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Researcher demonstrates SSL attack
News A security researcher has demonstrated a way to hijack Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) sessions to intercept login data. The anarchist researcher explained in a YouTube video that the attack uses a tool developed called SSLstrip, which exploits the...
[February 20, 2009, 14:21]
Researcher
Downloads The Researcher browser isn't just some browser, it's a browser that's been planned carefully. researcher, this browser is great for surfing the net, featuring a very easy to use User Interface, a browsing History, Flash Support...
[April 26, 2009, 17:04]
Researcher slams open-source compulsion
Talkback This "researcher" needs to focus his criticism on countering the specific arguments for mandated open source, rather than making vague statements like "rediculous". I have been writing software since 1987 and, like most hardcore programmers, am a...
[September 25, 2003, 1:46]
Researcher: 'Macs as easy to hack as to use'
News "Macs are as easy to hack as they are to use", according to researcher Charles Miller. Miller and his colleagues at Independent Security Evaluators discovered the first known vulnerability within the Apple iPhone.
[August 14, 2007, 11:44]
Researcher warns of Android phone vulnerability
News A researcher who found a security hole in the Android mobile platform in October has found another one he says is serious enough for him to recommend people not use the Android browser until the patch is installed.
[February 13, 2009, 8:58]
Researcher: Operating systems inherently flawed
News Windows, Linux and Mac operating systems are all inherently flawed due to the nature of their architecture, according to a leading security researcher. The security researcher gave the example of exploits of Windows Vista.
[September 18, 2007, 11:20]
Researcher: Macs not as expensive as thought
News Although Apple's PCs are more expensive than those running Windows, one Wall Street researcher says the price of a Mac isn't that much more than a comparable Windows-based computer. But IDC researcher Richard Shim noted that Apple competes only in...
[May 17, 2006, 9:35]
Oyster cracked in public, researcher claims
News A researcher has claimed to have created exploit code to crack the cryptography on a chip used in travel smartcards, including in London's Oyster card. The researcher, known as 'Bla', is developing the open-source software on the Google Code platform.
[October 27, 2008, 16:15]
Researcher attempts to unravel Kaminsky DNS flaw
News A security researcher has come up with an attack method he believes could be used to exploit the DNS flaw that was recently patched in a co-ordinated, multi-vendor effort. A warning about the DNS vulnerability, which could allow attackers to hijack...
[July 22, 2008, 17:43]
Researcher sacked over anti-Microsoft paper
News Dan Geer, a longtime computer security researcher, and several colleagues released a controversial study on Wednesday that called the ubiquity of Microsoft software a hazard to the economy and to national security.
[September 26, 2003, 8:50]
Researcher: Debian cryptography may be flawed
News A security researcher has warned that cryptographic keys generated in the last year and a half using Debian OpenSSL may be invalid. Moreover, the researcher published a complete list of cracked 1,024-bit DSA keys, and 2,048 and 4,096-bit RSA keys...
[May 16, 2008, 10:34]
Researcher delays release of SSL exploit
News A security researcher has been in discussions with Google regarding an exploit he plans to release that would allow a hacker to easily intercept someone's communications with supposedly secure websites over an unsecured Wi-Fi network.
[August 26, 2008, 11:16]
Researcher details Dutch e-passport hack
News The researcher who claims to have created code that can emulate and clone e-passports has given details of the purported hack. The researcher explained that e-passport systems use a mechanism called 'passive authentication' to detect unauthorised...
[October 2, 2008, 13:17]
Researcher warns of Android browser vulnerability
News According to the Saturday article, a researcher and former US National Security Agency computer-security specialist, Charles Miller, told Google about the flaw last week. A flaw exists in the Google-led Android mobile platform that could let users...
[October 27, 2008, 12:59]
Researcher reveals details of OS X security flaw
News Apple got hit by a double whammy this week when a security researcher publicised a pair of flaws in Mac OS X that when used together could let attackers place a malicious program on a Mac and then run the file.
[May 19, 2004, 9:35]
Security researcher demands money from Sun, Nokia
News A Polish security researcher has claimed to have found multiple flaws in mobile Java, but is demanding €20,000 (£15,700) in return for full details of the vulnerabilities. Adam Gowdiak, founder and chief executive of Security Explorations, has...
[August 12, 2008, 17:25]
OpenID at risk due to DNS flaw, warns researcher
News Robin Wilton, a corporate architect for federated identity at Sun, described OpenID's reliance on the integrity of the Domain Name System (DNS) as a "multi-factor problem" in light of the discovery of a fundamental flaw in DNS by security...
[August 13, 2008, 15:54]
Dutch researcher claims e-passport hack
News A Dutch researcher has published code that purports to emulate and clone e-passports, and has released a video to prove it works. The researcher claims the proof-of-concept video, posted this week to The Hackers Choice website, shows an e-passport...
[October 1, 2008, 17:58]
Google JotSpot exposes user data, says researcher
News A researcher has found that Google's JotSpot service — which allows users to collaborate on online documents — exposes user names and email addresses to anyone on the internet. As a result, sensitive user data is indexed by Google's crawler and...
[October 31, 2008, 10:32]
Security researcher faces jail for finding bugs
News A French security researcher who published exploit codes that could take advantage of bugs in an antivirus application could be imprisoned for violation of copyright laws. In 2001, French security researcher Guillaume Tena found a number of...
[January 11, 2005, 11:45]
