juct - Slashdot User

Operation Payback: protests via mouse click -> 0

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on Thursday December 09 2010, @05:56PM

juct writes "The UK site The H took a quick look at the tool being used in the recent DDoS attacks against Mastercard, Visa and Paypal. It's called LOIC ("Low Orbit Ion Cannon") and connects to an IRC channel or a Twitter account to receive orders for coordinated denial of service attacks. Essentially it works a bit like a voluntary bot network."
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Microsoft Security Essentials slumbers updates-> 0

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on Saturday October 24 2009, @01:10PM

juct writes "Under certain conditions Microsoft's antivirus product fails to load signature updates for days. Heise Security was able to reproduce this issue with a laptop that was suspended after work by closing the lid."
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Mozilla to protect Adobe Flash users -> 1

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on Friday September 04 2009, @05:10AM

juct writes "Firefox is going to check the version of installed Adobes Flash plug-ins and warn users if it discovers an outdated version with potential security holes. Mozilla confirmed this new security feature and said that the Flash version check was part of a wider commitment to "protect users from emerging threats online". Only recently a study confirmed, that 80 per cent of users surf with a vulnerable version of Adobe's plug-in."
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Comment: english version of the heise story (Score 1) 116

by juct on Tuesday December 30 2008, @12:42PM (#26269335) Attached to: CCC Hackers Break DECT Telephones' Security

is available on thier UK site: 25C3: Serious security vulnerabilities in DECT wireless telephony

From the diary of a spy-> 0

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on Wednesday January 02 2008, @03:16PM

juct writes "A former agent of the British MI5 secret service, told tales out of school at the 24th Chaos Communication Congress (24C3) in Berlin last Saturday. Apart from revealing details about the agency's computer problems she also gave insight into the thought processes and methods used by spies and called emphatically for more democratic control."
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The year 2008 in retrospective-> 0

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on Monday December 31 2007, @07:39AM

juct writes "heise Security has published a funny review of the security relevant events of the upcoming year 2008. But then — maybe this isn't funny at all..."
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Secure your PHP aps -- now-> 0

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on Thursday December 27 2007, @12:53PM

juct writes "In their yearly top 20 security risks the Internet Storm Center names web applications as top risk for servers: "Every week hundreds of vulnerabilities are reported in commercially available and open source web applications, and are actively exploited." The number one problem they list is "PHP Remote File Include". So why not spend a little time to secure your web server now. heise Security has a writeup on Basic PHP security with practical examples."
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Antivirus protection worse than a year ago-> 0

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on Thursday December 20 2007, @10:35AM

juct writes "In a test of 17 antivirus products, the german magazine c't concluded, that the effectiveness has fallen off, and more and more pests can now slip past these barriers. Most of the products perform reasonably well if they can rely on their database of signatures. But if they have to detect new malware with heuristics, the results were worse than last year. Besides this c't did the first comprehensive test of behaviour blocking in antivirus products and found that more than half of them did not react on suspicious behaviour at all. The test itself is available only in the printed magazine, heise Security published a summary."
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ATM fraud aka skimming on the rise-> 0

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on Monday December 17 2007, @05:23AM

juct writes "While everybody is talking about phishing and online fraud, the rate of ATM fraud raises silently. With nearly undetectable skimming devives, additional touchpads and cameras, fraudsters copy your card data, catch your PIN and loot your account. Look at the pictures, to see, if you spotted them."
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Dreamlab cracks wireless keyboard encryption-> 0

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on Saturday December 01 2007, @08:28PM

Felix writes "Wireless keyboards and mice are becoming an increasingly common sight on desks. However, wireless hardware carries large hidden risks. Dreamlab Technologies has shown that it is possible to capture and decrypt keystrokes, meaning that user names, passwords, bank details or confidential correspondence can be very easily eavesdropped. Checkout http://www.dreamlab.net/ for further information."
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