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• RansomWare Disassembly Reveals Evolutionary Path

  Published: July 26, 2007, 8:25 pm

  Tags: Security

  flaws writes "The guys at Secure Science Corporation have written a revealing article demonstrating the relationship with the most recent Ransom-based Trojan (known as Glamour) and some previous data stealing trojans. They include an open source decrypting utility for unlocking your files if infected, and some stats that are a bit disturbing.

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• Firefox and IE Still Not Getting Along

  Published: July 26, 2007, 2:33 pm

  Tags: Security

  to be installed. This severe security problem promises another round in the 'who-is-to-blame-war' between Mozilla and Microsoft. Mozilla currently is leading the race for a patch, as they have one ready in their bugzilla database. 'The authors of the demo note that there are many further examples of such vulnerabilities via registered URIs. What

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• WordPress 2.1.3 and 2.0.10

  Published: April 3, 2007, 3:50 am

  Tags: Releases, Security

  have a security update release now available for both the 2.1 and 2.0 branches of WordPress now available for immediate download. This update is highly recommend for all users of both branches. These releases include fixes for several publicly known minor XSS issues, one major XML-RPC issue, and a proactive full sweep of the WordPress codebase

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• Intern Loses 800,000 Social Security Numbers

  Published: July 27, 2007, 9:41 am

  Tags: Security

  loss of over 800,000 social security numbers - or roughly 7.3% of the people in the entire state of Ohio. From the article: 'The extent of my instructions on what to do after I removed the tapes from the tape drive and took the tapes out of the building was, bring these back tomorrow.' Three months into his $10.50-an-hour internship, he left the

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• LightCam catches bad guys infrared-handed

  Published: July 26, 2007, 4:55 pm

  Tags: Security

  LightCam combines an LED flashlight with a flash-based camcorder, and it also illuminates the area with infrared so you can practically shoot footage in the dark. Made of anodized aluminum, this appliance might be popular with night watchmen who don't want to tote a Taser-shooting shotgun but wouldn't mind gathering a bit of video evidence of a

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• Researchers Crack Every Certified CA Voting Machine

  Published: July 28, 2007, 7:04 am

  Tags: Security

  is reporting that computer security researchers throughout the University of California system managed to crack the security on every voting machine they tested that has been approved for use in the state. The researchers are unwilling to say how vulnerable the machines are, as the tests were conducted in an environment highly advantageous to

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• France planning to 'triple' CCTV surveillance capacity

  Published: July 28, 2007, 2:11 pm

  Tags: Big Brother, Bigbrother, Cctv, France, French, Law, Legal, Lopsi, Safety, Security, Surveillance, Terrorism, Violence

  Filed under: Misc. GadgetsAt least those residing in the UK can breathe a momentary sigh of relief, as it's not the only locale where the amount of surveillance drones is quickly approaching the number of citizens. Reportedly, French interior minister Michele Alliot-Marie recently announced that the government is planning to "triple" the existing

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• Featured Firefox Extension: Speed up and protect your logins with Secure Login

  Published: July 26, 2007, 4:00 pm

  Tags: Downloads, Featured Firefox Extension, Firefox, Firefox Extensions, Passwords, Phishing, Privacy, Security, Top

  adds an extra layer of security to your saved Firefox usernames and passwords. After it's installed, saved login info won't autofill when the page loads (autofilling passwords poses a small security threat); instead, you can either hit the Secure Login button (which you'll need to add to your toolbar) or press Alt-N, the Secure Login

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• In Brief: Think you're email scam-proof? Take McAfee's ...

  Published: July 26, 2007, 9:57 am

  Tags: Phishing, Scams, Security

  Think you're email scam-proof? Take McAfee's 10 question phishing quiz which asks you to ID the authentic web pages over the scams. I scored a 7 out of 10 - you?

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• Email Apps: Send self-destructing email messages

  Published: July 26, 2007, 9:00 am

  Tags: Email, Email Apps, Privacy, Security

  Send an email that automatically expires or disappears after it's viewed with ten self-destructing email services. Weblog Tech[dot]blog lists them, from Will Self-Destruct - a web page that gets deleted after it's viewed once - to Self-Destructing Email, which sends messages that expire via web mail. We haven't tried all these services

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• US Researchers hack every e-voting machine given to them`

  Published: July 28, 2007, 1:31 pm

  Tags: Security

  to break through the security of virtually every model of California's voting machines and change results or take control of some of the systems' electronic functions, according to a University of California study released Friday. The researchers were able to bypass physical and software security in every machine

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• Compile apache and php with suhosin security patch

  Published: April 22, 2007, 1:44 am

  Tags: Suhosin, Security, Php, Apache

  For many reasons many people want to compile their own source code to build apache and php / mod_perl these days. We will discuss the steps required in doing just that. But unlike most others we will throw in some bonuses, like installed mod_perl and the hardened php project's suhosin patch to php, to help make the internet a more secure place

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• Security Top Concern for New IETF Chair

  Published: July 28, 2007, 11:13 am

  Tags: Security

  BobB writes "New IETF chair Russ Housley speaks out about bolting security on after the fact, the prospects for IPv6 and a new security technology called Hokey that could help safeguard wireless and wired networks."Read more of this story at Slashdot.

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• RDISS: the Army's uber-vigilant surveillance system

  Published: July 28, 2007, 6:10 pm

  Tags: Army, Big Brother, Bigbrother, Defense, Rdiss, Security, Soldier, Surveillance, War

  for soldiers at joint security stations and combat outposts throughout Iraq," and plans are already in place to establish "hundreds" of these systems in various locales by the year's end. Nah, it's not nearly as hip as using GPS-equipped spy squirrels, but we guess it'll do the trick.[Via The Raw Feed] Read Permalink Email this

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• Message or Text That Automatic Deletes After Viewing

  Published: July 28, 2007, 9:54 pm

  Tags: Security

  Although it's impossible to automatically delete message, email or text in emails, but there's a similar way where you can send a link to the recipient via email. The link and web page is specially crafted to only view once or auto expire after a predefined interval.

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