Someone hacked the list of attendees for the recent Cisco Live 2010 users’ conference, a security breach that led Cisco to
notify the customers as well as a broader group who have dealings
with the company. Read the full article. [Network World]
A group of code breakers believe they have
successfully reverse engineered Skype’s implementation of the RC4
cipher, one of several encryption technologies used by the
consumer-oriented VoIP service. Read the full article. [The Register]
Dennis Fisher talks with Rob Cheyne of Safelight Security Advisors about the classical problem of user education, how much of an obstacle to security people are and the ways in which technology has made security more difficult.
Mobile malware that affects Symbian Series 60 handsets is being used to
create a botnet. Read the full article. [The Register]
Security weaknesses in the hugely popular file-sharing Web site thepiratebay.org have exposed the user names, e-mail and Internet addresses of more than 4 million Pirate Bay users. Read the full article. [KrebsonSecurity]
A flaw in the module pam_motd (message of the day), which
displays the daily motto and other information after login (to the
shell), can be exploited under Ubuntu to expand access rights. Read the full article. [The H Security]
For years now, Adobe Flash files have been a very useful attack vector for hackers and a serious security problem for end users and IT departments. Now, a German researcher is planning to unveil a new browser plug-in designed to prevent many common types of Flash attacks.
More than 53,000 people, who did business with the
University of Hawaii at Manoa parking office’s data base from 1998-2009,
are being notified by mail that they may be affected by a computer
security breach. Read the full article. [Honolulu Star Advertiser]
By Gunter OllmannCommon wisdom over the last couple of decades has been to never write
down the passwords you use for accessing networked services. But is now
the time to begin writing them down? Threats are constantly evolving
and perhaps it’s time to revisit one of the longest standing idioms of
security – “never write a password down”.
An anonymous group of security researchers last
week published information about an unpatched Windows bug, saying that
they were disclosing the vulnerability because of the way Microsoft
treated a colleague. The flaw in Windows Vista and Server 2008
could be used by attackers to gain unauthorized access to a PC or cause
it to crash. Read the full article. [Computerworld]
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