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Slow removal of child sexual abuse image websites

2008-06-11 14:02:32 by Richard Clayton in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...websites were removed from the Internet far slower than any other category of content we looked at, excepting illegal pharmacies hosted on fast-flux networks ; and were unsure if anyone is seriously trying to remove them at all It is perhaps timely that this week three large ISPs in the USA have announced that they have decided to block...
 
 
 
 
 
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Coordinated Cyber Attacks Hit Websites Due To Russian-Georgian Conflict

2008-08-12 15:05:04 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
Conflict between Georgia and Russia on the ground has been accompanied by the relaunch of cyber-attacks against Georgian government websites. The Georgian presidential (www.president.gov.ge) and other government websites (such as www.parliament.ge) were left inaccessible by assaults over the weekend, in a repeat of attacks in late July before...
 
 
 
 
 
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Distributing Malware Through Trusted Websites

2008-09-15 20:14:01 by Chris Eng in Zero in a bit
 
...websites to host malicious content when you can just infect trusted sites like BusinessWeek ? This is becoming something of a trend, as evidenced by the mass SQL Injection attacks from a few months ago The idea is simple find SQL Injection vulnerabilities in high-traffic, trusted websites where the sites content is dynamically fetched from a...
 
 
 
 
 
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PCI certification on Websites

2007-10-05 00:00:00 by Manju Mude in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...websites that have passed a PCI audit. This is an interesting topic, because many merchants have expressed interest in this. Currently, there is no official seal or website logo for merchants that are PCI DSS compliant. However, there are a number of popular seals that web merchants may use to represent good security practices. These include
 
 
 
 
 
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Using Content Verification on Public Websites to Track My Sons Soccer Team Standings

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2008-05-21 13:49:53 by Eric Chambers in ScienceLogic
...websites! Recently many machines in a development environment were checking the same site every five minutes, and those eagle eyes admins at Slashdot noticed. Suddenly no one at ScienceLogic could reach Slashdot, our source of snarky geek news had been cut off Naturally, we stopped the CV checks and explained the situation to CmndrTaco and...
 
 
 
 
 
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Using Content Verification on Public Websites to Track My Sons Soccer Team Standings

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2008-05-21 13:49:53 by Eric Chambers in ScienceLogic
...websites! Recently many machines in a development environment were checking the same site every five minutes, and those eagle eyes admins at Slashdot noticed. Suddenly no one at ScienceLogic could reach Slashdot, our source of snarky geek news had been cut off Naturally, we stopped the CV checks and explained the situation to CmndrTaco and...
 
 
 
 
 
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Terrorist And Leftist Websites Defaced By Israeli Hackers

2008-06-26 12:35:37 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
Israeli hacking group broke into sites of Izz al-Din al-Qassam, the terrorists military wing, and some leftist movements. Hacked websites were defaced and previous information replaced with words of Israeli national anthem. Currently the website of Izz al-Din al-Qassam displays a white screen and words in Arabic announcing technical...
 
 
 
 
 
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Security Research Shows 75 Percent Of US Bank Websites Have Flaws

2008-07-26 12:39:14 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
Researchers from the University of Michigan found 75 percent of bank sites surveyed had at least one security flaw. The report was presented Friday at the Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security meeting at Carnegie Mellon University. According to the research, vast majority of US bank websites jeopardize the security of their online customers by
 
 
 
 
 
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Majority of banking websites found insecure

2008-08-03 22:32:47 by Editor in Digg / Security
 
A new study from the University of Michigan has found that more than 75 percent of banking websites are not completely up to snuff when it comes to security