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etc: A federal judge has approved a $9.5 million settlement that should put an end to the Beacon-Facebook privacy class-action.
A federal judge has approved a $9.5 million settlement that should put an end to the Beacon-Facebook privacy class-action. Read More: Wire Threat Level Read the comments on this post
Continue reading »etc: A convicted hacker has received a record 13-year sentence for stealing almost 2 million credit card numbers.
A convicted hacker has received a record 13-year sentence for stealing almost 2 million credit card numbers. Read More: Threat Level
Continue reading »Blogger: Time Warner Routers Still Hackable Despite Company Assurance
A blogger who stumbled across a vulnerability in more than 65,000 Time Warner Cable customer routers says the routers are still vulnerable to remote attack, despite claims by the company last week that it patched the routers. Last Tuesday, David Chen, an internet startup-founder, published information about the vulnerability in Time Warner’s SMC8014 series cable modem/Wi-Fi router combo , made by SMC. The problem would allow a hacker to remotely access the device’s administrative menu over the internet and potentially change the settings to intercept traffic, making possible all sorts of nefarious activity.
Continue reading »Color-Coded Threat Level Advisory Under Attack
The often-spoofed, color-coded Homeland Security Advisory System may get an overhaul – moving from five colors to three in a bid to win the public trust. The nation has been at Yellow, “an elevated significant risk of terrorist attacks” for three years. International and domestic flights have been at an Orange “high risk of terrorist attacks” for the same period.
Continue reading »Conficker: How a Buffer Overflow Works
Like so much malware before it, the dreaded Conficker worm spreads primarily through a type of software bug called a “buffer overflow” — a class of vulnerability first mass-exploited by the Morris worm more than 20 years ago. In honor of April 1 — Conficker Day — Threat Level offers this kid-friendly interactive explanation of how a simple buffer overflow attack operates.
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