SMS spoofing is not new, researchers having proved in 2010 for BBC’s Watchdog that it could be done. While most of the telecommunications companies are aware of the risks, few have actually done something to prevent it. Now, an amateur programmer came forward with a simple app to prove that SMS spoofing for m... |
25 January 2012
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A high severity vulnerability was discovered in Mozilla's popular web browser. The flaw affects all Firefox 8.x versions and prior, allowing a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Researchers from the Vulnerability Laboratories have just disclosed their findings, reporting that the security risks involved... |
22 December 2011
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Microsoft has removed a rogue SSL root certificate issued by DigiNotar from the list of trusted Windows root certificates in an effort designed to protect users of Internet Explorer from attacks impersonating Google online properties, including Gmail.
Dave Forstrom, director of Trustworthy Computing for Microsof... |
30 August 2011
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Android malware authors have began passing their creations as legit security applications, trojans posing as Kaspersky Anti-Virus and Trusteer Rapport being seen so far.Spoofing security software is common with desktop threats, particularly scareware applications that immitate antivirus programs. However, the trend i... |
14 July 2011
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Symantec, the renowned security firm headquartered in Mountain View, California, with offices around the world, has issued an advisory entitled “Phishing Apple Gift Cards.” Spoofing emails commonly include a link to a phishing website, and this one is no different, Symantec warns. The security expert also... |
7 May 2010
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Weeks have passed since Apple issued the latest security patch of its standard web browser, Safari for Mac OS X and Windows users. Version 3.1.1 patched 4 main issues, one of which was a flaw that allowed Charlie Miller to Pwn and Own Apple's MacBook Air, nabbing for himself the laptop and 10 Gs at CanSecWest. T... |
25 April 2008
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If you thought that malware has made an obsession out of Windows-based operating systems only, you're wrong. A new type of criminal attack is committed to take over one of the most common hardware in a computer network: the router.According to the latest security reports, a new kind of attack tries to lure Inter... |
23 January 2008
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On November 13 Microsoft patched a DNS vulnerability that, in the eventuality of a successful exploit would allow for spoofing. It took Microsoft more than a year to plug the hole initially reported by Alla Berzroutchko of Scanit and then by Amit Klein of Trusteer. Still, at this point in time Windows 2000 Server Ser... |
19 November 2007
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