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Hack lets intruders sneak into home routers
February 15, 2007
Ability to change the settings of poorly configured home routers could put home networks at risk of serious attack.
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Oracle password system comes under fire
October 27, 2005
Mechanism to secure passwords is weak, making it no challenge for an attacker to recover passwords for Oracle database users, experts warn.
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Cisco warns customers of site breach
August 3, 2005
Company sends e-mails to site's users and advises people to change their passwords.
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Researcher warns Wi-Fi users of bad passwords
November 7, 2003
A security expert warns users of the latest wireless network security standard, Wi-Fi Protected Access, to pick good passwords or risk being compromised.
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MySQL worm hits Windows systems
January 27, 2005
Databases protected by weak passwords on Windows-based machines could allow a worm to spread to several thousand systems.
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Crypto flaw cracks Office open
January 20, 2005
Password-protected files at risk, researcher warns. Also: Baba offshoot makes false promises about erasing smut.
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Flaw found in Office encryption
January 20, 2005
Snoopers could decode password-protected files in Microsoft programs, a security researcher warns.
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Week in review: Cracking codes
July 25, 2003
Windows users who use only letters and numbers as passwords now have more to worry about, say researchers who dramatically reduced the time required to crack the passwords.
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Trojan Cryzip extorts decryption fee
March 14, 2006
A new Trojan encrypts files, then demands $300 in ransom for their decryption and release, according to security firm.
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Trojan horse rides off with game accounts
January 25, 2005
Security researchers warn of a new pest that steals logon and password data for "Lineage," one of Asia's most popular online games.
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Pop-up program reads keystrokes, steals passwords
June 29, 2004
Trojan horse has watch list of banking sites. Victims visit sites, type in passwords, hand info to hackers.
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Keyboard clicks can lead to security hacks
September 14, 2005
Do the keys on the keyboard make different sounds? Kind of, UC Berkeley scientists discover. And that's a potential problem.
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'Trusted displays' suggested as online security boost
June 14, 2005
Microsoft researcher says smart card readers and USB tokens could further secure e-commerce with a screen to approve transactions.
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Oracle plans to patch peck of flaws
August 4, 2004
The database software maker has worked to fix more than 30 bugs for seven months, a security researcher says.
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Phishing attacks take a new twist
May 5, 2005
Schemes involving malicious code that intercepts passwords and usernames are on the rise, Websense Security Labs reports.
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'Lion' worm stalks Linux machines
March 23, 2001
A dangerous worm that can steal passwords from Linux servers is rapidly spreading across the Internet and could infect other machines, researchers say.
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This week in security
January 22, 2005
ISP gets hijacked, with all DNS records moved to the U.K. Plus, both Microsoft and Apple come under fire for holes in Office and Mac OS X.
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IE flaw may boost rival browsers
June 28, 2004
Security researchers suggest that using Microsoft alternatives is one way to surf the Web worry-free.
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