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RSS alert attackerInternet blacklisting tool unveiled
News It is based on DShield researchers' finding that groups of networks share various degrees of common attacker overlap: what the researchers called "correlated victims". The researchers said: "Traditional blacklisting... [28 Jul 2008]
Adaptive Alert Throttling for Intrusion Detection Systems
White Paper If this channel can become overwhelmed with bogus data, an attacker can quickly achieve complete neutralisation of intrusion detection capability. Each time an intrusion detection system raises an alert... [19 Jun 2008]
Strategic Alert Throttling for Intrusion Detection Systems
White Paper Alert flood attacks may be used to conceal malicious activity by hiding it among a deluge of false alerts sent by the attacker. Although these types of attacks are very hard to stop completely, the aim... [18 Jun 2008]
Real-Time Multistage Attack Awareness Through Enhanced Intrusion Alert Clustering
White Paper For many networks and their system administrators, the alerts generated by Snort are the primary indicators of network misuse and attacker activity. Correlation and fusion of intrusion alerts to provide effective... [11 Apr 2008]
Apple fixes 'hack-a-Mac hole'
News The hole could be exploited through a rigged website and let an attacker commandeer computers running both Mac OS X and Windows, the Mac maker said. Apple said: "By enticing a user to visit a web page containing a... [02 May 2007]
Microsoft warns of 'critical' Windows flaw
News Microsoft said in the advisory: "An anonymous attacker could try to exploit the vulnerability by sending a specially crafted RPC packet to an affected system. In an alert sent to subscribers of its... [13 Apr 2007]
Windows at risk from fancy cursors
News An attacker could exploit the vulnerability through a web page or email message with rigged computer code, it said. The software behemoth said in its advisory: "Upon viewing a web page, previewing or reading a specially... [30 Mar 2007]
Next-generation Skype Trojan hits web
News Once infected, a computer will be at the beck and call of the attacker and the Trojan horse will start sending messages to the victim's Skype contacts to propagate, Websense said. A targeted Skype user will receive a... [26 Mar 2007]
Apple issues OS X mega-patch
News An attacker could craft a malicious "photocast" which, when opened, could compromise a Mac, Apple said in its alert. Mounting a malicious image may lead to an error and could provide a means for an... [14 Mar 2007]
Apple plugs yet more QuickTimes holes
News In all cases, an attacker could craft a malicious file which, when opened with QuickTime, could give the miscreant full control over a computer running the software, it said. The vulnerabilities expose both Macs and... [06 Mar 2007]
Microsoft probing holes in Vista, IE 7
News This could be exploited by an attacker with access to the machine to get information on protected files, according to a second FrSirt alert. The IE flaw could only be exploited if an... [27 Feb 2007]
Phone-crashing bugs found in Windows Mobile
News The newest problem allows an attacker to hijack systems running Word 2003, Symantec said in an alert. A security company has found a pair of bugs in Microsoft's Windows Mobile which, if exploited, could... [01 Feb 2007]
Apple finally fixes wi-fi flaw
News An attacker in local proximity may be able to trigger a system crash by sending a maliciously crafted frame to an affected system," it said in the alert. An attacker could exploit the... [26 Jan 2007]
Attackers hitting yet another Word flaw
News The newest problem allows an attacker to hijack systems running Word 2000 and causes a crash of Word 2003 and Word XP, Symantec said in an alert. An attacker could exploit this issue by... [26 Jan 2007]
Apple patches QuickTime flaw at last
News An attacker could exploit the flaw and commandeer a vulnerable system by placing a special RTSP string in a QuickTime file and tricking a user into opening that file, Apple said. By enticing a user to access a... [24 Jan 2007]
