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Exploiting MS Advisory 971778 - QuickTime DirectShow Vulnerability

secgeeks — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:49:25 -0400

On May 28th, 2009 Microsoft released MS Security Advisory 971778 titled Vulnerability in Microsoft DirectShow Could Allow Remote Code Execution. This vulnerability should be considered high-risk as...

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Do you want a forum on this site?

secgeeks — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:58:46 -0400

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Critical Adobe Shockwave flaw affects millions

secgeeks — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:55:48 -0400

Adobe’s Shockwave Player contains a critical vulnerability that could be exploited by remote hackers to take complete control of Windows computers, according to a warning from the software...

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Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account hijacked, pushes Windows and Mac malware

secgeeks — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:54:37 -0400

The Twitter account belonging to venture capitalist and Mac evangelist Guy Kawasaki was hijacked yesterday and used to push malware to some 140,000 Twitter users. The attack (screenshot above)...

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Iranian opposition launches organized cyber attack against pro-Ahmadinejad sites

secgeeks — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:55:04 -0400

Approximately 24 hours ago, the Iranian opposition coordinated an ongoing cyber attack that has successfully managed to disrupt access to major pro-Ahmadinejad Iranian web sites, including the...

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Researchers demo wireless keyboard sniffer for Microsoft 27Mhz keyboards

secgeeks — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:49:43 -0400

Researchers from Remote-Exploit.org, the home of the BackTrack pen-testing Linux distribution, have recently released an open source wireless keyboard sniffer Keykeriki, capable of sniffing and...

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Critical Adobe Shockwave flaw affects millions

secgeeks — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:28:00 -0400

Adobe’s Shockwave Player contains a critical vulnerability that could be exploited by remote hackers to take complete control of Windows computers, according to a warning from the software maker.The...

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Mozilla tackles XSS vulnerabilities with new technology

secgeeks — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:50:00 -0400

Mozilla’s security engineers are working on new technology that promises to mitigate a large class of Web application vulnerabilities, especially the cross-site scripting (XSS) plague against modern...

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Four ways Iranians are beating Internet censorship

secgeeks — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:15:00 -0400

The massive protests in Iran are powered by access to Facebook, Twitter and other Internet services even though the Iranian government has blocked access to them from inside Iran. How are the...

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Be careful if you’re trading songs

secgeeks — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 16:37:00 -0400

After my niece badly corrupted her PC a few years ago after using Kazaa, I’ve been left with a bad taste in my mouth for that file-sharing site. I’m a huge music fan, and sharing music online is...

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