This paper describes a new style of DoS attack against 802.11 networks that abuses flaws in the firmware of popular 802.11 wireless cards. The impact of this attack is more damaging than other 802.11 DoS attacks, requiring as few as two packets from an attacker to deny service to all target users, often requiring a system restart to recover.
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Holiday Scammers’ E-Greeting Card Tactics
Researchers at Exploit Prevention Labs recently uncovered a cyber criminal ring operating in Australia using what appear to be Yahoo Latest News about Yahoo Greetings e-cards to infect thousands of computer users with malicious keylogger malware. Attackers used the malware to steal credit card numbers, bank account usernames and other personal info.
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Ohio child hospital hack exposes 230,000 files
Hackers broke into the systems of an Ohio hospital last month raising fears that the personal details of up to 230,000 patients or their family members, and banking information on around 12,000 financial donors, might have been compromised.
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Ohio child hospital hack exposes 230,000 files
Hackers broke into the systems of an Ohio hospital last month raising fears that the personal details of up to 230,000 patients or their family members, and banking information on around 12,000 financial donors, might have been compromised.
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1,200 Dutch e-voting machines vulnerable to hacking
Dutch intelligence service showed the machines could be be easily intercepted from 20 to 30 metres away. It’s comforting to know election fraud isn’t a US monopoly.
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10 things you should know about Internet Explorer 7 Security
Internet Explorer 7 is designed to make browsing safer. Here’s a quick rundown of some of the new security features, including Active X opt-in, the Phishing Filter, cross-domain security, enhanced privacy protection, and an international character alert.
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New Windows Attack Can Kill Firewall
The code, which was posted on the Internet early Sunday morning, could be used to disable the Windows Firewall on a fully patched Windows XP PC that was running Windows’ Internet Connection Service (ICS).
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HOWTO: Five steps to a more secure SSH
If you are running Linux, chances are you are running SSH. Here are five easy things you can do to lock down your server and make SSH more secure. Includes disabling root logins, using keys to login, automatically blocking hosts who are attempting dictionary attacks, and more.
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HOWTO: Five steps to a more secure SSH
If you are running Linux, chances are you are running SSH. Here are five easy things you can do to lock down your server and make SSH more secure. Includes disabling root logins, using keys to login, automatically blocking hosts who are attempting dictionary attacks, and more.
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Unpatched, highly critical vulnerability in Firefox 2.0
“This weakness has been known since June but no patch has yet been made available. The developers claimed to have fixed the problem in 1.5.0.5. So why did they release 2.0 without a fix? If “security” is what makes FireFox better, how do we explain known vulnerabilities unpatched on major releases?”
Answer: Security does not exist.