Category Archives: Security
SSL flaw may be exploited
During an attack Kurmus used his own Twitter account to prepare an attack code as a tweet. A victim read the tweet and his/her name appeared on Kurmus' Twitter account along with a password in easy-to-decode Base64 form.
A flaw in Linksys router
A flaw was found in Linksys WRT54GC router.
It allows to attack the device.
A vulnerability in diagnostics.cgi script allows user to perform certain actions via HTTP without need of any authentication.
The flaw may be used to launch DoS attack.
Vulnerability was found in versions 1.01.5 and. 1.00.7.
Other versions may be affected also.
<via Arcabit.pl>
Five security concerns
Experts prepared list of top five cybersecurity risks companies afce.
They noted that companies do not fix client-side software.
Employees’ computers are full of vulnerabilities.
Smart SMS attack.
Australian cybercriminals used SMS option to inform potential victims they won money in lottery.
Alleged winners are asked to call a number and provide their own telephone number.
It result in multiple phone calls that ask victims to provide their bank details and pay a commission.
GSM code cracked by encryption expert