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Cisco IOS Operating System Is Weaker Than The Algorithm It Was Designed to Replace
Mar 20, 2013The password encryption algorithm used in some recent versions of the Cisco IOS operating system is weaker than the algorithm it was designed to replace, Cisco revealed earlier this week. The new encryption algorithm is called Type 4 and ...
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Linkedin Won The Dismissal of a Lawsuit Seeking Damages on Behalf of Premium Users
Mar 8, 2013Professional social networking service LinkedIn won the dismissal of a lawsuit seeking damages on behalf of premium users who had their log-in passwords exposed as a result of a security breach of the company's servers last year. The data ...
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Michael Coppola Demonstrated How SOHO Routers Can Be Turned Into Botnet Clients
Dec 21, 2012Security researcher Michael Coppola demonstrated how small and home office (SOHO) routers can be compromised and turned into botnet clients by updating them with backdoored versions of vendor-supplied firmware. Coppola, who is a security ...
Tags: SOHO routers, botnet clients, backdoored versions, firmware
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A Top Apple Security Guru Present an in-Depth View Into The Security Architecture for IOS
Dec 20, 2012A top Apple security guru Thursday presented an in-depth view into the security architecture for iOS, the basis of iPhones and iPad tablets, underscoring the complex certificate-based encryption framework Apple has adopted. Our attitude ...
Tags: Apple, security guru, iOS, iPhones, iPad tablets, crypto architecture
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Virgin Mobile USA Subscribers Are Vulnerable to Brute Force Attacks
Dec 20, 2012The online accounts of Virgin Mobile USA subscribers are vulnerable to brute force attacks because the company forces customers to use weak passwords on its website, according to a software developer. "Virgin Mobile forces you to use your ...
Tags: Virgin Mobile, USA subscribers, force attacks, weak passwords
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Security Researchers Can Be Used to Crack The Encryption of Any PPTP and WPA2-Enterprise
Jul 29, 2012Security researchers released two tools at the Defcon security conference that can be used to crack the encryption of any PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol) and WPA2-Enterprise (Wireless Protected Access) sessions that use MS-CHAPv2 ...
Tags: Microsoft, PPTP, US, Cyberwarfare
