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Coffee shop WiFi for dummies
2006-02-09 The average user has no idea of the risks associated with public WiFi hotspots. Here are some very simple tips for them to keep their network access secure. http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/385 Nmap 4.00 with Fyodor 2006-01-31 After more than eight years since its first release in Phrack magazine, Fyodor has announced Nmap 4.00. Curious as usual, Federico Biancuzzi interviewed Fyodor on behalf of SecurityFocus to discuss the new port scanning engine, version detection improvements, and the new stack fingerprinting algorithm under work by the community. http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/384 Google's data minefield 2006-01-30 The U.S. government's broad subpoena to search engines effectively seeks to mine the data of the Internet. While Google has resisted the subpoena, there may be little they can do to protect our privacy from many prying eyes. http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/383 Debunking the WMF backdoor 2006-01-23 Claims that the WMF vulnerability was an intentional backdoor into Windows systems makes for an interesting conspiracy theory, but doesn't fit with the facts. http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/382 Tech support woes 2006-01-20 Technical support that's outsourced to foreign countries can cause frustration and have a negative impact on security when the problems remain unsolved. http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/381 How not to respond to a security advisory 2006-01-18 A recently announced weakness in the BSD securelevel system isn't going to be fixed in OpenBSD. While securelevel may have problems, the vendor's security response is unacceptable and doesn't fit with their stated goals. http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/380 Wiretapping, FISA, and the NSA 2006-01-11 U.S. wiretapping laws, FISA and Presidential powers given to the NSA to intercept communications make for interesting times when coupled with technology. What are the issues surrounding privacy, search, seizure and surveillance? http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/379 Patching a broken Windows 2006-01-09 Robert Lemos interviews Datarescue's senior software developer Ilfak Guilfanov, the creator of the unofficial patch for the flaw in the Windows Meta File format that saw tens of thousands of downloads prior to the official patch release by Microsoft. Guilfanov explains why he decided to issue a patch for the vulnerability, how he created the patch, and his thoughts on whether third-party patches are generally a good thing. http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/378 Zero-day holiday 2006-01-04 A few hundred million Windows XP machines lay vulnerable on the Web today, a week after a zero-day exploit was discovered. Meanwhile, new approaches and ideas from the academic world - that focus exclusively on children - may give us hope for the future after all. http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/377 Tracked by cellphone 2005-12-22 We know that technology can be used to track people's location via a cellphone, but how difficult is it for law enforcement to get a court order and do this legally? http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/376 |
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