Entries from February 2007
Solaris Telnet Vulnerability…Again?
This is a serious overlook in something so trivial. Just check out this publicly released code on packetstorm and how little is needed to become any user on that system!
#!/bin/sh
# CLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL SOURCE MATERIAL
#
# *********************ATTENTION********************************
# THIS CODE _MUST NOT_ BE DISCLOSED TO ANY THIRD PARTIES
# (C) COPYRIGHT Kingcope, 2007
#
################################################################
echo “”
echo “SunOS 5.10/5.11 in.telnetd Remote Exploit [...]
Protect your broadband routers
A researcher at Symantec today announced new threats against broadband routers.
This involves malicious users remotely logging into the router, changing the dns settings and thus redirecting users to fake sites to steal user information. This is not a new thing and this threat has been around for quite a while, it is about guessing [...]
Categories: security
Vista Security - cancel or allow?
A good friend of mine emailed about a great new mac ad part of the “im a pc, im a mac” series. It just sums up security in windows perfectly!
Categories: Uncategorized
Root DNS Servers DDoS
Noticed something funny happening yesterday with DNS, it was only for a short amount of time, but it occurred on 3 different systems. For example when I went to google.com, it
was redirected to a sedo.com search page. My first thought was that google had not renewed their domain in time which [...]
Talking about Security
I decided to start this blog in order to discuss security from the front line. Being in the field for a number of years and in a position which gives great visibility on the latest in the industry, I felt this will be a great way to share the many things that occur along the [...]
Categories: security
