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Attack code published for DNS flaw (Ryan Naraine/Zero Day)

Ryan Naraine / Zero Day: Attack code published for DNS flaw  —  The urgency to patch Dan Kaminsky's DNS cache poisoning vulnerability just went up a few notches.  —  Exploit code for the flaw, which allows the insertion of... ...full story at techmeme

from techmeme on Thu, Jul 24 2008

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24 Jul 08 visit Attack Code Published For DNS Vulnerability  »  slashdot get_Rootin writes "That didn't take long. ZDNet is reporting that HD Moore has released exploit code for Dan Kaminsky's DNS cache poisioning vulnerability into the point-and-click Metasploit attack tool. From the article: 'This exploit caches a single...
03 Sep 08 visit Google Chrome vulnerable to carpet-bombing flaw (Ryan Naraine/Zero Day)  »  techmeme Ryan Naraine / Zero Day: Google Chrome vulnerable to carpet-bombing flaw  —  Google's shiny new Web browser is vulnerable to a carpet-bombing vulnerability that could expose Windows users to malicious hacker attacks.  — ...
12 Nov 08 visit Microsoft's "Dead Cow" Patch Was 7 Years In the Making  »  slashdot narramissic writes "Back in March 2001, a hacker named Josh Buchbinder (a.k.a Sir Dystic) published code showing how an attack on a flaw in Microsoft's SMB (Server Message Block) service worked. Or maybe the flaw was first disclosed at Defcon 2000, by...
28 Oct 08 visit Attack Code Found For Recent Windows Bug  »  slashdot CWmike writes "Just a day after downplaying the vulnerability that caused it to issue an out-of-cycle patch last week, Microsoft warned customers late yesterday that exploit code had gone public and was being used in additional attacks. 'We've identified...
13 Feb 08 visit Security Features High in Firefox 3 Beta 3 Release (Ryan Naraine/Ryan Naraine's Security ...)  »  techmeme Ryan Naraine / Ryan Naraine's Security Watch: Security Features High in Firefox 3 Beta 3 Release  —  Mozilla is inching closer to delivering the next major refresh of its flagship Firefox Web browser.  —  Late this evening,...

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