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Malicious traffic can crash routers, Juniper warns
Juniper Networks warns customers of a critical flaw in its gateway routers that allows attackers to crash the devices with easily-spoofed traffic. 2010-01-08 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11571 PhotoDNA scans images for child abuse Microsoft and Dartmouth College donate a software tool for detecting modified images to help ISPs find child pornography on their networks. 2009-12-18 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11570 Twitter attacker had proper credentials The social networking service's DNS provider says that all changes to its system were from an authenticated user. 2009-12-18 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11569 Conficker data highlights infected networks The ShadowServer Foundation creates a portal highlighting which networks show significant signs of compromises, including networks in Vietnam, Indonesia, and Ukraine. 2009-12-16 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11568 Scammers scrape RAM for bank card data Forget keyloggers and packet sniffers -- in the wake of industry rules requiring credit card data to be encrypted, malware that siphons clear-text information from computer memory is all the rage among scammers, researchers say. 2009-12-10 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11567 Sequoia to show off e-voting code Sequoia Voting Systems becomes the first electronic voting machine maker to publish the source code used in one of its systems, earning praise from computer scientists. 2009-12-04 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11566 Major IE8 flaw makes 'safe' sites unsafe The latest version of Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser contains a bug that can enable serious security attacks against websites that are otherwise safe. 2009-11-23 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11565 Researcher busts into Twitter via SSL reneg hole A Turkish grad student devises a serious, real-world attack on Twitter that targeted a recently discovered vulnerability in the secure sockets layer (SSL) protocol. 2009-11-16 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11564 Security firm chokes sprawling spam botnet A botnet that was once responsible for an estimated third of the world's spam has been knocked out of commission. 2009-11-11 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11563 FBI and SOCA plot cybercrime smackdown The FBI and the UK’s Serious and Organised Crime Agency draw up a program for dismantling and disrupting cybercrime operations. 2009-10-23 http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11562 |
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