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Grayware?

2007-03-07 07:11:45 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
 
...settings, but do no damage to the system. Examples include changing the system cursor or Windows' background image Peer-to-Peer: P2P grayware are applications that are installed to perform file exchanges. (P2P) While P2P is a legitimate protocol that can be used for business purposes, the grayware applications are often used to illegally...
 
Tags: grayware, dangerous grayware applications, joke, joke grayware, p2p grayware, toolbar grayware applications, bho grayware applications, applications, toolbar
 
 
 
 
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Moto Q9 DoS and Fingerprinting

2008-01-12 18:10:21 by RSnake in ha.ckers.org web application security lab
 
...settings, and of course turn off JavaScript. But then I realized, I had never tested it with JavaScript turned on. Thats when I went to Mr. T . What did Mr. T do to the Moto Q9 (which is running Opera, by the way)? It crashed it immediately So then I start messing around with it, and I narrow it down to one of the things thats more legacy...
 
Tags: accept language, accept, devcap, devcap charset, devcap numsoftkeys, accept charset, devcap screenpixels, cell phone hacker, phone
 
 
 
 
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Awareness in Installing Some Types of Software

2007-08-01 19:14:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...settings, spyware is ironically a deceptive method, that'll not directly pause as illegal for it may be included in some software that fronts acceptance. By the time it reaches the user's end it reacts like semblance of some kinds of virus or worms; at times just ignored not to be serious and obvious, but with motives, to invade the...
 
Tags: software, spyware software, computer owners, support adware usage, original computer owners, usage, adware, spyware, adware companies
 
 
 
 
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More High Profile Sites IFRAME Injected

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2008-03-12 09:49:36 by HASH0x8b74b5c in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...settings whether you are aquire your IP settings through DHCP or set your IP information manually. This hijacker will attempt to re-route all your DNS queries through 85.255.x.29 or 85.255.x.121. If you use a static IP address, CA AntiSpyware will set your DNS server to 198.6.1.1 to prevent your DNS queries from continuing to go through the...
 
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New DIY Malware in the Wild

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2008-04-29 16:06:55 by HASH0x8b1f28c in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...Settings can be changed all time. ( in running bots as well Melting Mutexes Checking Anti VMware, Anti VPC, Anti Sandboxing, Anti Norman Sandbox Settings encrypted with RC-4 Doesn't need .ocx Killing Windows Firewall It looks and sounds, as a novice malware coder integrating publicly obtainble malware modules, hoping to cash in. Moreover, in...
 
Tags: diy malware, malware, diy malware droppers, do-it-yourself malware, novice malware coder, malware authors, source malware, malware loader, multi-feature malware crypter
 
 
 
 
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Free tool secures VMware servers

2008-06-09 13:00:00 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
ConfigCheck compares active virtual settings against best practices guidelines, and recommends ways of fixing less-than-optimal settings
 
Tags: practices guidelines, recommends, settings
 
 
 
 
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Simulating Email in .NET

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2008-08-01 13:59:01 by keith-brown in Security Briefs
...Settings/smtp section in config to specify the details of your mail server, and all of the code in your app that is written to use the default SmtpClient ctor will inherit these settings. Here's an example of what the config on a production server might look like (if you put passwords in your config files, be sure to encrypt those sections...
 
Tags: csharpcode pre, pre, csharpcode, color, email, email addresses mailaddress, mailaddress, mail server, mail
 
 
 
 
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Securing Your Gmail With Just a Click

2008-08-21 15:51:12 by Editor in IT Security - The IT Security Industry's Web Resource
 
...settings Gmail has been capable of running on SSL for quite some time, but its not something thats enabled by default. I always typed the https in by hand, but I dont completely trust that method. Ive used Better Gmail2 in the past, but that doesnt like FireFox 3 for some reason. There are also a number of scripts for GreaseMonkey that force...
 
Tags: gmail, force gmail, secure gmail, gmail options settings, page, settings page, ssl, completely trust, martin mckeay
 
 
 
 
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Changing the SSL cipher order in Internet Explorer 7 on Windows Vista

2007-11-07 05:37:47 by Steve Riley in Steve Riley on Security
 
...Settings There's only one item here: SSL Cipher Suite Order . Open it Select Enabled Now here's where you need to tread carefully. You'll see that the list is the same as above, but rather than formatted nicely with carriage returns, they're simply separated with commas. The first item in the list is TLS RSA WITH AES 128 CBC SHA And the...
 
Tags: sha, null sha, cbc sha p384, cbc sha, cbc sha p521, shorter bit lengths, bit lengths, cbc sha p256, 256-bit aes