Security experts’ predictions for the sleek high-end device vary, but they agree that Apple’s first phone will be scrutinized closely.
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Will the iPhone be iPwned?
August 1st, 2007 · No Comments
Tags: Consumer Tech · Flaws and vulnerabilities · Research · Security · SecurityFocus
Firm finds new danger in dangling pointers
July 25th, 2007 · No Comments
The common software flaw should be considered a security threat, not a quality control issue, researchers say.
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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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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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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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Lawmakers worry over gov’t network breaches
June 27th, 2007 · No Comments
Hearings on the Hill reveal a significant number of security breaches at the Departments of Commerce, Defense, Homeland Security, State and Energy.
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Tags: Critical infrastructure · Flaws and vulnerabilities · Government · Homeland Security · Security · SecurityFocus
Amero case spawns effort to educate
June 19th, 2007 · No Comments
Following a judge’s ruling to throw out a verdict based on faulty digital forensics, a group of security professionals, legal experts and educators look to the future.
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