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DHS Investing $40 Million for Cybersecurity Research !
Insider threats, botnets and malware, and assay to abutment the Comprehensive Civic Cyber Initiative CNCI are amid areas of cybersecurity advance the Department of Homeland Aegis DHS will accomplish in budgetary year 2011. The DHS Science and Technology Homeland Aegis Advanced Assay Projects Bure...
Cyber harassment : Girl's morphed photo and phone number put on web !
BANGALORE: An Information Technology student who is in Bangalore in search of employment has filed a complaint against a youth for harassment. Thyagarajanagar police have registered a case against one Krishna Mohan who hails from Andhra Pradesh under the Information Technology Act 2000. The accus...
DeKalb website hacked !
It appeared briefly this week that all DeKalb County's properties were owned by a hacker. The county's property appraisal website was hacked and listed every property owner as "Hacked by Red xD," CEO's spokesman Burke Brennan confirmed for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Brennan insisted none o...
Dell buys data security company !
Deal with undisclosed terms part of computer maker's ongoing effort to expand, improve information technology, cloud computing offerings. Dell Inc. was hunting for the right computer security company to buy, and on Tuesday, it announced its choice. Dell will buy Atlanta-based SecureWorks Inc. ,...
Introduction to Cyber Law of India !
In Simple way we can say that cyber crime is unlawful acts wherein the computer is either a tool or a target or both Cyber crimes can involve criminal activities that are traditional in nature, such as theft, fraud, forgery, defamation and mischief, all of which are subject to the Indian Penal...
CBI Website Hacked: Pakistani Group Claims Responsibility
The Central Bureau of Investigation CBI confirmed on Saturday that its website was hacked. The CBI has registered a case under the Information Technology Act. "It has come to the notice of the CBI that its official website was unauthorizedly accessed and defaced during the night of December 3 and...
New Certifications Will Set High Bar for IT Security Pros
A new non-profit group is developing certifications for information technology security professionals that will set a high bar for IT security practitioners in areas like penetration testing, code auditing and control systems operation. The National Board of Information Security Examiners NBISE i...
Obama Nominates DHS Intelligence Chief
President Barack Obama has nominated Caryn Wagner to be the Homeland Security Department s intelligence chief, a position that oversees information technology systems designed to share information with federal, state and local officials. If confirmed by the Senate, Wagner would direct DHS Office ...
Security Pros Are Focused on the Wrong Threats
From The New York Times Riva Richmond Corporate information technology departments are prioritizing the wrong threats to their computer systems, focusing on old problems and leaving their companies open to a raft of new cyberattacks targeting sensitive customer and corporate information. That is...
CVE-2008-6841
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in the Green Mountain Information Technology and Consulting Database Query comdbquery component 1.4.1.1 and earlier for Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the mosConfigabsolutepath parameter to...
Remote file inclusion
PHP remote file inclusion vulnerability in the Green Mountain Information Technology and Consulting Database Query comdbquery component 1.4.1.1 and earlier for Joomla! allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code via a URL in the mosConfigabsolutepath parameter to...
CVE-2008-6841
CVE-2008-6841 affects Joomla! with the com_dbquery component (versions 1.4.1.1 and earlier). The root cause is a PHP remote file inclusion via a URL in the mosConfig_absolute_path parameter passed to classes/DBQ/admin/common.class.php, enabling remote attackers to execute arbitrary PHP code. The ...
U.S. Should Play Larger Role in Securing Internet, Hathaway Says
In her much anticipated talk, acting senior director for cyberspace by President Obama, Melissa Hathaway generally reviewed what we already knew, and what has been previously reported when it comes to federal cyber security: The White House should coordinate IT security efforts; private sector...
CVE-2009-0295
SQL injection vulnerability in index.php in Information Technology Light Poll Information ITLPoll 2.7 Stable 2, when magicquotesgpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the id parameter...
CVE-2009-0295: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command
SQL injection vulnerability in index.php in Information Technology Light Poll Information ITLPoll 2.7 Stable 2, when magicquotesgpc is disabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the id parameter...
Joomla Component DBQuery <= 1.4.1.1 RFI Vulnerability
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Joomla! Component DBQuery 1.4.1.1 - Remote File Inclusion
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