Forum: Miscellaneous Security Discussions

The RIAA is demanding the names of 93 "offenders" From http://news.com.com/2100-1027-5091284.html Thoughts?

For those of you who are avid IRC users I thought I would throw out the fact that there is a big exploit in versions 6.* up to and not including...

And people wonder where SPAM comes from? Even if you don't fill out these things, you still get it. I didn't know people would lower themselves to...

(I was sorting my document archive and thought some of you might find this interesting) Attached is a zipped PDF document from the good people at...

Hi everybody, here is an opinion why everybody really need security, based on my own research. I know this probably debated here for death, but...

Does anyone know if there is an exploit out to the new openssh pre 3.7 bug, Im just looking for something for testing, so even a binary thats...

I know flaws in various IM applications are out and about, but i found this article somewhat interesting and figured I'd pass it on through here. ...

Maybe it's just me, but this seems like a bad idea. Telling what security measures you may be using gives hackers enough information to prepare for...

I am currently trying to clone an ext3 partition via a ghost image backup. The backup appears to complete successfully, however it will always fail...

Looks like the US Gov't is using P2P networks to transfer information that could be harmful if fell into the wrong hands. from ...

I was just wondering if anyone had noticed that loads of files that used to be around are really hard to get at, for example I used to use Sub7...

I'm not sure if this is the right place for this particular subject, but couldn't find an 'E-mail Security' forum, so here goes:) If you're able to...

This executable seems to be making its way from Italy and Im starting to hear a little bit about it and I was wondering what anyone knows about it....

Hey all, The pen-test mailing list @ securityfocus has been recently buzzing with a plethora of information regarding web-application penetration...

The United States has added Web sites to its list of "foreign terrorist organizations" for the first time, under the category of aliases for...

There area many people on-line who wish their identies to be secret, however they do not realise that they have released information about themselves...

OKay you know when you startup you computer the first thing you see is plash screen for the creator of your computer? Such as the gateway logo on...

This is another article from that same website I got the RIAA essay from. Not to just post up other people's stuff and look smart, but this guy has...

I often hear that a logfile has the same value than a testimony. Some people say a solution to proof the authenticity of a logfile is to sign every...

Federal officers have arrested a Philadelphia Phillies fan in California on charges of hacking into computers and sending thousands of spam e-mails...