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SQL Injection is one of the many web attack mechanisms
2008-01-13 03:34:00
SQL Injection is one of the many web attack mechanisms used by hackers to steal data from organizations. It is perhaps one of the most common application layer attack techniques used today. It is the type of attack that takes advantage of improper coding of your web applications that allows hacker to inject SQL commands ...
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Geo Tv is exploiting Pakistan [Digg]
2008-01-11 04:18:00
I had a chance to view Geo tv online sparing some time to listen to them. I feel very sad when i realise that the setup of Geo tv seems to be against the interest of pakistan. They dont hesitate to speak up the things which they should not and can directly affect the image of the country.
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Zero day protection [Digg]
2008-01-11 02:27:00
vendors of traditional signature based systems (most IDSs and IPSs), zero day protection is the ability to protect against zero day exploits. They rely on the fact that they know ahead of time of a particular vulnerability.
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What is zero day attack or exploit [Digg]
2008-01-11 02:24:00
A zero-day exploit is one that takes advantage of a security vulnerability on the same day that the vulnerability becomes generally known. Ordinarily, after someone detects
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Zero day protection
2008-01-11 02:19:00
For vendors of traditional signature based systems (most IDSs and IPSs), zero day protection is the ability to protect against zero day exploits. They rely on the fact that they know ahead of time of a particular vulnerability. This allows them to provide signatures for the mere attempt to take advantage of the vulnerability. As ...

What is zero day attack or exploit
2008-01-11 02:11:00
A zero-day exploit is one that takes advantage of a security vulnerability on the same day that the vulnerability becomes generally known. Ordinarily, after someone detects that a software program contains a potential exposure to exploitation by a hacker, that person or company can notify the software company and sometimes the world at large so ...
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Zero dat vulnerability
2008-01-11 02:07:00
An Italian security researcher has posted a proof-of-concept exploit for a zero-day vulnerability in the most current version of Apple’s QuickTime media software (7.3.1).Luigi Auriemma, noted among other things for discovering a vulnerability in the Unreal Engine in 2004, on Thursday posted details about producing a buffer overflow error in QuickTime. Buffer overflows can often ...
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Obama ambitions over Pakistan [Digg]
2008-01-10 04:15:00
ABC News? Teddy Davis Reports: For the second presidential debate in a row, Sen. Barack Obama , D-Ill., came under fire for an Aug. 1 speech in which he said he would go after high-value Al Qaeda targets in Pakistan if the country?s president was not willing to act.
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Australian cricketer provoked Harbhajan singh [Digg]
2008-01-09 10:10:00
Christchurch: Former India coach John Wright suspects there was an Australian provocation behind Harbhajan Singh ?s on-field outburst during the Sydney Test and said the outrage against the three-Test ban on the off spinner stems from a sense of injustice.
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KDE security advisories source [Digg]
2008-01-09 05:25:00
The KDE Security Advisories are crosslinked in the KDE Information Pages of the KDE versions to which they apply to. The listing below is in chronological order.
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KDE security advisories source
2008-01-09 05:17:00
The KDE Security Advisories are crosslinked in the KDE Information Pages of the KDE versions to which they apply to. The listing below is in chronological order. 2007-11-07 kpdf/kword/xpdf multiple xpdf based vulnerabilities 2007-09-19 KDM passwordless login vulnerability 2007-09-14 Konqueror address bar spoofing 2007-07-30 kpdf/kword/xpdf stack based buffer overflow 2007-03-26 KIO FTP ioslave PASV vulnerability 2007-02-06 KHTML/Konqueror <title> XSS vulnerability 2007-01-15 kpdf/kword/xpdf ...
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KDE or the K Desktop Environment
2008-01-09 05:15:00
KDE or the K Desktop Environment , is a network transparent contemporary desktop environment for UNIX workstations. KDE seeks to fulfill the need for an easy to use desktop for UNIX workstations, similar to desktop environments found on Macintosh and Microsoft Windows operating systems. The UNIX operating system is according to us the best available today. ...

Changing privacy setting in firefox [Digg]
2008-01-09 05:12:00
To change your privacy settings go to the toolbar at the top of the page, click on [Tools], then on the drop down menu, click on [Options].
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Changing privacy setting in firefox
2008-01-07 03:12:00
To change your privacy settings go to the toolbar at the top of the page, click on [Tools], then on the drop down menu, click on [Options]. On the options page click on [Privacy ] and the information you need to tell your new Firefox 2 browser are on this page. Go to the section labeled ...
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Resizing the browser window [Digg]
2008-01-04 10:37:00
The website developer have creative ideas. Sometimes they want to show some animation on smaller window so they resize the window fro visitor. Is this a good option? I have some reasons against this use as follow.
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Resizing the browser window
2008-01-04 10:12:00
The website developer have creative ideas. Sometimes they want to show some animation on smaller window so they resize the window fro visitor. Is this a good option? I have some reasons against this use as follow. It?s annoying - You may have never asked people who visit your or your client?s website but you should ...
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Latest flaw in real player
2008-01-03 12:52:00
US-CERT (United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team) published its warning on Wednesday, the day after Gleg chief technology officer Evgeny Legerov announced the exploit code in a posting to the Daily Dave security discussion list. The flaw affects the latest version 11 of Real Player running on Windows XP, service pack 2, according to Gleg. A Flash ...
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Health minister Malaysia resigns over sex scandal [Digg]
2008-01-03 08:55:00
Malaysia?s health minister quit his post yesterday after a sex scandal in which he featured in two pornographic videos where he was shown with a woman he described as a "personal friend".
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Buffer overrun [Digg]
2008-01-02 08:29:00
Buffer overrun attack is a very common attack utilized by hackers. This type of attack is not new. This attack utilizes poor coding practices in C and C++ code, with the handling of string functions.
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Buffer overrun
2008-01-02 08:22:00
Buffer overrun attack is a very common attack utilized by hackers. This type of attack is not new. This attack utilizes poor coding practices in C and C++ code, with the handling of string functions. The following code is an example of a buffer overrun. void myMethod(char * pStr) { char pBuff[10]; int nCount = 0; strcpy(pBuff, pStr); } void ...
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