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Many of you probably test the strength of your users' passwords now and then to ensure that people are picking something strong enough to resist attack. Others of you might test password strength as part of your consulting services for various...
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A new exploit might take advantage of problems in RPC on Windows XP Service Pack 1 (SP1) and Windows 2000 SP4 systems. A successful attack might lead to a Denial of Service (DoS) condition. The vulnerability can be exploited by sending specially...
Black Hat, Inc., operator of popular conferences related to information security, has been acquired by CMP Media. Jeff Moss, founder and now former owner, will join CMP Media as Director of Black Hat. "Black Hat has been one of the most...
A vulnerability in RealOne Player and RealPlayer can allow a remote intruder to run arbitrary code in the context of the currently logged on user. The vulnerability is due to incorrect parsing of images that are part of skins designed for the mul...
Laptops are great tools, particularly when it comes to security work. After all, they're portable. But what about an ultra-portable computer? OQO's Model 01+ Ultra Personal Computer (uPC) is really slick. It runs a full-blown copy of Windows XP on...
Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol (ISAKMP) contains a vulnerability that might lead to denial of service attacks or the execution of arbitrary code. The vulnerability can be exploited by sending malformed Internet Key Exch...
Downloading certain types of software from Microsoft's site has typically been limited to those who use Internet Explorer. That was because of Microsoft's Windows Genuine Advantage program, which runs an ActiveX control on a person's system that...
If you read my editorial, "New Reports on UTM and IPS Solutions," in last week's Security UPDATE Newsletter then you know that The NSS Group released two new reports (Unified Threat Management and IPS Group Test - Edition 3) that cover Gigabit...
With just over a week to go before the high-profile Xbox 360 launch in the desert outside of Los Angeles, California, NPD Group reports that video game sales took a nosedive last month. Overall video game sales dropped 16 percent in October when...