Android Lockscreen Patterns Less Secure Than PINs

An academic study set out to prove whether it’s better to protect your Android phone with a PIN or a swipe pattern. The answer is PIN. At least when it comes to proximity attacks, namely someone lurking about trying to guess your PIN or unlock pattern. The study PDF, published Friday by researche...

DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7225

Tinfoil Devise-two-factor before 2.0.0 does not strictly follow section 5.2 of RFC 6238 and does not "burn" a successfully validated one-time password aka OTP, which allows remote or physically proximate attackers with a target user's login credentials to log in as said user by obtaining the OTP...

CVE-2015-7225

Tinfoil Devise-two-factor before 2.0.0 does not strictly follow section 5.2 of RFC 6238 and does not "burn" a successfully validated one-time password aka OTP, which allows remote or physically proximate attackers with a target user's login credentials to log in as said user by obtaining the OTP...

CVE-2015-7225

Tinfoil Devise-two-factor before 2.0.0 does not strictly follow section 5.2 of RFC 6238 and does not "burn" a successfully validated one-time password aka OTP, which allows remote or physically proximate attackers with a target user's login credentials to log in as said user by obtaining the OTP...

CVE-2015-7225

Tinfoil Devise-two-factor before 2.0.0 does not strictly follow section 5.2 of RFC 6238 and does not "burn" a successfully validated one-time password aka OTP, which allows remote or physically proximate attackers with a target user's login credentials to log in as said user by obtaining the OTP...

CVE-2015-7225

Tinfoil Devise-two-factor before 2.0.0 does not strictly follow section 5.2 of RFC 6238 and does not "burn" a successfully validated one-time password aka OTP, which allows remote or physically proximate attackers with a target user's login credentials to log in as said user by obtaining the OTP...

CVE-2015-7225

Concretely, CVE-2015-7225 affects devise-two-factor prior to v4.0.2, where an OTP can be reused for one immediately trailing time interval due to an incomplete fix. Multiple connected records (e.g., CVE-2021-43177 references) confirm the vulnerability pattern and the remediation: upgrade to devis...

Password Masking

Slashdot asks if password masking -- replacing password characters with asterisks as you type them -- is on the way out. I don't know if that's true, but I would be happy to see it go. Shoulder surfing, the threat is defends against, is largely nonexistent. And it is becoming harder to type in...

Malware-Laced Porn Apps Behind Wave of Android Lockscreen Attacks

Incidents of Android lockscreen malware masquerading as porn apps are a growing concern to security analysts who are forecasting an uptick in attacks. Once infected, Android users bitten by this malware appear to be locked out of their device and are forced to undergo a complex extraction of the...

Opera 7.0 History Object Information Disclosure Weakness

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6757/info An information disclosure weakness has been reported for Opera 7 browsers on the Microsoft Windows platform. The weakness is due to the way the history object exposes some properties. Specifically, the propertie...

Factlink: Anonymous Proxy and IP leak

http://fct.li/?url=whatismyipaddress.com Hacker can surf internet via FACTLINK proxy server...

ANONdroid v. 00.00.008 : JonDonym proxy client for Android released

ANONdroid v. 00.00.008 : JonDonym proxy client for Android released ANONdroid is a JonDonym proxy client for Android smartphones. This nice piece of software is under ongoing development by the AN.ON project of the university Dresden. Project leader is Dr. Stefan Köpsell. ANONdroid uses the core...

Web of Trust (WOT) Wins in Court, Favors freedom of speech

Web of Trust WOT Wins in Court, Favors freedom of speech The world's leading safe surfing tool Web of Trust WOT has won the lawsuit filed against it in the United States. WOT was accused of defamation, violating rights, conspiracy and manipulating algorithms. The court of justice in Florida grant...

JonDo 00.16.001 Released - Automatic error recognition and easier usability

JonDo 00.16.001 Released - Automatic error recognition and easier usability JonDos publishes a new version of the JonDo-Software, an IP changer and IP anonymization program, that you can use for anonymous surfing in the Internet with high security anonymous proxy servers. What is JonDo? JonDo is ...

JonDoFox 2.5.3 - Browser Optimized for anonymous and secure web surfing

JonDoFox 2.5.3 - Browser Optimized for anonymous and secure web surfing The JonDoFox research team has uncovered a new attack on web browsers: Affected are the web browsers Firefox, Chrome and Safari. By a hidden call over of a URL with HTTP authentication data, third party sites could track a...

Report: Q2 Threat Evolution, the Year of the Hacktivist?

Scareware and Rogue AV are back with a vengeance in 2011, after receding in 2010 according to Kaspersky Lab’s latest threat evolution report. According to the report, the rogue AV resurgence is significant not only in scope, which was substantial, with the Kaspersky Security Network KSN detecting...

JonDo 00.15.004 IP changer with Bitcoin, connection manipulation protection and higher efficiency

JonDo 00.15.004 IP changer with Bitcoin, connection manipulation protection and higher efficiency JonDos publishes a new version of the JonDo-Software, an IP changer and IP anonymization program, that you can use for anonymous surfing in the Internet with high security anonymous proxy servers. Wh...

CHMag Issue 16th, May 2011 Download !

CHMag Issue 16th, May 2011 Download ! Here we are again with the latest issue of ClubHack Magazine. This time also the issue is dedicated to Browser security. Contents of this Issue:- 1. Tech Gyan - First ever public disclosure of Password secrets of "Apple Safari". 2. Tool Gyan - BeEF Browser...

Maxthon Browser version 2.5.15.1000 Insecure DLL Hijacking Vulnerability (dwmapi.dll)

OVERVIEW The Maxthon Browser application is vulnerable to Insecure DLL Hijacking Vulnerability. Similar terms that describe this vulnerability have been come up with Remote Binary Planting, and Insecure DLL Loading/Injection/Hijacking/Preloading. 2. PRODUCT DESCRIPTION Maxthon Browser is a...

How to Configure Firefox for Secure Surfing

With assistance from the United States Computer Emergency Response Team US-CERT, we’ve created this slideshow to help you configure Mozilla’s Firefox Web browser to stay secure and safeguard your privacy while surfing. Some menu options may vary between versions of Firefox, so you should adapt th...