login information, and possibly answer other security questions used by the banks to verify the identity of their […]
No commentsTor anonymous network now has zero known bugs
"The developers of Tor the internet anonymisation system, have announced that thanks to a Coverity analysis, they have removed a number of bugs and vulnerabilities. Coverity perform source code analysis of C, C++ and Java and in September 2008, found 171 problems in the Tor code base. By December 2008, the Tor developers had got […]
No commentsRussian Hacker leaves message for Microsoft in Trojan code
"Here’s a new way to get Microsoft to pay attention to you: Slip a brief message into the malicious Trojan horse program you just wrote. That’s what an unnamed Russian hacker did recently with a variation of Win32/Zlob, a Trojan program victims are being tricked into installing on their computers.
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Spyware Guard 2008 Fraud Unabated
Benjamin Googins a senior engineer working on CA’s Anti-Spyware product has blogged about the installation and operation of Spyware Guard 2008. "On a daily basis I see or hear about people (a lot of people) who are duped into buying fake security software that was installed on their PC. The distributors of this ‘rogue’ […]
No commentsUK ISPs to log all emails for 12 months
"New rules set to come into force in March will require all Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to keep information about every e-mail sent or received in the UK for a year. As the day grows closer so the opposition becomes more vocal.
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Privacy: Web Privacy on the Radar in Congress
How […]
