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ColdFusion: Hack Me or Help Me

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2008-08-28 10:13:00 by Russ McRee in HolisticInfoSec.org
...variable When I reached out to the developers of this app (always and immediately responsive), they assured me that this was not due to a flaw in the app, but that the "information should be protected, and is by default for our installations" and that the client disabled the security check and turned debugging on. I accept this explanation...
 
Tags: coldfusion, coldfusion paths, coldfusion fans, coldfusion security issues, error, database, database username, error messages, coldfusion feature
 
 
 
 
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XBOX 360 Dies Again

2007-08-26 21:57:00 by Eric Marvets in The Security Samurai
 
...variable speed fan controller The replacement fans are supposedly quitter, but they will be moving from a 5V variable speed controller to a 12V power source. I hope it ends up with about the same noise profile, but at least Ill have a functioning XBOX when Halo 3 is released in a few weeks
 
Tags: fan shroud, fan, rear fan, replacement talismoon fan, days ago, fix, days, xbox, gpu
 
 
 
 
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Eavesdropping on Encrypted Compressed Voice

2008-06-19 06:27:13 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...variable bitrate compression produces different size packets of data for different sounds That happens because the sampling rate is kept high for long complex sounds like "ow", but cut down for simple consonants like "c". This variable method saves on bandwidth, while maintaining sound quality VoIP streams are encrypted to prevent...
 
Tags: variable, variable method saves, compression technique, technique, john hopkins university, decode entire conversations, complex sounds, sounds, packets
 
 
 
 
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Execute in PowerShell

2007-12-02 11:27:00 by Keith Brown in Security Briefs
 
...variable is to use the $env namespace like so env:windir but when I put this all together and tried to run it, PowerShell didn't parse it the way I expected: $env:windirMicrosoft.NETFrameworkv2.0.50727aspnet regiis.exe -r Unexpected token 'Microsoft.NETFrameworkv2.0.50727aspnet regiis.exe' in expression or statement Putting quotes around it...
 
Tags: powershell, 50727aspnet regiis, env, powershell assumes, env namespace, exe, netframeworkv2, windirmicrosoft, call operator
 
 
 
 
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Setting file ACLs with PowerShell part 4

2007-11-29 09:34:00 by Keith Brown in Security Briefs
 
...variables in PowerShell, which is a really cool feature unto itself, and one that I use all the time While PowerShell doesn't support strong typing in the classic sense of a compiler, it does have a feature that allows you to constrain the type of a variable whenever it's assigned a value. Here's an example a = 42 [Int32] $b = 42 $a = "this...
 
Tags: values, invalid enumeration values, enumeration, enumeration values, new-object security, object, powershell, invalid cast exception, cast
 
 
 
 
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Improvements in Face Recognition

2008-02-11 07:18:18 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...variable effects of age, hairstyle, expression, lighting, different camera equipment etc. This was done by producing a composite "average face" for a person, synthesised from twenty different pictures across a range of ages, lighting and so on Not useful when you only have one grainy photograph of your target, but interesting research...
 
Tags: lecturer rob jenkins, research nonetheless, mike burton, grainy photograph, variable effects, camera equipment, composite, range, age
 
 
 
 
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Economics of secure software

2007-01-21 10:13:02 by RaviC in Musings on Information Security
 
...variable x from 0 to 9 0.9 results in corresponding change in TCO from 2*Price to 11*Price
 
Tags: software, secure, secure product, product, software vendor, software vendors, vendor, price, initial purchase price
 
 
 
 
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ZDNet Asia and TorrentReactor IFRAME-ed

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2008-03-04 09:15:20 by HASH0x8b3f7c8 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...variable. Example 1 shows a script used by the spam URL naha.org/old/tmp/evans-sara-real-fine-place/index.html. The script checks whether the document.referrer string contains the name of any major search engines. If successful the browser redirects to ppcan.info/mp3re.php and eventually to spam; otherwise, the browser stays at the current...
 
Tags: iframe, zdnet asia, pages, pages redirect, iframe-ed pages, torrentreactor, iframe-ing tactic remains, seo practices, torrentreactor seo practices
 
 
 
 
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Too much thinking

2008-04-14 08:00:00 by Stuart King in Stuart King's Security and Risk Management Blog
 
...variable: some x factor based on nothing more than the intuition and experience of the person performing the assessment. There is often ambiguity and uncertainly around risk in information security. So, intuition counts for a lot
 
Tags: risk calculations, risk, intuition counts, intuition, additional variable, factor based, expertise, malcolm gladwell, rsa conference
 
 
 
 
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A Botnet Master's To-Do List

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2008-04-26 14:36:23 by HASH0x8ae3c28 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...variable features Spreading the malware NetAPI spreading VNC spreading MSN spreading ICQ spreading Email spreading Seeding via torrent (warez Downloading (ftp & http DDoS features general ddos attacks (udp&tcp tsunami ddos (push +ack flood Scanning features latest vulnerabilities scan exploits scann for homepages (php/perl/cgi scripts (not...
 
Tags: botnet, commodity malware bots, malware bots, to-do list, wannabe botnet masters, malware, botnet masters, malware botnets, anti malware