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zdnet.com » Zero Day - 17 hours ago
Already burned by the discovery of serious security vulnerabilities in its SDK, the Android Security Team emerged from the shadows this week with an appeal to the security community for help fixing flaws in the …
Also tagged: microsoft, web 2 0, open source, malware, browsers, hackers, passwords, anti virus, data theft, vulnerability research, exploit code, metasploit, responsible disclosure, pen testing, arbitrary code execution, mobile in security
zdnet.com » Zero Day - Aug 20, 2008
Opera Software has shipped a new version of its flagship Web browser with fixes for at least seven documented security problems but details on one vulnerability — a cross-site scripting issue reported by Chris Weber– …
Also tagged: research, firefox, malware, browsers, java, passwords, anti virus, botnets, data theft, vulnerability research, exploit code, viruses and worms, responsible disclosure, pen testing, denial of service dos, arbitrary code execution, locally running web servers
zdnet.com » Zero Day - Aug 20, 2008
Metasploit developer Matt Miller, who for years frustrated Microsoft officials with the public release of Windows exploits, is heading to Redmond to join Microsoft’s Security Science team. Miller, who uses the hacker …
Also tagged: windows vista, microsoft, research, reverse engineering, open source, malware, browsers, hackers, hirings and firings, botnets, vulnerability research, exploit code, metasploit, pen testing, patch watch, arbitrary code execution, kernel level exploits
zdnet.com » Zero Day - Aug 19, 2008
The U.K’s Dedicated Cheque and Plastic Crime Unit (DCPU) have recently uncovered state of the art social engineering scheme, where once backdoored, chip and PIN terminals were installed at retailers and petrol stations …
Also tagged: hackers, passwords, united kingdom, governments, united states of america
zdnet.com » Zero Day - Aug 18, 2008
Despite the skepticism surrounding Kris Kaspersky’s upcoming “Remote code execution through Intel CPU bugs“ presentation to be held at this year’s Hack in the Box con, it appears that he’s been on the right track, as …
Also tagged: research, malware, java, hackers, vulnerability research, exploit code, rootkits, arbitrary code execution
zdnet.com » Zero Day - Aug 15, 2008
A new open-source project called OpenVAS has emerged to take the place of Nessus, the popular vulnerability assessment system that closed its source a few years ago. The first stable version of OpenVAS, which is a fork …
Also tagged: open source, malware, browsers, passwords, botnets, exploit code, zero day attacks, pen testing, patch watch, arbitrary code execution
zdnet.com » Zero Day - Aug 15, 2008
Guest editorial by Derek Callaway This post is meant to provide an approximation of BIND nameserver updates that occurred during the past month, most likely in response to Dan Kaminsky’s DNS cache poisoning …
Also tagged: open source, browsers, botnets, data theft, vulnerability research, exploit code, metasploit, pen testing, arbitrary code execution, locally running web servers
zdnet.com » Zero Day - Aug 15, 2008
There are confirmed reports on a new version of the Gpcode ransomware being spread via a botnet. According to Vitaly Kamluk of Kaspersky Lab (my employer), the Trojan encrypts files on an infected machine (AES-256) and …
Also tagged: browsers, passwords, botnets, data theft, spam and phishing, viruses and worms
zdnet.com » Zero Day - Aug 11, 2008
Well, this is well late, but here’s my recap of Black Hat Day 1. Sorry for the delay, but I’ve been terribly busy finishing up preparations for my Day 2 talk. The first talk I went to see, “Pointers and Handles, A …
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zdnet.com » Zero Day - Aug 10, 2008
Again, sorry for the late updates. Vegas is the kind of place that demands a lot of a person. Too many parties make it difficult to find time to blog on the conference. Pictures of the even are a bit sparse, due to …
Also tagged: windows vista, web 2 0, research, browsers, java, hackers, black hat, sun microsystems, vulnerability research, exploit code, web applications, zero day attacks, responsible disclosure, arbitrary code execution, microsoft blue hat v7, locally running web servers, social networking applications, black hat las vegas