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  • 03/09/10 IPv6 Transition Poses New Security Threats

    [b]Next-generation IP protocol comes with more security as well as some potential flaws of its own.[/b]

    The countdown to the saturation of the IPv4 address supply is now down to a matter of months: and along with the vast address space of...

  • 03/09/10 PS3 hack source code published

    Nearly four years after its launch, hackers have finally [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jOEbZEkp9A&feature=player_embedded#!]succeeded[/url] in [url=http://www.psjailbreak.com/index.php]jailbreaking the Playstation 3[/url] (PS3) game consol...

  • 03/09/10 iTunes update plugs WebKit flaw

    The latest version of iTunes for Windows addresses 13 security vulnerabilities, as well as adding much-publicised social networking functionality.

    iTunes 10 for Windows addresses flaws in the media player's WebKit browser that were fi...

  • 03/09/10 Feds crack phone clone scam that cost Sprint $15m

    Federal prosecutors have uncovered a scam that used tens of thousands of cloned cellphones to defraud Sprint out of $15m in lost long distance revenue.

    The operation dates back to at least the latter half of 2009, when cellular customers b...

  • 03/09/10 Microsoft releases FixIt for critical flaw in 100 apps

    Microsoft has released a software tool that helps system administrators protect PCs against a critical class of vulnerabilities found in more than 100 applications from a variety of software makers.

    The [url=http://blogs.technet.com/b/srd/...

  • 03/09/10 Apple QuickTime backdoor creates code-execution peril

    A security researcher has unearthed a “bizarre” flaw in Apple's QuickTime Player that can be exploited to remotely execute malicious code on Windows-based PCs, even those running the most recent versions of operating system.

    Techn...

  • 27/08/10 Pentagon confirms attack breached classified network

    he Pentagon has opened the kimono on what it described as the “most significant breach of US military computers ever,” in which a flash drive in 2008 was used to infect large numbers of computers, including those used by the Central Command overs...

  • 27/08/10 Microsoft warns of DLL vulnerability in applications

    A [url=http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/2269637.mspx]security advisory[/url] from Microsoft warns of a widespread programming error  which can result in applications executing malicious code in specially crafted DLL files when,...

  • 27/08/10 Wikileaks publishes secret CIA memo

    Wikileaks posted a classified CIA memo on Wednesday, three weeks after the Pentagon warned the self-described whistleblower website to return a huge cache of of unpublished documents believed to be in its possession.

    The secret memo, title...

  • 22/08/10 Linux kernel purged of five-year-old root access bug

    The Linux kernel has finally been purged of a privilege-escalation vulnerability that for at least half a decade allowed untrusted local users to gain unfettered rights to the operating system's most secure locations.

    Maintainers of t...


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