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Google blacklists 247 certificates. Is it related to DigiNotar hacking incident?

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Aug

2011

After yesterday’s news concerning the fake certificate found in Iran that allowed an attacker to impersonate Google.com, Vasco, the parent company of certificate authority DigiNotar, released a statement explaining what happened. As is usually the case with security incidents, the statement was light on details, but claims the certificate authority was hacked and certificates for […]

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Apache exploit leaves up to 65% of all websites vulnerable

27

Aug

2011

The Apache Software Foundation has announced a denial-of-service vulnerability that affects all versions of the ubiquitous Apache web server, leaving up to 65% of all websites vulnerable. A denial of service attack works by flooding a server with information and making it so busy that it locks-up and becomes useless. Normally an attacker would have […]

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Blackhat 2011: Dangers of Embedded Web Servers

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Aug

2011

Most devices nowadays, like printers, scanners and VoIP systems, have embedded web servers for easy administration. Unfortunately, many of these devices are mostly unprotected due to lapses in configuration. Some servers are not configured properly (can be accessed using the default user name and password), or are left with no means of protection. What’s worse […]

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