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Rootkit unearthed in network security softwareOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by MargaretM 5 days ago (http://go.theregister.com)
Category: internet | Tags john leyden, the register, network security, chinese, trend micro, antivirus, exploit, Search All Tags
John Leyden posts in The Register that "Network security software from a Chinese developer includes processes deliberately hidden from a user and, even worse, a hidden directory, Trend Micro reports read more »
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Researchers discover PDF exploit packsOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 71 days ago (http://blogs.zdnet.com)
Category: security | Tags researchers, pdf, exploit, adobe reader, secure computing, anti-malware, Search All Tags,
"If you still need a reason to patch that installation of Adobe Reader, pay close attention to this discovery by Secure Computing's anti-malware research labs. The group has stumbled upon an exploi read more »
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Security lab warns of possible Chinese ISP DNS exploitOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 103 days ago (http://www.betanews.com)
Category: security | Tags security lab, chinese isp, dns exploit, Search All Tags, , , ,
"An apparent case of DNS poisoning in the caches of a major China-based ISP is causing extra concern today, in light of security engineer Dan Kaminsky's recent warnings about just how serious a cache..." read more »
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Proof of Concept “carpet bombing” exploit released in the wildOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 177 days ago (http://feeds.feedburner.com)
Category: security | Tags proof, concept, carpet, bombing, exploit, released, wild, Search All Tags
"In what appears to be an attempt to provoke Apple to reconsider its currently passive position on the severity of the dubbed as %u201Ccarpet bomb%u201D flaw, a working Proof of Concept exploit code..." read more »
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What’s wrong with an exploit being sexy?Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 177 days ago (http://feeds.feedburner.com)
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McFeters responds to a post by "Dietrich" in which Dietrich criticizes McFeters for his admiration of an exploit and failure to push readers harder to utilize Linux. read more »
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Adobe Flash zero-day exploit in the wildOpen in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 191 days ago (http://feeds.feedburner.com)
Category: security | Tags adobe, flash, zeroday, exploit, wild, Search All Tags, ,
"Malware hunters have spotted a previously unknown - and unpatched - Adobe Flash vulnerability being exploited in the wild. The zero-day flaw..." read more »
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Another day, another QuickTime zero-day.Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 327 days ago (http://security.blogs.techtarget.com)
Category: security | Tags quicktime, zero-day, exploit, vulnerabality, Search All Tags, , ,
Bill Brenner reports on the latest in a series of security exploits of the popular Apple QuickTime software used for playing multimedia. read more »
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OS X Kernel Exploitation in a Weekend.Open in New Window
Avatar Posted by davemackey 442 days ago (http://uninformed.org)
Category: security | Tags apple, mac, security, exploit, kernel, os x, Search All Tags,
David Maynor writes a detailed tutorial on how to write security exploits for Mac OS X. Is it time for Mac users to get security apps? read more »
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