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Windows 8 picture passwords “can be cracked”, researchers warn

Aug

2013

The “picture passwords” used in Windows 8 machines are more vulnerable than Microsoft hoped, a research team claims. An analysis of more than 10,000 picture passwords found that a significant percentage could be cracked – due to the predictable “points of interest” that users chose. The “gesture” passwords allow users to pick points in an […]

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A Phone Call, a Phish, and a Remote Access Trojan

May

2013

In April 2013, Symantec was alerted to a series of sophisticated social-engineering attacks targeting a limited set of organizations in Europe. The most distinguishing feature of these attacks is that the victim will receive a phone call from the attacker who impersonates an employee or business associate of the organization. The caller spoke in French […]

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New Java Zero Day Used In Exploit Kits

Jan

2013

Websense Security Labs™ is following reports that a new Java zero day vulnerability is being exploited in the wild by exploit kits. Early this morning, a researcher who goes by the handle Kafeine disclosed that he has started seeing exploits of a new Java vulnerability appearing in multiple exploit kits in the wild. Following up on his post, we […]

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