Flaw Makes Bike Locks Easy to Crack
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Bicycle lock maker Kryptonite, stung by revelations that some of its locks can be pried open with nothing more than the hull of a ballpoint pen, yesterday offered to provide free upgrades to customers who purchased the vulnerable locks.
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Signature verification vuln A flaw in the way encryption programs present data to users makes it possible for a block of unsigned and unencrypted data to appear no different to users from encrypted data in a message.â¦
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The Hardened-PHP Project has released another vulnerability today, this time it's an issue with one of PHP's own internal functions - open_basedir.    The design of the open_basedir feature of PHP that is meant to disallow access to files outside a set of configured directories is vulnerable to race conditions.   It was discovered that this design flaw can be exploited with the usage of PHP's symlink() function in a very easy way. We believe that the only solution to this problem is disabling the function symlink() while open_basedir is used (this feature was therefore added to our Suhosin PHP Security Extension).    They also note, unfortunately, that the problem may not be fixable due to how it can be implemented. They provide a more detailed explaination and some PHP psuedo-code to help illustrate the point.
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A removable SIM card is a good sign for hackers, because it indicates the phone is locked using firmware, which can likely be cracked.
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Canton lockmaker Kryptonite yesterday disclosed a broad upgrade program for its well-known bike locks after many cyclists complained the products can be picked open with ballpoint pens.
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One tap of the foot pedal hides your personal activities from the boss, if not from IT. In Sex Drive Daily.
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(InfoWorld) - F-Secure has patched several vulnerabilities in its security products, the most critical of which could be used to run unauthorized software on a victim's computer. The most critical of these bugs affects F-Secure's anti-virus products. A flaw in the way the software unpacks files that have been compressed using the LHA archiving format could allow an attacker to crash the system, or even run unauthorized software on the computer, F-Secure said in an advisory, published Wednesday. This flaw is related to a similar flaw in the Gzip decompression utility that was discovered last September, F-Secure said. Security vendor Secunia ApS rates the bug as highly critical. The flaw affects F-Secure's Anti-Virus, Internet Gatekeeper, and Internet Security product suites. A second less-critical vulnerability in some of the company's anti-virus software was also patched Wednesday. This flaw could be used by an attacker with access to the local system to get into unauthorized parts of the system in what is called a privilege escalation attack. Users of some versions of F-Secure Anti-Virus and Internet Security have been automatically delivered the software patches for these flaws, F-Secure said. A list of which products require hotfixes can be found within F-Secure's security bulletins. Also on Wednesday, F-Secure fixed a flaw in its Policy Manager Server that could be used by attackers to launch aÂ DoS attack against the security management software. Secunia rates this bug as "less critical."
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Most seasoned travelers know that their watches and belt buckles can set off airport metal detectors. A new study also shows that patients who have certain medical procedures might
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SAN DIEGO -- You don&#39;t have to be the Man of Steel to open a Kryptonite bike lock. A video circulating on the Internet shows how to pick a Kryptonite lock with a ballpoint pen.
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Researchers said they have found a way to crack the code used in millions of car keys, a development they said could allow thieves to bypass the security systems on newer car models.
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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - A pair of Dutch burglars' bad luck shifted into high gear when they were caught fleeing the scene of an attempted break-in on bicycles belonging to the very policeman who arrested them.    Police in a suburb of the eastern Dutch city of Nijmegen said the hapless burglars were trying to break into a house Sunday when neighbors alerted the police...
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Want to stay safe on the road? Increase your chances by avoiding these sets of wheels.
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The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team released an alert yesterday saying that a flaw in the CryptoStor Tape 700 Series tape backup appliance could allow attackers to bypass one line of defense in a two-factor authentication system.
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The flaw exploited by the most recent versions of the worm such as Santy.C or Santy.E is more general than the original, and can occur anywhere a site designer has left the door open for the inclusion of arbitrary files into PHP scripts, reports IDG News
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Federal investigators have identified a design flaw as the cause of last year's Interstate 35W Minneapolis bridge collapse that killed 13 people
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There's a simple way to protect your nest egg from crackups.
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Don't grab that dangling set of car keys until you shop around.