An assault against a computer system or network as a result of deliberate, intelligent action; for example, denial of service attacks, penetration and sabotage. See attacker, attack vector, brute force attack, dictionary attack, denial of service attack, replay attack, piggybacking, penetration and sabotage.
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- Blog posts 2008-10-15
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- Blog posts 2008-10-14
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- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Still pushing the obvious: Sun Ray
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- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- Debate around 'partial disclosure' heats up
- There are many ways of telling the world about a security vulnerability. A vulnerability can be announced without telling the vendor, it can be announced after giving the vendor a period of time to fix the issue, or it may just be circulated amongst the underground without ever coming...
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- News to know: Wimax; Tech economy; Microsoft's big brains; Apple
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Jason Hiner: Beyond mobile broadband, WiMAX is about blowing up the wireless business model Larry Dignan: Gartner's CIO pep talk: Make a difference or be automated (or...
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- ElcomSoft uses NVIDIA GPUs to speed up WPA/WPA2 brute-force attack
- ElcomSoft uses NVIDIA GPUs to speed up WPA/WPA2 brute-force attackRemember: Use a good password!Yup - this is a reminder that you should use long passwords with punctuation and mixed case.And let's be honest, shall we? It's not just about "Governments, forensic and corporate users." The dark side is interested in...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-12
- ElcomSoft uses NVIDIA GPUs to speed up WPA/WPA2 brute-force attack
- Russian security firm ElcomSoft has released software that leverages NVIDIA GPUs to speed up the brute-force cracking of WPA and WPA2 pre-shared WiFi keys. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-10-12
- Anatomy of an attack: <EM>The New York Times</EM> on Solaris
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- Discussion threads 2008-10-11
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- Blog posts 2008-10-11
- US proposes DNS fix: digital signatures
- US proposes DNS fix: digital signaturesGold mineExpect that if VeriSign has the key authority, they'll require VeriSign certificates. In effect, this will amount to VeriSign being paid for every domain, and considering the number of domains at stake and VeriSign's rates, that's a [b]very[/b] large sum of money that...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
- Symantec shows Microsoft how to do UAC
- Symantec shows Microsoft how to do UACSo I don't have to wait for Windows 7?The need to wait or upgrade to Windows 7 is looking more dim for Windows Vista users. Microsoft just yesterday announced their intention to improve the user experience for UAC in Windows 7. But with third...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
- Kernell's prior: In 7th grade he broke into school computer
- Kernell's prior: In 7th grade he broke into school computerprobably an arrogant kidI doubt that other kids don't wanna hang around with him due to his smartness. He probably likes to put other kids down trying to show-off himself. Why leave a computer logged into the school server? If you...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- Overcome Anxiety - Ease Out of Fear (exe)
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- Software downloads 2008-10-09
- Panic Away (exe)
- Panic Away custom RSS Web feed reader for Internet Explorer. Built in RSS feeds and Web sites related to anxiety and panic attack advice, tips and treatment. Easily reach all the anxiety disorder and panic attack information you need directly from your RSS feed reader. This version is the first...
- Software downloads 2008-10-09
- Adobe posts workaround for clickjacking flaw, NoScript releases ClearClick
- Adobe posts workaround for clickjacking flaw, NoScript releases ClearClickRequires Firefox pluginAre you afraid of offending Microsoft or just being unhelpful hurried?To use the only available cure right now requires adding the plugin you mention -- NoScript 1.8.2.1 -- to your Firefox browser. There is no fix for Internet Explorer, Opera,...
- Discussion threads 2008-10-08
- C'mon, Vista really isn't that bad
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- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Researchers publish details on London travel card hack
- First there was Boston's Charlie card. Now, Dutch researchers have exposed the inherent weakness in the RFID chip used in London's Oyster travel smartcard, ZDNet UK says. Researchers released details at the Esorics security conference in Malaga on Monday and an academic paper PDF...
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
- Webcam hijack demo highlights clickjacking threat
- [ UPDATE: The details are out. Lots of unresolved clickjacking issues] A security researcher in Israel has released a demo of a "clickjacking" attack, using an JavaScript game to turn every browser into a surveillance zombie. The release of the demo follows last month's...
- Blog posts 2008-10-07
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