According to this overview by Secunia, Microsoft's Internet Explorer has 25 unpatched security holes. Firefox is doing better, but isn't perfect, with 3 unpatched vulnerabilities (there's a link at the top of the page).
Category: security
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The Four Most Dangerous Security Myths
A lot of “accepted wisdom” is just flat-out wrong. If you've been told that patches always fix a security hole, or that SSL is all you need to be safe, read on.
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Security consultant convicted of typing ../../../ into URL!
This poor guy has actually been convicted of hacking a site he was just checking out because he suspected it of being a phishing site. All he did was type ../../../ into the url.. what is the word coming to?
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Microsoft gets hacker feedback on IE7 Beta 2
Microsoft aims to engage the 'security research community' more in the future…
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How a hacker can go corporate
This guy will serve you as a transition on how go from blackhat to suited whitehat, remember the whitehat is not to be raised when you get under attack.
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Hackers fail to break into Via's StrongBox
Hackers at a security conference failed to break into Via Technologies Inc.'s StrongBox security application during a competition, Via officials said today, but the company gathered some valuable feedback from participants.
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How to add reminders to Firefox
ReminderFox is a Firefox extension that displays and manages lists of date-based reminders and ToDoâ??s. ReminderFox does not seek to be a full-fledged calendar system. In fact, the target audience is anybody that simply wants to remember important dates without having to run a fat calendar application. [via Lifehacker]
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The Zombie Hunters
“This article is scary. Crackers tried to get this company to pay $10,000 in protection money. The company refused, and it now costs them a half-million a year just to stay online. A brutal story.”
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Cool Kevin Mitnick Quotes
And of course my favorite Mitnick Quote is not on there:
“There is no patch for stupidity.”
“Should we fear hackers? Intention is at the heart of this discussion.” -
Mitnick on Hiring Criminal Hackers; elam on hiring crackheads
I basically look at it as… if the guy hacked into
Citibank and stole millions of dollars, would I hire him to secure my
bank? Maybe not!
I agree, Kevin.
Hiring a crimial hacker who has stolen millions from banks to guard
your bank is like hiring a crack head to guard your CRACK.
–Rob Elamb.
Rufus Griffin.