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February 9, 2012: Microsoft has released their Advance Notification for the February 2012 Security Bulletins. A total of 9 bulletins will be released. Affected components include Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, .NET Framework, Silverlight, Office and Microsoft Server Software. 4 bulletins are rated as ‘Critical’ and carry a potential impact of remote code execution.
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- Cracking Open Your (Google) Wallet
Jimmy Shah - February 09, 2012
We suggested earlier that instead of going after the Secure Element chip and the information it keeps safe, attackers would go after the weaker point of the Google Wallet app. Security researcher Joshua Rubin has now created a proof-of-concept app, Google Wallet Cracker, that can recover the Google Wallet PIN on a rooted phone. Once Read more... - Security 101: Attack Vectors Take Advantage of User Interaction
Francisca Moreno - February 08, 2012
Welcome back to Security 101. Our New Year’s recess is over, and it’s time to offer another lesson. So far we have discussed vulnerabilities and some types of low-interaction attack vectors. In this lesson we shall continue with attack vectors that require medium or high levels of user interaction to succeed. These attack vectors are Read more... - Safer Internet Day 2012 Offers a Lesson for All of Us
Toralv Dirro - February 07, 2012
Many of you may have already noted this from Google’s home page, but for those not reading the fine print or not using Google: Today is International Safer Internet Day, which will have its 10th anniversary next year (if I counted right). Started in Europe by Insafe with funding from the European Commission, this day has become Read more...
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