Help Net Security - Security World http://www.net-security.org/secworld_main.php Help Net Security is a daily updated security related site. We offer information on the latest happenings in the InfoSec world, advisories, viruses, papers, and more. HNS also has a large download section of security tools for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and Pocket PC. en-us Copyright since 1998 by HNS staff Sun, 8 Nov 2009 08:15:02 -0500 Web application security testing tool Websecurify 0.4 RC1 released http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=8481 Websecurify is a Web application security testing tool which automatically identifies vulnerabilities by using advanced scanning and fuzzing technologies. The key improvements in version 0.4 RC1 ... Fri, 6 Nov 2009 15:12:28 -0500 Exploitation of online banking credentials on the rise http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=8480 Within the last several months, the FBI has seen a significant increase in fraud involving the exploitation of valid online banking credentials belonging to small and medium sized businesses. In a ... Fri, 6 Nov 2009 10:36:23 -0500 Single sign-in gains ground http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=8479 There seems to be a persisting problem: how to remember the passwords to all the websites you use and that require you to login? For myself, I chose to use a password manager and have just one passwor... Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:02:36 -0500 Facebook continues to shoot down deceptive ads http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=8478 In an ongoing battle against spam and deceptive ads and offers running inside applications, Facebook has terminated their business relationship with two more networks who continuously violated their p... Fri, 6 Nov 2009 05:36:11 -0500 Major vulnerability in SSL authentication http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=8477 Marsh Ray and Steve Dispensa of PhoneFactor discovered a serious vulnerability in SSL, the most common data security protocol on the Internet. The SSL Authentication Gap allows an attacker to mount a ... Thu, 5 Nov 2009 11:38:10 -0500 Twitter users troubled by locked accounts http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=8476 If you have been using Twitter for a long enough time, chances are you have been locked out of it at least once. If you haven't, you've probably seen tweets of people who have been temporarily locked ... Thu, 5 Nov 2009 11:25:23 -0500 Video: Web application scanning with credentials using Nessus http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=8475 Learn how to configure Nessus to use credentials and login into a web application to scan with CGI generic tests. ... Thu, 5 Nov 2009 10:30:02 -0500 Google Dashboard: What does Google know about you? http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=8474 You've been using Gmail for ages. Every location you needed to find, every trip you organized - Google Maps was there for you. Most searches you ever started online began at Google.com. You watch most... Thu, 5 Nov 2009 10:07:56 -0500 Backdoor access for millions of Facebook and MySpace accounts http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=8473 Yvo Schaap, a young Dutch application developer on Facebook, stumbled on a back door into any user account that accesses the application he's working on. He discovered the exploitable mistake while tr... Thu, 5 Nov 2009 08:53:17 -0500 EU leaders agree on Internet access safeguards http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=8472 A user's Internet access may be restricted, if necessary and proportionate, only after a fair and impartial procedure including the user's right to be heard. Member of the European Parliament (MEPs) a... Thu, 5 Nov 2009 08:21:03 -0500