Author Archives: Ryan McElroy

Current Event: Kaspersky Hacked

Posted on February 8, 2009 by Ryan McElroy

Kaspersky, an Antivirus vendor and Internet Security Lab, recently fell victim to an internet hacker using an SQL-injection attack. The attack compromised data in all databases accessible to the web server. According to the hacker, “Alter one of the parameters … Continue reading →

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Security Review: Network Solutions’ Worldnic Domain Name Hosting Service

Posted on January 30, 2009 by Ryan McElroy

Network Solutions runs one of the largest domain registrars and DNS hosting providers in the world. It currently hosts more than 7.5 million domain names, including many of the most popular web sites on the Internet. The domain name servers … Continue reading →

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Intel’s “Trusted eXecution Technology” Circumvented

Posted on January 6, 2009 by Ryan McElroy

From an article in Infoworld via Slashdot, two researchers from Invisible Things Lab have discovered a method to circumvent Intel‘s Trusted eXecution Technology (TXT). The TXT system (PDF), part of Intel’s vPro hardware-assisted security product, is designed to allow software … Continue reading →

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