MENTION the words IT security to a small-business owner and the chances are that he or she will start yawning. But IT security matters to small firms. Studies by Microsoft have found that seven out of ten small firms that suffer a big loss of company information go out of business within a year. Most of us know about viruses and spam, but what about phishing, key-logging and botnets? The number of cyber attacks is rising, with 62% of small firms … read more »
June 11th, 2007 in
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Ever since its debut, Firefox has garnered a reputation for being an enormously customizable program, both through its add-on architecture and its internal settings. In fact, many of Firefox’s settings aren’t exposed through the Tools > Options menu; the only way to change them is to edit them manually. In this article, we’ll explore some of the most useful Firefox settings that you can change on your own, and that aren’t … read more »
June 7th, 2007 in
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computerworld.com
Today we talk about Cross Site Request Forgery (also known as XSRF) abbreviated in CSRF, from which pronounce has come the friendly name “Sea Surf” Following the previous papers on Cross Site Scripting written by me, i thought it was an obvious step to deal with this theme: here i am then! This kind of vulnerability, which is very common and understimated, permits to make a victim user to send any kind of HTTP request to a website i… read more »
June 6th, 2007 in
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The rapidly expanding ranks of people banking online has raised questions over whether consumers are armed to deal with the growing threat from cyber pirates.
In the past year alone, the number of online bankers in Australia has swelled by 1.3 million, to 8.2 million, according to a survey by the Commonwealth Bank, accounting for 52 per cent of the population.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia acting head of retail banking Ross McEwan said ease of a… read more »
June 6th, 2007 in
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smh.com.au
Commonly grouped along with external mobile threats, mobile viruses have become common throughout today’s mobile community. The fleeting question on the mind of so many mobile owners is why. To understand today’s mobile virus, one must look back at the evolution of computer viruses. Viruses don’t typically enter a medium such as mobile communication as malicious attacks rather they start with software developers pushing the limits of modern… read more »
June 5th, 2007 in
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zdnet.co.uk
Hackers can drop malicious code into systems running Mozilla Corp.’s Firefox when the browser is armed with any of several high-profile add-ons, including Google Toolbar and Yahoo Toolbar, a researcher revealed today. Mozilla has acknowledged the risk posed by some extensions.
Christopher Soghoian, a Ph.D. student at Indiana University, outlined how “man in the middle” attackers, especially in public wireless networks, could dis… read more »
May 30th, 2007 in
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computerworld.com
Security That Nets Malicious Web Sites Science Daily. Have you ever wondered how fraudulent or malicious websites can rank highly on search engines like Google or Yahoo? Professor Audun Josang suggests develop a new type of internet security system based on “reputation” where a community of users can rank the quality of a website. (Credit: Image courtesy of Queensland University of Technology)
Ads by Google. Queensland University of T… read more »
May 21st, 2007 in
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