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A very serious flaw in the Internet's DNS servers may have been ripe for a significant exploit, though a familiar security researcher might have sounded the al…
"HTML forms (i.e. form) are one of the features in HTTP that allows users to send data to HTTP servers.
My implicit presumption in this series is that break ins are unplanned, opportunistic occurrences.
A traditional firewall is commonly employed to restrict Web site access to Ports 80 and 443, used for HTTP and Secure Sockets Layer communications, respectivel…
There is a great debate on the bugtraq mailing list regarding the apache utf7 xss issue.
SAN FRANCISCO - May 20, 2008 - CoverityT, Inc., the leader in improving software quality and security, today announced the availability of the Scan Report on O…
I have downloaded the beta of Firefox 3 to check out the improvements related to SSL.
We are pleased to announce a new project called oCERT, the Open Source Computer Emergency Response Team.
Mozilla, the company behind the open-source browser Firefox, announced previously that the next version of it browser, Firefox 3, will include a host of securi…
Are you always looking to expand your security practices? Do you want to take a crack at instituting a whole new way of creating a secure, password infrastruct…
A bit of a shift towards UNIX for those looking to a get a different view of network scanning:
Is Ubuntu Security what is claims to be? Some say yes, some say no. Carla Schroeder from Enterprise Networking Planet chimes in on server versus desktop kernel…
Even with Apache's focus on producing a secure product, the Web server can still be vulnerable to any number of attacks if you fail to take some security preca…
They have demonstrated that users could open up their router's traffic as a result of visiting a web page loaded with malicious javascript. The researchers sai…
No doubt you're already aware of the standard logfiles that Apache httpd creates for you.
Most small business networks grow and evolve as the business grows. In one way, this is good. It shows the business is growing, becoming stronger. Unfortunatel…
Secure By Design: How Guardian Digital Secures EnGarde Secure Linux ABSTRACT What is EnGarde Secure Linux?
Cheap computers for the world's poor could mean big security headaches. The $100 One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project is inviting hackers to break test out and …
Password aging is a mechanism that allows the system to enforce a certain lifetime for passwords.
Northwestern University researchers have joined forces with BBN Technologies to demonstrate what they are calling the first truly quantum cryptographic data ne…
EEye Digital Security has uncovered new security holes affecting a wide range of RealNetworks' media players, the latest desktop-based bugs set to worry IT man…
Three Brisbane university students have discovered a major flaw in wireless network technology that means hackers can bring down critical infrastructure in as …
The WWWD provides a snapshot of the security posture of currently deployed wireless access points throughout the world. During the Third WorldWide WarDrive, wh…
This week, perhaps the most interesting articles include "Rumors of Third Vulnerability in Linux Kernel Prove Unfounded," "VLANs on Linux," and "Open Source Ge…