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Phishing Using FasterFox Prefetching

2008-01-03 16:18:15 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab
 
...pops up So theres another chance to trick FasterFox-users (in forums) without having to use HTML/BBcode for embedding images Alex is absolutely right. In fact, this is the exact reason I never used to use Opera. Sure you can turn it off, but pre-fetching has always been a dangerous thing to me. It can speed things up because it pre-fetches...
 
Tags: fasterfox, firefox prefetches, trick fasterfox-users, http-auth dialog pops, link, http-auth dialog immediately, firefox, email, people
 
 
 
 
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The cost of a code signing certificate

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2008-01-17 07:31:00 by Keith Brown in Security Briefs
...pops up on Windows XP when you try to install a cert into the trusted root store click image to enlarge If you find that your customers tend to choose the default option here, "NO", your code signing cert won't be trusted, which begs the question, why didn't you save yourself the 80 bucks and simply issue your own code signing cert via...
 
Tags: code, cheap, cheap code, cert, root store, root, philosophical question, issue, install
 
 
 
 
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Benevolent Worms

2008-02-19 06:57:11 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...pops up every few years. This is what I wrote back in 2003, updating something I wrote in 2000: This is tempting for several reasons. One, it's poetic: turning a weapon against itself. Two, it lets ethical programmers share in the fun of designing worms. And three, it sounds like a promising technique to solve one of the nastiest online...
 
Tags: software worms spread, worms, software, bad software distribution, worm, successful worm, beneficial worms, software distribution mechanism, worm quieter
 
 
 
 
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Got Sopranos? Yet another thing I did not know as much about

2007-11-26 20:55:00 by Manu Namboodiri in Data Protection, Management and Leakage
 
...pops up in its stead. Some of these are run eBay-style with members providing ratings on the trustworthiness of the seller! There is every reason to believe that terrorist organizations are using these methods to finance their nefarious goals The point to note here is this : there is a lot of money at stake. This makes cardholder data a...
 
Tags: cardholder data, crime business, crime, card swipe data, recent trip, visa gold, breaches, nefarious goals, arms dealers
 
 
 
 
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Companies struggle as Safari pops up on networks

2008-04-04 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
Network administrators are complaining that Apple's recent decision to offer users its Safari Web browser as part of an iTunes and QuickTime update has made their lives harder, as they struggle to remove the software from PCs on their networks Deliver REMOTE SUPPORT Easily. Try WebEx FREE Advertisement DOWNLOAD WEBEX SUPPORT CENTER FREE!...
 
Tags: safari web browser, effective support, recent decision, webex free, struggle, network administrators, offer users, lives harder, networks
 
 
 
 
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Companies struggle as Safari pops up on networks

2008-04-05 09:18:01 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
Apple's decision to push its Safari browser to incautious PC users as part of a recent iTunes and QuickTime update has infuriated a number of firms that now struggle to remove the unwanted software
 
Tags: safari browser, struggle, recent itunes, remove, firms, quicktime, apple, users, decision
 
 
 
 
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Security In The Cloud: Introducing Cloud Mashups

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2008-04-21 16:40:49 by Craig Balding in Cloud Security
...pops up that offers a better deal? Lets say salesforce.com stays with Amazon S3 but Appirio migrates to the new player to attract more customers. [Just to be clear, not picking on Appirio here - this applies to *any* ISV - particularly those that store data somewhere else in the Cloud Multiple cloud storage providers for a single app, raises...
 
Tags: cloud, cloud mashups, cloud storage arrangements, security, appirio cloud storage, appirio, data, data portability, crm data
 
 
 
 
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Security Circumvented: My Anti-Virus

2008-06-20 03:31:34 by JJ in Security Uncorked
 
...pops up with flagrantly ambiguous information like An application is trying to access your Internet. Do I want to allow it? I dont know. How am I supposed to know- which application wants to access my Internet? Oh, its not going to tell me. Okay Well, I guess Ill click Allow because I have no clue what is trying to access my Internet, but Ill...
 
Tags: security, norton pops, norton, internet, security features, access, flagrantly ambiguous information, anti-virus signature renewal, possibly worse
 
 
 
 
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Friday Squid Blogging: Contaminated Squids

2008-06-20 16:56:09 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
We're contaminating the squid : The toxic chemicals that Vecchione and colleagues from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science found are a rogues gallery of scary initials: PCBs, TBTs, BDEs, and DDT among them. Scientists classify all of them as POPs, or persistent
 
Tags: toxic chemicals, rogues gallery, virginia institute, squid, marine science, scary initials, ddt, tbts, pops
 
 
 
 
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Andy sees the light

2008-07-01 13:40:00 by Allen Baranov, CISSP in Security Thoughts