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Security Vulnerability in MySQL

11

Jun

2012

A serious security vulnerability discovered in MySQL was disclosed this weekend. It basically allows anyone to bypass authentication and login directly into the database. We tried on a few 64bit Ubuntu systems and were able to replicate the issue (it seems that only 64 bit platforms are affected). Crazy theory: Could this be related to […]

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Regaining Trust in the PKI

04

Nov

2011

The SSL PKI has been in use and implemented for 15 years now to secure online communications. From its initial proprosals and immediate growth, the need for secured online communications has been met with challenges. The infrastructure and protocol itself is showing signs of wear, with multiple attacks and corrections to the scheme itself. And […]

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SpyEye vs. Tracker

17

Oct

2011

It has become clear that the creator of the banking Trojan SpyEye have added plugin support to their code. In this new design, these plugins can be used by third parties to add extra functions to the core bot. The plugins are DLLs stored in the bot’s configuration file. Among the core plugins created for […]

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