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...discovered a way that a modified attack could be used to steal twitter credentials over an SSL link. He demonstrated how an attacker could launch a man in the middle attack to steal the credentials of a user authenticating himself through HTTPS to a... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/17/239192/twitter-vulnerable-to-ssl-attack.htm
...is MS09-006 which could allow an attacker to take complete control of your...However, in this scenario, an attacker could access the restricted site...WINS services that could allow an attacker to insert bad data into a DNS... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/it-fud-blog/2009/03/microsoft-patch-tuesday-march.html
...other versions may also be at risk. Mozilla said an attacker can exploit the vulnerability by luring Firefox users... "Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code. Additionally, exploit code... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/07/15/236900/critical-security-hole-hits-firefox-3.5.htm
...concept attack that could allow hackers to listen in to phonecalls on Blackberry smartphones. "This software allows an attacker to call a user's Blackberry and listen to personal conversations. In order to install and set up the PhoneSnoop application... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/11/04/238418/video-blackberry-vulnerable-to-phonesnoop-bug.htm
...a single password is enough for an attacker to compromise the entire network...documents are easily exposed to an attacker, and can be attempted by the attacker...weak protection, it is easy for an attacker to obtain full control over all... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/04/27/235790/infosec-2009-common-mistakes-in-password-policies.htm
...becomes available. Earlier this month security researcher Laurent Gaffie published a proof of concept code showing how an attacker could crash machines with the Server Message Block 2.0 (SMB) protocol enabled. The problem has become potentially... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/09/29/237910/microsoft-under-increased-pressure-to-fix-smb2-security.htm
...shorten URLs. The warning comes from security supplier Sophos following a hack on URL shortening website Cligs. An attacker discovered and exploited a security vulnerability on Cligs last night. More than two million URLs were then changed... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/16/236460/cligs-hack-reveals-short-url-risk.htm
...code showing how a flaw in Microsoft's file sharing (SMB2) protocol could be exploited. The flaw means that an attacker can remotely crash any Windows Vista or Windows 7 machines with Server Message Block 2.0 (SMB2) enabled, he said... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/09/09/237633/microsoft-faces-two-zero-day-security-flaws.htm
...be available on 16 June. "These vulnerabilities would cause the application to crash and could potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected system," Adobe said in an advisory. The company said it has also fixed several... http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2009/06/10/236374/adobe-patches-13-vulnerabilties-in-acrobat-and-reader.htm
...sensitive data on laptops, can be defeated by relatively simple methods. More specifically the results show that an attacker can cut power to the computer, then power it back up and boot a malicious operating system (from, say, a thumb drive... http://www.computerweekly.com/blogs/stuart_king/2008/02/there-is-lots-of-talk.html

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...security exits or authentication through SSL, unless an attacker has valid authentication credentials or a valid SSL certificate...invoked fairly early on in the channel negotiation. If an attacker’s connection is rejected by either SSL or a security... http://t-rob.net/
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