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Don't Mix MX And CNAME Records

2008-09-10 08:59:33 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
An ambiguity in RFC 2821 , which defines how email should be delivered, causes problems for some users, according to Ferris Research. In their first blog on the subject they relate a story of someone (names are expunged to protect the innocent from embarrassment) who decided to configure his DNS with both an MX record (which advertises the mail...
 
Tags: mail, mail server anymore, mail servers, e-mail, mail server, server, cname, web server, record
 
 
 
 
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Appropriate funding

2008-05-13 12:24:49 by JonesJ in RiskAnalys.is
 
Because many organizations are beginning to wrestle the funding beast at this time of year, I thought Id focus this weeks post on the question of appropriate funding. It only tangentially touches on the question of communicating about risk, but Ill return to part two of that series next week One of the arguments Ive heard folks use to dismiss...
 
Tags: risk, risk information, risk tolerance, risk-domains management, management, business considerations management, business, business objectives, business issues
 
 
 
 
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Loads.cc's DDoS for Hire Service

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2008-03-11 21:35:53 by HASH0x8b581c0 in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
Snakes never whisper in one another's ear - it's supposed to tickle. In a blog post yesterday, Sunbelt Labs pointed out on the re-emergence of the Botnet on Demand Service that I covered last year. It's great to see we're on the same page, or wiki article as we can always expand the discussion. In need of more such fancy snakes admin panels...
 
Tags: ddos, service, malware, services, hire services, web based malware, undercover ddos, loads, country
 
 
 
 
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The Phorm Webwise System

2008-04-04 16:53:06 by Richard Clayton in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
Last week I spent several hours at Phorm learning how their advertising system works this is the system that is to be deployed by the UKs largest ISPs to pick apart your web browsing activities to try and determine what interests you The idea is that advertisers can be more picky in who they serve adverts to youll get travel ads if youve been...
 
Tags: phorm, system, phorm assumes, phorm argue, phorm system, extensive technical details, technical details, system anonymises, details
 
 
 
 
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Web Server Software and Malware

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2007-06-05 09:30:00 by Niels Provos in Google Online Security Blog
Posted by Nagendra Modadugu, Anti-Malware Team In this post, we investigate the distribution of web server software to provide insight into how server software is correlated to servers hosting malware binaries or engaging in drive-by-downloads We determine server operating system by examining the 'Server:' HTTP header reported by most web...
 
Tags: servers serve malware, servers, apache servers, malicious servers, web server software, server software, web servers, microsoft iis, microsoft iis features
 
 
 
 
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AIB confirms payment receipts mix-up

2007-12-28 13:15:45 by Editor in ElectricNews.net - SECURITY
 
AIB confirmed Thursday evening that a computer error caused 15,000 payment advice slips to be sent to the wrong addresses
 
Tags: payment advice slips, aib, wrong addresses, computer error, thursday
 
 
 
 
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Playing With Homemade Explosives

2007-08-07 17:30:00 by Eric Marvets in The Security Samurai
 
After reading Bruce Schneier s interview with TSA Administrator Kip Hawley I started thinking of all the explosives used in recent terrorist plots and how silly they were. As a kid, I loved going into the woods and playing with all sorts of dangerous stuff which of course included fireworks, gas cans, hair spray, propane tanks, etc. What I...
 
Tags: gas, lawn mowers gas, tank, cars gas tank, time, time delay fuse, terrorist, empty gas, recent terrorist plots
 
 
 
 
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Blue Box #69: Linksys SPA-941 vulnerability, SIP DDoS, New release of SIPVicious, Asterisk security roadmap, other VoIP security news, listener commen

2007-10-27 14:33:08 by HASH0x89c84bc in Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast
 
Synopsis: Blue Box #69: Linksys SPA-941 vulnerability, SIP DDoS, New release of SIPVicious, Asterisk security roadmap, other VoIP security news, listener comments and more Welcome to Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast #69, a 46-minute podcast from Dan York and Jonathan Zar covering VoIP security news, comments and opinions Download the show...
 
Tags: listener comment line, comment line, comments, listener comments, asterisk security roadmap, voip security news, comment, asterisk, linksys spa
 
 
 
 
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Blue Box #69: Linksys SPA-941 vulnerability, SIP DDoS, New release of SIPVicious, Asterisk security roadmap, other VoIP security news, listener commen

2007-10-10 22:48:17 by Dan York in Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast
 
Synopsis: Blue Box #69: Linksys SPA-941 vulnerability, SIP DDoS, New release of SIPVicious, Asterisk security roadmap, other VoIP security news, listener comments and more Welcome to Blue Box: The VoIP Security Podcast #69, a 46-minute podcast from Dan York and Jonathan Zar covering VoIP security news, comments and opinions Download the show...
 
Tags: listener comment line, comment line, comments, listener comments, asterisk security roadmap, voip security news, comment, asterisk, linksys spa