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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • October 7th, 2008
The World's Most Used RFID-Based Cards Hackable in Ten Minutes

The World's Most Used RFID-Based Cards Hackable in Ten Minutes

Two research papers put the widely deployed MIFARE Classic chip cards at risk

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • October 4th, 2008
European Botnet Runners Indicted in the FooNet DDoS Case

European Botnet Runners Indicted in the FooNet DDoS Case

Two British and German citizens were indicted for launching dynamic denial of service attacks

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • October 2nd, 2008
The Internet Plagued by Another Critical Design Flaw

The Internet Plagued by Another Critical Design Flaw

A TCP stack design vulnerability could put Internet services everywhere at major DoS risk

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • September 30th, 2008
Critical Clickjacking Vulnerabilities Will Soon Be Disclosed

Critical Clickjacking Vulnerabilities Will Soon Be Disclosed

Security researchers will present their full findings in less than a month

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • September 27th, 2008
Lights Out at Intercage - Atrivo, Again

Lights Out at Intercage - Atrivo, Again

The Intercage depeering whack-a-mole game continues

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • September 24th, 2008
Intercage Alive Again, but Not Without Losses

Intercage Alive Again, but Not Without Losses

The company found a new ISP willing to take them on, but under expensive conditions

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • September 24th, 2008
Maserati Hacker Arrested

Maserati Hacker Arrested

A man is accused of hacking into a Maserati database and blackmailing the company with information disclosure

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • September 23rd, 2008
Malware Hosting Company Intercage (Atrivo) Went Dead

Malware Hosting Company Intercage (Atrivo) Went Dead

The biggest hosting company in US associated with cyber criminals is no longer online

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • September 22nd, 2008
FBI Raids Knoxville College Dorm in Connection with the Palin Hack

FBI Raids Knoxville College Dorm in Connection with the Palin Hack

Reports say the apartment belongs to David Kernell who fled the scene when agents arrived

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • September 19th, 2008
The Chain Tightens Around Palin's E-mail Hacker

The Chain Tightens Around Palin's E-mail Hacker

Yahoo! and the owner of the proxy service are working with the FBI while the signer of the alleged confession was identified

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • September 18th, 2008
How Sarah Palin's E-Mail Account Got Hacked

How Sarah Palin's E-Mail Account Got Hacked

Vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin had gremlins going through her e-mail

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • September 17th, 2008
Critical Clickjacking Vulnerabilities Affecting All Browsers Being Kept Secret

Critical Clickjacking Vulnerabilities Affecting All Browsers Being Kept Secret

After consulting with Adobe, two security researchers canceled their ground breaking clickjacking exploits presentation

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • September 13th, 2008
The Right to Anonymous Speech Frees Spammer

The Right to Anonymous Speech Frees Spammer

The Virginia Supreme Court overturns spammer's 9-year prison sentence

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • September 12th, 2008
Malware Spreading Tool for the Masses

Malware Spreading Tool for the Masses

Panda Security discovered a tool that can be used by almost anybody to spread malware

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • September 10th, 2008
Japan the Main Source of Attack Traffic

Japan the Main Source of Attack Traffic

A report from Akamai points to Japan as the number one origin of attacks on the Internet

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • September 10th, 2008
Security Threat for Industrial Systems

Security Threat for Industrial Systems

An exploit for a vulnerability in a popular SCADA software is out for grabs

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  • By Lucian Constantin
  • September 8th, 2008
Recent Atrivo Related Security Reports Do Not Remain Unheard

Recent Atrivo Related Security Reports Do Not Remain Unheard

Two of Atrivo's Internet providers dropped peering for the company

 
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