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• Two new RFCs for Usenet and other netnews systems

  
  blog.anta.net — Authority: 110
  After eight and twelve years of work, respectively, two normative RFCs on netnews — newsgroups and their use — have been published. Together, “Netnews Article Format” (RFC 5536) and “Netnews Architecture and Protocols” (RFC 5537) make obsolete “Standard for Interchange of USENET Messages” ...
  15 hours ago

• Opera patches extremely severe security hole

  
  Zero Day — Authority: 583
  Opera has shipped a new version of its browser to fix three security vulnerabilities, one rated "extremely severe."
  6 days ago

• Exploit published for critical IE 7 zero-day flaw

  
  Zero Day — Authority: 583
  The vulnerability could be used in malware attacks to take complete control of a Windows machine running IE 6 or IE 7.
  6 days ago

• Surviving Cyber War: A Primer on DDoS

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 532
  By Richard Stiennon, Chief Research Analyst, IT-Harvest Jomini’s first maxim of the Art of War: To throw by strategic movements the mass of an army, successively, upon the decisive points of a theater of war, and also upon the communications of the enemy as much as possible without compromising one’s ...
  6 days ago

• Inside the Google Chrome OS security model

  
  Zero Day — Authority: 583
  Google will use a combination of system hardening, process isolation, verified boot, secure auto-update and encryption that thwart malicious hackers from attacking its new Google Chrome OS.
  1 week ago

• Microsoft finds security hole in Google Chrome Frame

  
  Zero Day — Authority: 583
  A security researcher in the Microsoft Vulnerability Research (MSVR) has discovered a "high risk" Google Chrome Frame security vulnerability that could allow an attacker to bypass cross-origin protections.
  1 week ago

• Mozilla locks out rogue Firefox add-ons

  
  Zero Day — Authority: 583
  Mozilla has made a significant tweak to this Firefox 3.6 code base to block rogue add-ons from loading in the browsers application components directory.
  1 week ago

• Windows SMB Subject to Denial-of-Service Attack

  
  Computer & Internet - computer-internet.marc8.com — Authority: 167
  Microsoft is continuing to investigate holes in its Server Message Block file-sharing protocol used in Windows.
  1 week ago

• Microsoft confirms detailed Windows 7 exploit

  
  Zero Day — Authority: 583
  Exploit code for the vulnerability was released by researcher Laurent Gaffié after failed attempts to get Microsofts security response center to acknowledge that this was an issue that needs to be patched.
  1 week ago

• How to DDOS a federal wiretap

  
  Survival News Network — Authority: 143
  Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania say they’ve discovered a way to circumvent the networking technology used by law enforcement to tap phone lines in the U.S.The flaws they’ve found “represent a serious threat to the accuracy and completeness of wiretap records used for both criminal investigation ...
  2 weeks ago

• How to DDOS a federal wiretap

  
  The Gates of Hell — Authority: 133
  Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania say they’ve discovered a way to circumvent the networking technology used by law enforcement to tap phone lines in the U.S. The flaws they’ve found “represent a serious threat to the accuracy and completeness of wiretap records used for both criminal ...
  2 weeks ago

• Microsoft bracing for malware attacks from embedded fonts

  
  Zero Day — Authority: 583
  Its only a matter of time before malicious hackers start exploiting a critical Windows vulnerability via booby-trapped Web pages or Office (Word or PowerPoint) documents.
  2 weeks ago

• How To DDoS a Federal Wiretap

  
  IT Professionals Database (ITPD) - The European IT Professionals Database Networking Platform — Authority: 146
  alphadogg writes "Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania say theyve discovered a way to circumvent the networking technology used by law enforcement to tap phone lines in the US. The flaws theyve found represent a serious threat to the accuracy and completeness of wiretap records used for both criminal ...
  2 weeks ago

• News Story DDoS for sale

  
  Business Finance & Economy - business.marc8.com — Authority: 166
  According to the latest McAfee Labs Third Quarter Threats Report 2009 instances of Distributed Denial of Service attacks are growing in popularity. read more
  2 weeks ago

• Apple Safari exposes Windows to drive-by download attacks

  
  Zero Day — Authority: 583
  A high-priority Safari update patches vulnerabilities that allow remote code execution (drive-by downloads) if a user simply surfs to a maliciously rigged Web site.
  2 weeks ago

• November 2009

  
  Essential Computer Security — Authority: 403
  To view a summary of the November 2009 bulletins, visit Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for November, 2009 . Click the links below to view the individual Microsoft Security Bulletins and to download any patches that might be required for your system. Microsoft will discuss the issues addressed in the Security ...
  2 weeks ago

• Adobe plugs security hole in Photoshop Elements

  
  Zero Day — Authority: 583
  Adobe has shipped a patch to cover a security vulnerability affecting its Photoshop Elements software product.
  2 weeks ago

• Microsoft patches Windows worm holes, drive-by download flaws

  
  Zero Day — Authority: 583
  One of the Windows vulnerabilities could expose users to drive-by malware attacks via the browser.
  2 weeks ago

• Why is Apple meddling with my Windows AutoRun?

  
  Zero Day — Authority: 583
  Costin Raiu says Apples iTunes has started to meddle with the Windows AutoRun feature, making Microsofts operating system less secure.
  2 weeks ago

• Mac OS X mega patch covers 58 security vulnerabilities

  
  Zero Day — Authority: 583
  The most serious of the flaws could allow a remote attacker to gain complete control of an unpatched system.
  2 weeks ago

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