Robert Lemos

It’s Friday morning and things have become a bit clearer. Law enforcement officers in the U.K. have arrested 24 people suspected of planning to blow up planes using liquid explosives disguised as drinks, hair gel and other consumer products.

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Announced at the DEFCON hacking conference, a tool dubbed VoodooNet hides a small amount of data in IPv6 error messages, where most security devices do not even look.
SecurityFocus

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Here are the counts of the number of documented flaws fixed by Microsoft in the last set of patches. Overall, the company fixed 23 flaws with 10 vulnerabilities deemed critical for the company’s latest software versions.

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I’m back from Black Hat and DEFCON, and I’ve vowed to actually start blogging regularly about some of the stories behind the stories. I’m hoping that more transparency about my reporting, more behind-the-scenes looks at the people in the stories and adding tidbits on which I might not otherwise report will end up helping my [...]

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Exploiting a lack of security checks in browsers and Web servers, Web worms and viruses are likely to become a major threat to surfers.
SecurityFocus

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The low hanging fruit for vulnerability researchers is no longer found in the operating system, but among common applications and device drivers, say flaw finders.
SecurityFocus

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Attackers are adopting open-source development practices, creating malware faster, and giving defenders less time to react.
PC Magazine

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