News
7 January 2009
Certification authorities respond to MD5 hack
Certification agencies have responded to work by a research group that demonstrated the lack of security of MD5. The group faked a certificate that allowed them to issue further certificates with arbitrary identities more…
7 January 2009
Microsoft: Customers play "Russian roulette" with their systems
A new worm outbreak took Microsoft's EMEA support to its limits, as customers have failed to install a patch that has been available for two months more…
7 January 2009
Nokia: SMS vulnerability is not a serious risk to customers
To protect themselves from possible crafted SMS or MMS messages, Nokia is recommending users to only open messages from trusted senders. In addition to Nokia S60 phones, Sony Ericsson's UiQ is also reported to be affected more…
7 January 2009
Fake LinkedIn profiles spread trojans
Criminals are making use of fake LinkedIn profiles to launch trojans on unsuspecting users more…
7 January 2009
Twitter hack explained by hacker
The person behind the Twitter hack has explained how they gained access to Twitter's administrative functions. A weak password and unlimited log in attempts allowed the hacker in more…
6 January 2009
Security update for Samba file server
By specifying an empty share name, in the right circumstances, it is possible to access the root directory of a Samba file server more…
Features
7 January 2009
Consequences of the successful MD5 attacks
At the end of 2008, an international team of researchers forged a Certification Authority certificate. This has far-reaching consequences and has, therefore, created a fair deal of confusion about the actual practical implications more…
12 December 2008
Rogue anti-virus products
Some unscrupulous suppliers are selling rogue anti-virus products by using a gamut of false positives to frighten unsuspecting users into believing their PCs are infected. Reports even suggest that these programs have taken to carrying their own Trojans more…
