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• in Technology
  How Do Viruses Sneak Into Your Computer?
  Keeping your software up to date is the best way to avoid malware infections.
  by goldnugget / on Oct 6, 2011

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “vulnerabilities”

 

• Critical Internet Explorer Updates Released

  
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  This week Microsoft released two critical Internet Explorer updates, and everyone should update IE as soon as possible. MS13-038 contains the fix for CVE-2013-1347, the bug first discovered in the Department of Labor hack earlier this month. “The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user views a ...
  6 days ago

• Security Bulletin Advance Notice for May 2013

  
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  On Tuesday, May 14, 2013, Microsoft is planning to release ten (10) bulletins.  Two bulletins are identified as Critical with eight bulletins rated Important. The critical bulletins will address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Internet Explorer. The bulletins rated Important and will address issues in ...
  2 weeks ago

• Few Information About Ethical Hackers

  
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  Ethical hacking is the new term in the field of information technology. Ever since the Internet has evolved as the integral part of our life, the hacking and hackers have become a critical aspect of IT security. Basically hacking is … Continue reading →
  2 weeks ago

• Response Fuzzing

  
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  Fuzzing, as a practice, has been around for a while. Throw garbage at an input to a program and see what falls apart. Analyze the crashes and dumps, and see if any involve commonly exploitable issues, such as buffer overflows, off by one errors, etc. I’ve seen SCADA protocols brought low by a simple repetition of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Fixed a critical vulnerability in nginx

  
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  Vulnerability in nginx Vulnerability allows execution of arbitrary code on the target system. It turned out unscheduled update server nginx to version 1.4.1, which eliminated the vulnerability CVE-2013-2028, which allows the execution of arbitrary code on the target redundant system. The vulnerability can lead ...
  2 weeks ago

• Internet Explorer Zero-day Vulnerability (CVE-2013-1347)

  
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  A new vulnerability found in Microsoft Internet Explorer affects Internet Explorer version 8.  The vulnerability allows attackers to execute code on a machine by just having the user visit a malicious website. This can happen, for example, when the user is tricked into clicking a link in an email or via compromised ...
  2 weeks ago

• WP Super Cache and W3TC – When Bad News Travels Fast

  
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  Have you ever had your Facebook account hacked? That feeling of horror when you see posts that you know you didn’t create, or recommendations for porn sites even though you’ve never visited them? The aftermath is filled with mad scrambling as you try to repair the damage, change passwords, delete false posts, and ...
  2 weeks ago

• You Have To Pay the Piper

  
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  Missed opportunities, wrong place and wrong time , there are many quotes that reference the obstacles, decisions and fate itself. I have always struggled with a phrase my mother use to say " when you think you have it bad, someone else has it worse." I never liked that because I believe we all have our own heaven and ...
  2 weeks ago

• CSRF attack in WordPress May 4, 2013

  
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  CSRF attack in WordPress Vulnerability: CSRF attack in WordPress (XSS) 1. CSRF attack in WordPress Facebook Members Danger level: Low The presence of fixes: Yes The number of vulnerabilities: 1 CVE ID: CVE-2013-2703 Vector of operation: Remote Impact: Cross Site Scripting Affected products: WordPress ...
  3 weeks ago

• SCADA and ICS Cyber Security: Facing the Facts

  
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  Our last blog , contributed by Thomas Nuth, highlighted the fact that industrial cyber security is now being discussed by heads of state within the international community - the read more
  3 weeks ago

• Mining Malware – Part II

  
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  Well, I’ve spent about a week off and on working on this project, and have some limited analysis to report.  I’ve developed the python code that will run through all of the @VXShare zip files, and pull out the strings. Don’t laugh, the way I’m going about this is very extensible and preserves the files as ...
  3 weeks ago

• Friday Finds for Weekend Reading – WP Security & Best Website Awards

  
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  This post is part of the weekly series Friday Finds featuring news that you may find both valuable and interesting. The topics that I’ll be focusing on this week include a security vulnerability in two popular WordPress plugins, award winning websites, a blogger’s view of keyword stuffing and infographics about ...
  4 weeks ago

• Dangerous vulnerability in caching plugins for WordPress

  
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  Detected a dangerous flaw in the popular plugins for caching, which allows you to execute arbitrary PHP code on the target system. Information security researcher Frank Goosen has published details of the vulnerability in the popular plug-ins for caching pages WordPress – WP Super Cache and W3 Total Cache, with ...
  4 weeks ago

• Update: Serial Server Flaws Expose Critical Infrastructure

  
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  A survey conducted by the firm Rapid 7 has found evidence that widespread vulnerabilities and insecure configuration of ubiquitous networking components known as serial port (or “terminal”) servers, may expose a wide range of companies and critical assets – including point of sale terminals, ATMs and industrial ...
  4 weeks ago

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