security flaws
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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... [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. In a security advisory, Microsoft said that at present, attacks are not widespread,... [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... [02 Apr 2009]
The Virtual Safe: A User-Focused Approach to Data Encryption
White Paper The virtual safe provides the ease of use of full-disk encryption without any of the accompanying security or data portability flaws, but with the speed and flexibility of file-based encryption. Steganos... [01 Apr 2009]
Inbox: Government IT ignoring red lights?
Comment Work stops on £224m kids' database after security flaws found We need a holistic approach to information security that properly encompasses the social/cultural aspects, rather than the... [30 Mar 2009]
Web Application Security: Too costly to ignore
White Paper The number of web attacks is on the rise and is exponentially more cost effective to remedy those flaws early in the development process. Web application security is crucial to mitigating the risks of... [18 Mar 2009]
Bluetooth Security
White Paper Then it points out flaws and possible security holes in the Bluetooth Security Specification. This paper first gives some background information about Bluetooth system and... [16 Mar 2009]
Barclays cards make contact with RFID tech
News Researchers Ross Anderson, Saar Drimer and Murdoch published a paper on Thursday detailing security flaws in the Chip Authentication Programme (CAP) used for UK payments cards. The protocol behind the... [03 Mar 2009]
Web Application Security Testing With the Security Center and Nessus
White Paper The detection of Application-layer flaws within HTTP applications has become a major source of activity for many enterprise security groups. Source code audits are one means of finding these... [06 Feb 2009]
A first look at Windows 7 in action
Comment Despite its obvious flaws and acknowledging that some of its features need to be disabled by default, Vista at heart is a much more stable and usable operating system than XP, which was first released back in 2001. [08 Jan 2009]
MSDN Webcast: Penetration Testing With Visual Studio Team System and Fortify Security Tester (Level 200)
White Paper The attendee of this webcast will learn how to use the Fortify Security Tester to find the root cause of security flaws, not just the symptoms. With the addition of Fortify... [31 Dec 2008]
SQL Server vulnerability warning from Microsoft
News The advisory comes less than a week after Microsoft released a critical security patch to plug vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer amid malicious attackers taking advantage of the security... [23 Dec 2008]
Apply Visual Studio Code Analysis to Beef Up Security
White Paper Source code reviews and inspections have long been considered economical methods for rooting out functional and design flaws in code even before applications make their way to testing. As security has... [22 Dec 2008]
Microsoft patches critical IE flaw
News Microsoft released a critical security patch on Wednesday to plug vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, a move that comes amid malicious attackers taking advantage of the security flaws.... [18 Dec 2008]
Analyzing and Preventing MAC-Layer Denial of Service Attacks for Stock 802.11 Systems
White Paper Leveraging security flaws in the IEEE 802.11 MAC protocol and the salient features of a Mobile Ad Hoc Network (MANET), even an average person with limited knowledge of wireless networks can launch... [13 Oct 2008]
