Zeljka Zorz
FreeBSD bug grants root access to unprivileged users
A FreeBSD exploit that grants OS root access to unprivileged users was published yesterday on the Full Disclosure mailing list by Nikolaos Rangos, a German researcher that has …
Scam victim psychology: What makes you vulnerable?
“Understanding scam victims: seven principles for systems security” is a paper by Frank Stajano, an associate professor with the Computer Laboratory of the …
Clientless SSL VPN products break browser security mechanisms
Clientless SSL VPN products from multiple vendors put users at risk of a variety of web-based attacks because they “break fundamental browser security mechanisms”. …
Bit.ly steps up security
Bit.ly, one of the most popular URL shortening services, announced it will be integrating three new security-related services by the end of the year: 1. Websense’s …
Latest Windows security patches trigger black screen
You’re starting up your Windows (7, Vista, XP, NT, W2K, W2K3 or W2K8 PC or server) and everything looks normal. You log in, and your faced with a black screen with a …
Password attacks, tips and tricks
Almost a year ago, the Microsoft Malware Protection Center launched a honeypot FTP server with the intention of researching the attacks that normal users are subjected on an …
Thanksgiving scams: Warming up for Christmas
Sometimes it is difficult to tell the difference between legitimate online offers and malicious spam. In this day and age, you can be pretty sure that financial and government …
iPhone anti-virus software: Has the time come?
Anti-virus software has already been made available for various mobile phones. Security firm F-Secure offers protection for phones with Windows Mobile and Symbian and …
5 handy WordPress security plug-ins, part 2
If you’re one among the millions of users of WordPress, and you really don’t have that much knowledge about what’s going on under the hood, your best bet to …
Skype users targeted by Koobface look-alike
Trend Labs warn about a seeming Koobface variant – TROJ_VILSEL.EA – that targets Skype. It steals information from the user’s Skype profile: login …
Top 5 Firefox add-ons: Security testing and assessment
Test your sites and web applications and perform a security assessment/audit of your work with these handy tools: 1. Tamper Data Use it to view and modify HTTP/HTTPS headers …
Macbook Air prize spam delivers malware
A good rule of thumb when it comes to unsolicited email offers or announcements should be: If it’s too good to be true, it probably is. Add to this grammatical and/or …