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Web Application Vulnerability Was Responsible for Hackers to Use The Security Systems
Feb 27, 2013Bit9 said a common Web application vulnerability was responsible for allowing hackers to ironically use the security vendor's systems as a launch pad for attacks on other organizations. Based in Waltham, Massachusetts, the company sells a ...
Tags: Bit9, Web application vulnerability, network
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Mega File-Sharing Service Has Launched a Vulnerability Reward Program
Feb 17, 2013The Mega file-sharing service has launched a vulnerability reward program that will pay up to 10,000 euros (around $13,600) for every serious security flaw found in the platform and reported responsibly. The rules of the program were laid ...
Tags: Mega, file-sharing service, vulnerability reward program
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Developers of The Ruby on Rails Web Development Framework Released Versions 3.0.20
Jan 31, 2013Developers of the Ruby on Rails Web development framework released versions 3.0.20 and 2.3.16 of the software on Monday in order to address a critical remote code execution vulnerability. This is the third security update released in ...
Tags: Ruby on Rails Web, software, company news
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Cross-Site Scripting Attacks Increased by an Estimated 160 Per Cent
Jan 29, 2013Cloud hosting company FireHost has claimed that cross-site scripting attacks increased by an estimated 160 per cent in the final quarter of 2012. The company claims that it has detected a spike in what it calls a "superfecta" of attempted ...
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6Scan Launched a New Service on Tuesday That Can Scan Websites for Security Issues
Jan 17, 20136Scan, a Web security startup based in Tel Aviv launched a new service on Tuesday that can scan websites for security issues, such as vulnerabilities and malware infections, and allows the website owners to automatically fix the problems. ...
Tags: Web security, 6Scan, cyber security
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Ruby on Rails Web Application Framework on Websites Are Being Advised to Update Software
Jan 14, 2013Those using the Ruby on Rails web application framework on their websites are being advised to update the software immediately after multiple new vulnerabilities were found. It's the second time this month that Rails has been patched ...
Tags: Ruby on Rails, web application framework, websites, software
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The Developers of Ruby on Rails Released Versions 3.2.10, 3.1.9
Jan 7, 2013The developers of Ruby on Rails, a popular open source Web application development framework for the Ruby programming language, released versions 3.2.10, 3.1.9, and 3.0.18 of the software on Wednesday in order to patch a serious SQL ...
Tags: Ruby on Rails, open source Web app, Ruby programming language
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A Group of Hackers on Thursday Published a List of Over 453,000 Log-in Credentials
Jan 4, 2013A group of hackers on Thursday published a list of over 453,000 log-in credentials on the Internet that were allegedly stolen from a database associated with an unnamed Yahoo service. The group of hackers calls itself "the D33Ds Company" ...
Tags: hackers, Yahoo, database, leaked information, MySQL
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Some Cloud Providers Fail to Detect and Block Malicious Traffic Originating
Jan 4, 2013Some cloud providers fail to detect and block malicious traffic originating from their networks, which provides cybercriminals with an opportunity to launch attacks in a botnet-like fashion, according to a report from Australian security ...
Tags: cloud providers, botnets, cybercriminals, malicious traffic
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A Typical Web Application Is The Target of an Attack at Least One in Three Days on Average
Dec 31, 2012A typical Web application is the target of an attack at least one in three days on average,according to a report released by data security firm Imperva. The third edition of Imperva's semi-annual Web Application Attack ...
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A Tool for Testing Was Released at The Black Hat USA 2010 Security Conference on Wednesday
Dec 31, 2012IDG News Service - A tool for testing if web application firewalls (WAFs) are vulnerable to around 150 protocol-level evasion techniques was released at the Black Hat USA 2010 security conference on Wednesday. The tool and the research ...
Tags: web application firewalls, Black Hat USA 2010, cyber security
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An Arizona Man Admitted His Involvement Computer Attack Against The Website
Dec 31, 2012IDG News Service-An Arizona man has admitted his involvement in a May 2011 computer attack against the website of Sony Pictures Entertainment that was carried out by the now-defunct LulzSec hacker group. On Thursday,Raynaldo Rivera,20,of ...
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Sometimes You Have to Get a Little Crazy
Dec 31, 2012Infoworld-Network and endpoint security may not strike you as the first place to scratch an experimental itch.After all,protecting the company's systems and data should call into question any action that may introduce risk.But IT security ...
Tags: crazy IT security tricks
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Technology Firms Including Google Websites Were Hit by a Hack Attack in Pakistan
Dec 31, 2012Technology firms including Google,Apple,eBay and Yahoo were among almost 300 companies whose websites were hit by a hack attack in Pakistan. The attack,which exploited vulnerabilities in domain name systems(DNS)to redirect ...
Tags: Googl, Technology firms, attack in Pakistan
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Cyber Crime Has Continued to Become More Professional in 2012
Dec 28, 2012Cyber crime has continued to become more professional in 2012, with the barriers to entry becoming ever lower with the emergence of increasingly powerful toolkits and exploits for sale online. In the past year, cyber criminals have used ...
Tags: Protection, Cyber Crime, Products