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Open redirect vulnerabilities article - (IN)SECURE Issue 17

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2008-06-26 10:18:00 by Russ McRee in HolisticInfoSec.org
...dangers of open redirects that's been published in Issue 17 of (IN)SECURE Magazine . Page 43 for your reading pleasure An open redirect is a vulnerability that exists when a script allows redirection to an external site by directly calling a specific URL in an unfiltered unmanaged fashion, which could be used to redirect victims to...
 
Tags: redirect, issue, redirect victims, malicious web sites, giant pet peeve, specific url, vulnerability, article, dangers
 
 
 
 
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Supporting Complex Passwords

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2007-12-04 08:56:00 by Keith Brown in Security Briefs
...dangers of using passwords for encryption. Well this morning another "feature" of passwords hit me square in the forehead. I tried to activate Windows Live OneCare (I've decided to give their family safety feature a try to limit where my little ones can surf on the net). Here's what I got when I supplied my Windows Live ID and password...
 
Tags: passwords, complex passwords, complex, passwords hit, password temporarily, temporarily, password, strong passwords, password minder
 
 
 
 
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Fortify Documentary

2008-01-11 17:24:34 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab
 
...dangers of internet insecurity is to global economy. I thought it was really well done actually One thing I thought was hilariously ironic was a quote by Howard Schmitt (ex cyber security czar for the United States, who replaced Richard Clarke), We should never ever ever be so arrogant to think that were not a potential victim or our data has...
 
Tags: documentary, cyber security czar, howard, howard schmitt, global economy, richard clarke, data, potential victim, jeremiahs site
 
 
 
 
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Facebook privacy chief: Data portability dangers overlooked

2008-02-08 00:00:00 by HASH0x847373c in Network World on Security
 
The launch of Facebook's Beacon advertising system in November put the social networking site in the middle of a controversy over privacy, as Beacon was criticized for being too aggressive and stealthy in collecting and broadcasting information about users' activities online. For that reason, few people right now would probably envy the job of...
 
Tags: privacy, facebook, chief privacy officer, chris kelly, activities online, site, beacon, system, stealthy
 
 
 
 
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Blue Box #75: Asterisk vulnerability, SANS paper on VoIP security, SPIT, tons of listener comments and much more...

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2008-02-11 14:31:43 by HASH0x8c00788 in Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast
 
...dangers? pointing to Does UC present new opportunities for spammers VoIP-News: The VoIP-News Top 25 VoIP Blogs of 2007 List of VoIP Hacking software ITworld.com: IT job skills that matter now (see the first line of the sidebar Comment (audio) from Frank Leonhardt Comment (blog) from Raffi welcome to blue.html#comment-96147586 about Blue Box...
 
Tags: voip, voip-news top, voip-news, voip blogs, voip security news, security, voip security podcast, listener comment line, comment line
 
 
 
 
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Blue Box #75: Asterisk vulnerability, SANS paper on VoIP security, SPIT, tons of listener comments and much more...

2008-02-11 15:31:42 by Dan York in Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast
 
...dangers? pointing to Does UC present new opportunities for spammers VoIP-News: The VoIP-News Top 25 VoIP Blogs of 2007 List of VoIP Hacking software ITworld.com: IT job skills that matter now (see the first line of the sidebar Comment (audio) from Frank Leonhardt Comment (blog) from Raffi welcome to blue.html#comment-96147586 about Blue Box...
 
Tags: voip, voip-news top, voip-news, voip blogs, voip security news, security, voip security podcast, listener comment line, comment line
 
 
 
 
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Blackberry risk overseas? What else is new?

2008-02-16 12:41:01 by Editor in Adventures in Security
 
...dangers associated with the use of their smartphones and PDAs. This is true not only for non-management types. This is also true for C-level managers--the people most likely to use these device out of the country as well as demand less constraints on their use
 
Tags: true, c-level managers, handheld devices, non-management types, risk, users, ignore, smartphones, constraints
 
 
 
 
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Careful - you just might be hiring a "brutal rapist".

2007-12-18 21:06:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...dangers out there facing professional athletes today. He now has a Personal Protection Specialist accompany him everywhere he travels. How does it make him feel? "It's a blessing", he was recently quoted as saying Visit Sexton Executive Security at www.sextonsecurity.com
 
Tags: ricky hatton, hatton, ricky, friend, time, hire, wbc welterweight bout, hallinan, leg
 
 
 
 
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Do not dismiss the dangers of being stalked

2008-02-25 16:48:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
Q: My friend told me that she is being stalked. I am very worried for her safety. Are stalkers dangerous or just a nuisance A: You are right to be concerned for your friends safety. Stalkers are people with serious mental disorders. The ones we tend to hear about most often are the cases involving celebrities. We all know what happened when...
 
Tags: stalkers mind, mind, stalkers, stalker, john lennons stalker, clients husband, stalkers dangerous, clients, stalkers ability