Archive for December, 2008

Experts uncover weakness in Internet security (EurekAlert!)

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

( Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne ) Independent security researchers in California and researchers at the Centrum Wiskunde and Informatica in the Netherlands, EPFL in Switzerland, and Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands have found a weakness in the Internet digital certificate infrastructure that allows attackers to forge certificates that are fully trusted by all …

Experts uncover weakness in Internet security (PhysOrg)

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

Independent security researchers in California and researchers at the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in the Netherlands, EPFL in Switzerland, and Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in the Netherlands have found a weakness in the Internet digital certificate infrastructure that allows attackers to forge certificates that are fully trusted by all commonly used web browsers.

Outdated Security Software Threatens Web Commerce (New York Times)

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

A team of U.S. and European computer security researchers have used a cluster of several hundred Sony PlayStation 3 video-game machines to exploit a basic weakness in the software system used to protect commercial transactions made via the Internet.

Rogue digital certificates strike blow to Internet security (SearchSecurity.com)

Wednesday, December 31st, 2008

Security researchers exploit weaknesses in digital certificates to bypass browser security. Experts say the method is within reach of well-funded cybercriminals.

Outlook 2009: Information Security (CIOL)

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

BANGALORE, INDIA: In this series of year-end specials on technology, we present the outlook for 2009 for information, network and data security. Top 10 trends in Information Security for 2009 Advances in security technology simply have not kept pace with the Internet’s growth.

Department of Employment Security expands hours of telephone service (The State Journal-Register)

Monday, December 29th, 2008

The Illinois Department of Employment Security has expanded the hours of a telephone filing service in response to the rising number of applicants for unemployment benefits. Filing also is available through the Internet.

Homeland Security forecasts five-year threat picture (Durant Daily Democrat)

Monday, December 29th, 2008

WASHINGTON (AP) — The terrorism threat to the United States over the next five years will be driven by instability in the Middle East and Africa, persistent challenges to border security and increasing Internet savvy, says a new intelligence assessment obtained by The Associated Press.

Top Online Security Threats for 2009 (ReadWriteWeb)

Sunday, December 28th, 2008

Twenty years after the release of the Morris Worm , one of the first worms discovered on the Internet, the Web has proven to be the primary place where bad guys lurk, looking for poorly secured websites to plant malicious code. And, they find plenty. According to the 2009 Security Threat Report [PDF] from Sophos , one new infected Web page is discovered every 4.5 seconds. With that in …

US terror threat to be driven by mid-east crisis and the internet (Irish Examiner)

Sunday, December 28th, 2008

THE terrorism threat to the United States over the next five years will be driven by instability in the Middle East and Africa, increasing internet savviness and persistent challenges to border security, according to a new intelligence assessment.

IE Password Revealer Program

Saturday, December 27th, 2008

Email password recovery application provides multilingual password recovery support for various email accounts on Yahoo mail, Gmail and Hotmail. Asterisks password revealer tool retrieves online shopping, newsgroup user accounts login information.





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