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[August 14, 2008]  

Selling Vulnerability Research - Ethical or Not?

Every so often this topic comes to the forefront and is cause for some amount of debate. Recently a researcher found himself in the spotlight over his desire to be compensated for his research.
Windows IT Pro - Mark Joseph Edwards 

[August 14, 2008]  

Researcher Says DNS Still Vulnerable

Even this the latest patches, BIND is still vulnerable to DNS cache poisoning attacks. But, so far it looks like this isn't nearly as a bad as the previous cache poisoning situation.
Windows IT Pro - Mark Joseph Edwards 

[August 14, 2008]  

Turn Digital Objects Into Passwords

At the recent Usenix conference two researchers presented a new way to generate high entropy passwords using common objects, such as text and images. The technique might be useful when passwords need to be shared.
Windows IT Pro - Mark Joseph Edwards 

[August 14, 2008]  

Gmail, Yahoo, and Hotmail Routinely Abused by Spammers

According to Commtouch Software an average of about 10 million zombie computers are sending an average of 3 million messages every day. Many of those messages are sent through the top three Web-based mail services.
Windows IT Pro - Mark Joseph Edwards 

[August 13, 2008]  

Thieves Gaming The Gamers

As the world of PC gaming continues to expand so does the spread of malware designed to steal online game credentials from less-than-savvy PC users.
Windows IT Pro - Mark Joseph Edwards 

[August 13, 2008]  

EFF Steps Up to Advise Security Researchers

This year, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) stepped more directly into the legal implications of security research and disclosure by setting up a booth at Black Hat USA.
Windows IT Pro - Mark Joseph Edwards 

[August 13, 2008]  

11 Microsoft Security Bulletins for August 2008

Microsoft released eleven security updates for August, rating six of them as critical.
Windows IT Pro - Orin Thomas 

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HOT POST : Any Problems with Win2K Update Rollup 1?
There have been a couple of reports of problems after installing the new Update Rollup 1 package for Windows 2000. Have you experienced any problems?
Mark Joseph Edwards
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Researcher Says DNS Still Vulnerable
Even this the latest patches, BIND is still vulnerable to DNS cache poisoning attacks. But, so far it looks like this isn't nearly as a bad as the previous cache poisoning situation.
Mark Joseph Edwards
(1 Comment)  Read the Blog    

Selling Vulnerability Research - Ethical or Not?
Every so often this topic comes to the forefront and is cause for some amount of debate. Recently a researcher found himself in the spotlight over his desire to be compensated for his research.
Mark Joseph Edwards
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Three Reporters Tossed Out of Black Hat
Three reporters from Global Security Mag thought it'd be funny to sniff the network traffic of other reporters at the Black Hat conference. The stunt backfired on the trio, who got booted out.
Mark Joseph Edwards
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