The common software flaw should be considered a security threat, not a quality control issue, researchers say.
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Entries from July 2007
Firm finds new danger in dangling pointers
July 25th, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: Flaws and vulnerabilities · Research · Security · SecurityFocus
MPack interview chat sessions posted
July 23rd, 2007 · No Comments
A Russian site has somehow gotten the transcript of my interview with the Dream Coders Team, the developers of MPack, and posted them. In fact, they scooped my own posting at SecurityFocus, posting apparently the day of the first interview I had on June 20 (June 21, Russian time) and then updating the following day. [...]
Tags: Blog · Journalism · Security · Viruses and worms
Newsmaker: DCT, MPack developer
July 20th, 2007 · No Comments
One of the three Russian developers behind the MPack infection kit virtually sits down with SecurityFocus to discuss the program and making a business out of cybercrime.
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Tags: Cybercrime · Flaws and vulnerabilities · Interview · Security · SecurityFocus · Software · Viruses and worms
Updated GPG key
July 19th, 2007 · No Comments
I let my key lapse last month, so I apologize to anyone that has been trying to contact me. Feel free to use the new one, which can be found here.
Spammers dump images, switch to PDF files
July 18th, 2007 · No Comments
A wave of spam e-mail messages carrying attachments in the Portable Document Format gathers speed, hitting companies and consumers worldwide.
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Tags: Cybercrime · Flaws and vulnerabilities · Research · Security · SecurityFocus
Got Interference? Data-Crowding Problems Loom for Wi-Fi
July 17th, 2007 · No Comments
Interference on wireless networks will likely get worse before it gets better. Sometimes, the most egregious offenders aren’t nearby residential networks or municipal Wi-Fi grids, but the myriad electronic devices in people’s homes. Poorly shielded microwave ovens leak radio waves tuned to 2.45 GHz, the resonant frequency of water. Many cordless phones operate in the [...]
Tags: Consumer Tech · Flaws and vulnerabilities · Software · Wired News
Flaw auction site highlights disclosure issues
July 13th, 2007 · No Comments
WabiSabiLabi gets mixed reviews, but security pros agree that interesting times are ahead.
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Tags: Flaws and vulnerabilities · Research · Security · SecurityFocus
Fast flux foils bot-net takedown
July 10th, 2007 · No Comments
Malicious coders are increasingly playing a shell game, using a technology known as “fast flux” to make locating key servers more difficult.
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Tags: Cybercrime · Flaws and vulnerabilities · Research · Security · SecurityFocus