Monthly Archives: October 2005

Rootkits: Dangerous and Undetectable

The term rootkit has been around for more than 10 years. A rootkit is a “kit” consisting of small and useful programs that allow an attacker to maintain access to “root,” the most powerful user on a computer. In other … Continue reading

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E-Voting Hobbled by Security Concerns

No outside techniques exist for confirming that the votes recorded by most electronic voting systems have not been tampered with, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology has organized a Oct. 7 conference to investigate technological safeguards. The obvious … Continue reading

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Phishing

Interesting article about phishing appeared in Schneier’s column in Wired magazine. He says: If there’s one general precept of security policy that is universally true, it is that security works best when the entity that is in the best position … Continue reading

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Microsoft Windows XP Wireless Zero Configuration Wireless Profile Disclosure

Secunia published advise about a security issue in Windows XP, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain access to certain sensitive information. This issue is related to Windows XP Wireless Zero Configuration service. It is interesting that … Continue reading

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The Global State of Information Security 2005

Article appeared in CIO (09/15/05) Vol. 18, No. 23, P. 60; Berinato, Scott; Ware, Lorraine Cosgrove. Even as preventative security measures grow more sophisticated, the security industry remains loosely coordinated and decentralized, and struggles continually to keep up with the … Continue reading

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Digital Plague Hits Online Game World of Warcraft

Interesting article on SecurityFocus Web site about online game World of Warcraft, read more here.

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