Hotmail, MSN and Amazon Susceptible to Attack via Cross Site Scripting
London, UK 05 July, 2006 A 16 year old Dutch student,Adriaan Graas, interested in Internet security and web development discovered a hackfor the popular Hotmail free email service via a Cross Site Scripting attack.Microsoft, is reported to have been aware of this vulnerability for over a week but,at time of writing, has not yet fixed it.Hacking hotmail via XSSWhen...
Comodo Launches Memory Firewall - One of the Only Ways to Protect Against Buffer Overflow Attacks
Comodo Launches Memory Firewall - One of the Only Ways toProtect Against Buffer Overflow AttacksFree solution prevents over 90% of buffer overflow attacks - one of the mostprevalent threats on the Internet today.Jersey City, NJ (January 16, 2008) -- In its continuing commitment to keep PCs safefrom malware, Comodo, a leading security company, announced today an important, newsecurity solution...
Cross-Site Scripting ranks first in top security risks
London, UK 19 September, 2006 In recent years, bufferoverflows topped the list as the most popular vulnerability used by hackers tocompromise websites. However, the latest report from Mitre Corp., a US governmentfunded research organization, clearly indicates that hackers are moving away fromacts of vandalism to the more lucrative exploits of data theft. In fact,...
Acunetix Launches Free Cross Site Scripting Security Scanner
London, UK 4 September, 2007 Acunetix today launched a freeedition of its popular web vulnerability scanner, which allows companies to checkfor cross site scripting vulnerabilities in their websites at no charge. The FreeEdition of Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner (WVS) is available immediately athttp://www.acunetix.com/cro ss-site-scripting/scanner.htm. What is Cross Site...
Comodo Introduces Memory Guardian to Protect Consumers Against Buffer Overflow Attacks
Jersey City, NJ (August 30, 2007) - In response to theproliferation of various hacker methods and techniques, Comodo, a global leader inIdentity and Trust Assurance Management solutions, announced today that the BETAversion of Comodo Memory Guardian is now available for download. This solution isdesigned to protect against buffer overflow attacks where hackers inject malwareinto user 's...