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Grindr hack probed by Congress
Sydney Morning Herald
The popular gay hook-up app Grindr, which spawned a sexual revolution in
Australia and across the world, is facing an investigation by the US
Congress after it emerged that a number of vulnerabilities allowed for the
app to be easily hacked.
<http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/grindr-hack-probed-by-congress-20120228-1u135.html>
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Windows Phone, Only Smartphone OS Not Affected by Webkit Malware
Vulnerability
Zunited
George Kurtz, CEO of the security firm CrowdStrike warns of a new
vulnerability in Webkit based mobile browsers. Webkit is the mobile browser
kit which most major smart phone OS's use as their mobile web browser. The
vulnerability that CrowdStrike ...
<http://zunited.net/2012/02/windows-phone-only-smartphone-os-not-affected-by-webkit-malware-vulnerability/>
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Report: Anonymous Turns To Denial Of Service Attacks As A Last Resort
Forbes
On Day 19, the group started scanning the target's Web site, looking for
vulnerabilities such as cross-site scripting (XSS), SQL injection, and
Directory Trasversal. What Imperva learned from its logs during this period
were the exact tools used by ...
<http://www.forbes.com/sites/robertvamosi/2012/02/28/report-anonymous-turns-to-denial-of-service-attacks-as-a-last-resort/>
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LockPath Joins McAfee Security Innovation Alliance
MarketWatch (press release)
Under the auspices of the McAfee SIA program, LockPath will integrate its
Keylight platform with McAfee Vulnerability Manager, McAfee(R) ePolicy
Orchestrator(R) platform, and McAfee Policy Auditor. McAfee SIA enables
customers to leverage their ...
<http://www.marketwatch.com/story/lockpath-joins-mcafee-security-innovation-alliance-2012-02-28>
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Secunia PSI 3.0 Beta: plugging security vulnerabilities made easy
The H
Danish security services provider Secunia has announced the availability of
a public beta for version 3.0 of its Personal Software Inspector (PSI)
application for identifying security vulnerabilities. PSI scans Windows
systems for known security ...
<http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Secunia-PSI-3-0-Beta-plugging-security-vulnerabilities-made-easy-1444210.html>
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'Anatomy of an Anonymous Attack' Laid Bare By Imperva
CSO
The second, dubbed "reconnaissance and application layer attacks," involved
a small number of professional hackers, using common vulnerability
assessment tools to probe for security holes and launch application
attacks, like SQL injection, ...
<http://www.csoonline.com/article/701077/-anatomy-of-an-anonymous-attack-laid-bare-by-imperva>
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Veracode's Latest Reporting Innovation Breaks Negative Paradigms
Associated ...
EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
"The Veracode platform transforms the developer experience by providing
positive feedback when developers have successfully protected against
vulnerabilities, and offers managers and CISOs a more effective way to
track positive progress and roll out ...
<http://eon.businesswire.com/news/eon/20120228006074/en/Veracode/Application-Security/XSS>
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IT chiefs warned over patching priorities
Siliconrepublic.com
IT managers who spend their time patching their Microsoft applications to
avoid leaving vulnerabilities for cyber criminals to exploit may be
focusing on the wrong target, a recent report has suggested. Almost four
out of five flaws affecting PCs ...
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