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Top 10 Popular Passwords

2008-05-14 21:30:11 by Editor in IT Security - The IT Security Industry's Web Resource
 
...popular. But if you want security, using the most popular passwords are a sure way to leave hackers an easy way into your accounts. Apparently, a whopping 20% of people use some variant of the following 10 password choices, according to this blog post Your partner, child, or pets name, possibly followed by a 0 or 1 (because theyre always...
 
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Firefox 3.0's malware blocker whacks access to popular add-on sites

2008-02-18 14:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
The anti-malware tool that debuted last week in Firefox 3.0 Beta 3 is blocking users from reaching the Web sites for a pair of popular add-ons to the open-source browser
 
Tags: open-source browser, firefox, anti-malware tool, web sites, popular add-ons, pair, week, beta, users
 
 
 
 
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Hacker trio finds a way to crack popular smartcard in minutes

2008-03-06 00:00:00 by John Cox in Network World on Security
 
Cracking popular wireless smartcard is now a lot easier. A hacker trio has found a low-cost, fast way to decrypt a widely-used, RFID-enabled smartcard
 
Tags: smartcard, popular wireless smartcard, hacker trio, lot easier, low-cost, fast, decrypt
 
 
 
 
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Popular open source spam filter gets boost

2008-05-19 00:00:00 by Carolyn Duffy Marsan in Network World on Security
 
SpamAssassin, popular open source spam-filtering software, will have deadlier aim thanks to an add-on tool that is being offered free of charge to small businesses and individuals by MailChannels
 
Tags: source, popular, add-on tool, deadlier aim, businesses, spamassassin, individuals, mailchannels, software
 
 
 
 
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Popular BitTorrent Client Quietly Patched An Old Zero-Day Vulnerability

2008-08-14 17:29:00 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
Popular BitTorrent client µTorrent has silently patched a vulnerability that created a means for hackers to load malware onto PCs of file sharing users by persuading them to open a poisoned Torrent file. The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 1.7.7 of µTorrent. Earlier versions may also be vulnerable. News of the bug emerged in a
 
Tags: file, vulnerability, torrent file, torrent, load malware, version, users, bug, versions
 
 
 
 
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Web Based Malware Emphasizes on Anti-Debugging Features

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2008-10-07 02:42:00 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...popular firewall and proactive protection security ensures that the actions it takes and their order do not trigger protactive protection mechanisms in place binary file size is 25k, the size can be reduced once it's crypted Doesn't take advantage of BITS protocol Doesn't allow an infected host to be infected twice Bypassing NAT and...
 
Tags: malware, web based malware, binary file, binary, simple, plain simple, anti, simple junk data, firewall
 
 
 
 
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Revealing Packed Malware

2008-10-08 04:42:07 by Editor in IEEE Security and Privacy
 
...popular packer, as an example of a software packer
 
Tags: malware, modern malware, reactive security function, authors describe, detection, network applications, software packer, scan engines, zero-day threats
 
 
 
 
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Annual Blog Round-Up - 2007

2008-01-04 13:16:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...popular "Security Warrior" blog posts for 2007! To make this a competition of posts, I am removing the links to the main blog, search labels (e.g. log management , which was indeed one of the most popular resources on the blog) as well as grouping posts together in theme clusters Same as during past few months, the "fallout" from being...
 
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Monthly Blog Round-Up - February 2008

2008-03-03 11:50:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...popular posts and topics Finally, one post I wrote this month bumped the "anti-virus saga" from the #1 popular spot: Welcome to the Platform Club! :-) post discusses requirements for a log management platform (and makes fun of some folks in the process Now pushed to the #2 spot, next is the topic of anti-virus efficiency. Here are the posts:...
 
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