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RSS flawsHacking Leopard: Tools and Techniques for Attacking the Newest Mac OS X
White Paper It also reveals tools that are only found on Mac OS X and how they can be used to find security flaws, especially those that can be used in conjunction with fuzzing. This paper serves as an introduction to the tools and... [13 Jul 2009]
Apple goes on a security Safari with browser patches
News Independent security vendor Secunia gave the flaws addressed by the update a "highly critical" ranking. Both of the flaws affect WebKit, the open source layout engine used in Safari. Apple has released... [09 Jul 2009]
Identity Management: The Seven Flaws of Identity Management - Usability and Security Challenges
White Paper In this paper, the authors posit seven flaws or design challenges that must be met for the general public to accept and use identity management systems. Identity management systems' scale and complexity, combined with... [01 Jul 2009]
Evil Searching: Compromise and Recompromise of Internet Hosts for Phishing
White Paper Typical techniques involve the exploitation of flaws in the software of web-based forums, photo galleries, shopping cart systems, and blogs. Criminals use web servers to host phishing websites that impersonate financial... [01 Jul 2009]
An Analysis of Network Scanning Traffic as It Relates to Scan-Detection in Network Intrusion Detection Systems
White Paper Existing research by van Riel and Irwin has illustrated a number of flaws present in the open source systems Snort and Bro. This paper builds on this by describing current research at Rhodes University in which these... [20 Jun 2009]
iPhone 3.0 patches 46 security holes
News The 46 flaws could allow an attacker to bypass security restrictions, shut down an application, disclose sensitive information, conduct cross-site scripting and cross-site request forgery attacks, or take over the... [19 Jun 2009]
RIM's BlackBerry Enterprise Server hit by critical bugs
News RIM did not give details of the flaws but said they could be exploited via a specially crafted PDF file. RIM has warned of critical bugs in its BlackBerry Enterprise Server and BlackBerry Professional Software that could... [01 Jun 2009]
Managing the ISO 9000:2000 Paper Trail
White Paper To remain competitive, manufacturers today must consistently produce near perfect products; flaws are not acceptable. To achieve that goal they employ compliance tools such as ISO 9000:2000 that ensures structured... [16 May 2009]
Avoiding the EPIC FAIL: Improving Software Development Success With ActivePerl
White Paper It's a clean slate, free from architectural flaws, bugs, and broken code. It is easy to sympathize with software developers trying to build large, complex enterprise software solutions. At the start, a software... [14 May 2009]
Prevention of IP Spoofing in TCP/IP Connection: Vulnerability Ability and Probable Solutions - A Reverse Engineering Approach
White Paper It also discusses many flaws in the TCP implementation that has occurred in various OS based systems. In network environment the computer facilities are interconnected by using the Transmission Control Protocol -... [08 May 2009]
Photo Repair and 3D Structure From Flatbed Scanners
White Paper Since the only 3D structure on these photographs will typically be surface tears and creases, the method provides an accurate procedure for automatically detecting these flaws without any user intervention. [01 May 2009]
Utopia Image: A Case Study in Customer Relationship
White Paper Utopia Image undertook a complete analysis and discovered several flaws involving the customer experience. A Canadian Telecommunications company wanted to implement a process that would provide a better understanding and... [30 Apr 2009]
Why you should hack your own systems
Comment Considering the large number of vulnerabilities that are found in web-based applications, it is of great importance that security is built into applications early on in the software development lifecycle - and that they are tested... [22 Apr 2009]
Hackers get cracking on unpatched PowerPoint flaw
News Microsoft's last major PowerPoint patch, which came out in August 2008, addressed three critical flaws in the software. Hackers have launched attacks targeting an unpatched flaw in Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft warned... [03 Apr 2009]
MSDN Webcast: Software Security With Static Code Analysis Using CAT.NET (Level 200)
White Paper The presenter shows the recently released CAT.NET tool and how it helps with the detection of security flaws. The presenter of this webcast provides an overview of what static code analysis is and typical coding errors... [02 Apr 2009]
