Archive for the 'Security' Category

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SQL Injection in WordPress 2.1.1

« 1 March 2007 | 15:47 | Security | 2 Comments | 2,974 Views »

Upgrading to wordpress 2.1.1 was urgent, but we still have SQL injections, path disclosures and cross site scripting problems in this version! My colleague Sebastian Krause has some examples:



Scammin the ATM machine

« 19 February 2007 | 17:47 | Security, Stories | No Comments | 2,261 Views »

I know, no news, but this british TV report shows how ATM skimming works and they have some real devices too.



should law enforcement hack?

« 17 February 2007 | 8:37 | Forensics, Security, Stories | No Comments | 1,915 Views »

In Germany we have an ongoing discussion about the question: should police or law enforment hack? Germany’s supreme court determined this month that police may not secretly hack into suspects’ computers.  F-Secure made a quick poll



making fun of “duck and cover” pictures

« 14 February 2007 | 8:07 | Humor, Security | No Comments | 2,522 Views »

The US government has a website with some “duck and cover” pictures. The fun thing is that these pictures are so ambiguous they could realy mean anything!



“The ultimate firewall” revisited

« 3 February 2007 | 19:35 | Humor, Security | 1 Comment | 2,412 Views »

Remember the Ultimate firewall of Marcus J. Ranum? He build a new version, inspired by powerpoint icons from firewall vendor presentations. So true. Well kids, don’t try this at your DMZ or backyard



Perl hackers are forensics superheroes

« 29 January 2007 | 16:58 | Forensics, Humor, Security | No Comments | 2,146 Views »


Leet police in Germany

« 7 January 2007 | 11:22 | Humor, Security | 2 Comments | 2,703 Views »

I was wondering, if they know the “secret” code (in German) behind the licence plate?



How to locate new phishing sites

« 4 January 2007 | 12:45 | Forensics, Security | 2 Comments | 1,446 Views »

“Phishing sites are easy to locate once the bad boys start spamming out thousands of mails linking to their site. But how can such sites be found before that?”



Privacy: sad but true

« 2 January 2007 | 9:56 | Humor, Security | No Comments | 1,545 Views »


Has your credit card number been stolen on the internet?

« 15 December 2006 | 12:16 | Humor, Security | 5 Comments | 4,723 Views »

I found this working web form somewhere on the net. Funny.



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