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08 19th, 2009
Dennis.Fisher wrote an intriguing post today on
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The "critical" WINS vulnerability that Microsoft issued a patch for last week is now being exploited actively in the wild, according to the SANS Institute [sans.org].
The Internet Storm Center (ISC), which is operated by SANS, is receiving preliminary reports that hackers are targeting Microsoft’s WINS service on Windows NT, 2000 and 2003 servers. Read the full story [networkworld.com]
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Ryan.Naraine wrote an intriguing post today on
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Martin Hellman, the co-inventor of public key cryptography, uses his background in security and cryptography to bring insights to two seemingly unrelated issues: nuclear weapons and soaring.
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08 18th, 2009
Ryan.Naraine wrote an intriguing post today on
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The news that federal authorities have indicted the man they claim is responsible for the TJX attack for also allegedly hacking into the networks of Heartland Payment Systems, 7-Eleven and the Hannaford Brothers grocery chain shows that law enforcement is indeed stepping up its work on cybercrime. But it also provides what is probably the clearest evidence to date that the people executing these attacks are highly competent, organized and motivated.
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