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| | I am developing a desktop based software in Java using IDE Netbeans 7 and database MySQL. Now i want to distribute this software and protect it from piracy.I want to implement online licence verification.That means when user will install the software a number based on hardware configuration will be sent … |
 | [ATTACH=RIGHT]21852[/ATTACH]The Sun is the biggest selling newspaper in the UK, and famous for some truly scything political headlines over the years. Today the Rupert Murdoch owned red top tabloid finds itself on the wrong side of the headline writing tracks after it admitted that reader data may be at risk … |
| | [ATTACH=RIGHT]21767[/ATTACH]An unnamed Asian company operating within what has been described as a 'high risk e-commerce industry' has been targeted by a botnet which launched a DDoS attack of unprecedented magnitude. According to Distributed Denial of Service mitigation experts Prolexic, which claims to have successfully combated the attack, the volume of … |
| | [ATTACH=right]21447[/ATTACH]Penetration testing by the US Department of Homeland Security which involved dropping USB thumb drives and various data discs around the car parks of government agency buildings has revealed a not-so-shocking truth: just like most folk, government workers allow curiosity to trump security when faced with the opportunity to have …  |
| | [ATTACH=RIGHT]21548[/ATTACH]Earlier this week a hacker group called Dev-Team launched a revamped website service that enables owners of the iPhone 4 and iPad 2 (amongst a myriad other iOS-powered devices) to jailbreak them in next to no time, for free, online. The [URL="http://blog.iphone-dev.org/post/890709355/the-return-of-jailbreakme-com"]JailBreakMe site exploits a vulnerability[/URL] with the way that … |
| | Hey everyone! Users of Microsoft Security Essentials know that the right-click menu item that says "Scan with Microsoft Security Essentials.." is just too long. How do I customize it? I figured out that the file shellext.dll that comes with MSE is responsible for the context menu. I opened it with … |
| | Hi All! I'm apparently doing something very wrong here... I can't get my soap client to send the security certificate which a valid .pem file and because of that the subsequent calls are failing. What do I have to do to get the soap client to send the pem file? … |
| | [ATTACH=RIGHT]21680[/ATTACH]The British website for pop sensation Lady Gaga has been hacked, it's official. The website was targeted by the US SwagSec hacking group it would appear, a group which has a track record (if you'll excuse the pun) of hacking the official websites of pop stars having already hit Justin … |
 | Hi, I'm becoming more paranoid of security issues (Not Insane anyway :)) and would like to ask you guys what do you do to prevent SQL injection apart from using parametrized query and data validation. Thanks |
| | IT Week [URL="http://www.itweek.co.uk/itweek/news/2214006/firms-left-behind-criminals"]reports[/URL] that business is just too slow to respond to cyber-criminals, and as a result the hackers are simply worried about their ability to prevent them breaking in. The article quotes Dan Hubbard, the Vice President of Security Research at Websense as saying that from a purely technological … |
| | Installed Wordpress Multisite on Windows server 2008R2 and seems to be working fine EXCEPT: the update feature in WP fails or anytime when it tries to install something for you. I set up a valid / working FTP account as it sometimes asks for this, but that does not work … |
| | According to reports, the [URL="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/8578704/CIA-website-hacked-by-Lulz-Security.html"]LulzSec hacking group has claimed responsibility[/URL] for a denial of service hack attack on the cia.gov website resulting in it being inaccessible for a while late yesterday. [attach]21307[/attach] LulzSec appears to have taken up the baton of high profile hacking from the Anonymous group in recent …  |
| | It's one of the more bizarre questions I have been asked during my twenty year involvement in the computer security business. Yet here I am, pondering whether something being called the Shrek virus could have enabled tens of thousands of butt ugly lonely people to bypass the attractiveness filtering of … |
| | Another day, another IE flaw! Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the Internet Explorer water (mainly as Microsoft told you it was after [URL="http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS10-002.mspx"]releasing[/URL] yet another [URL="http://www.itwire.com/content/view/24364/1231/"]patch[/URL] to fix yet another vulnerability) comes the news that actually, would you believe it, but Internet Explorer still … |
 | Here's a little brain teaser for you all. A client wants a [B]secure[/B] members only area of thier website with username/password access control, however the sites web host does not support any form of server side scripting or htaccess and to complicate matters further the client will not or cannot …  |
| | Hello, I was reading web security stuffs and found that user can inject malicious codes mostly JS in forms. Now, What about CKFinder/TinyMCE et al? They obviously produce html and any stripping will destroy the article formatting. bad enough they have a "code mode" where user can enter html directly. … |
| | Hello everybody ;) I have written a kind of css (pre)-processor in PHP, and it uses the GET-method to acces to the file: HTML: [CODE]... <link rel="stylesheet" href="css.php?file=style.css" /> ...[/CODE] PHP: [CODE] ...$pss=file_get_contents("css/".$_GET["file"]); ...[/CODE] My problem is now, if a user types something like "css.php?file=../index.php", he gets the source codes … |
| | The network of South Korea's biggest bank Nonghyup broke down for 3 days after a suspected cyber attack, leaving tens of thousands of customers unable to access their money ,AFP reproted. I am in charge of a bank Internet department work which our side will be held responsible for all …  |
| | Everyone involved in the DaniWeb community, from the membership right through to the management, would like to offer sympathy and support to those suffering as a consequence of unfolding events in Japan. Unfortunately, some despicable types just see such tragedy as an opportunity to scam the kind-hearted majority out of … |
 | Today as most of new windows are coming from Microsoft (Vista, Seven, etc) and Xp is going to be expire (in 2014). The main cause of ending of XP is "Low Security". Following are some Tricks to raise a little more security on your XP. [QUOTE]1. Immediately create a System …  |
| | In windows XP most of viruses spread through Autorun (Autorun.inf) Function in windows. It is better to Disable Autoruns in Xp. I am not sure about windows Vista but In WindowsSeven and above this feature is already blocked so you dont need to do anything. Ok Here are the Two … |
| | Hey i was wondering if it would be possible to have this as a security measure. I am in the middle of creating an admin page for my website. I want them to register though. However to register, in one of the fields they must provide a secret number which … |
| | It's not just [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/news/story231517.html"]phishing scams[/URL] that Facebook users have to worry about right now, According to Roger Thompson, the Chief Research Officer with security vendor AVG, hacked Facebook applications are increasingly reaching out to exploit sites based in Russia. As Thompson says, this is different to the normal run of … |
| | A new botnet has been discovered which is not only targeting users of UK banks, but doing so in a new and worrying manner. Said to comprise of in excess of 100,000 infected machines, the Zeus 2 botnet is operated and controlled from Eastern Europe according to [URL="http://www.trusteer.com/company-overview"]secure browsing security …  |
 | "It's unbelievable, the kind of data that's out there about you," Cisco's principal security strategist Patrick Gray told a crowd in Boise, Idaho, this morning. The problem is that criminal hackers can use that kind of information to target a company, Gray said. He described one case where criminals in … |
 | Hi Look at your source and see if you can find <iframe> tags in it with a value of 1 that links to the search site. |
| | Hi, guys! My project is to create a chat software in Java. For security i must use Digital signatures+ Java Postgre sql... How to do it? Steps, codes, references, etc... HELP ME! |
| | For some reason I was looking for hackers to do some legal ethical hacking jobs.Someone recommended me this site <SNIP> they are hardcore hackers and I have heard good things about them,but the question is; how safe is to hire hackers?They will know everything about the network and it could … |
| | Hi all. Not sure if this is the right forum, but it seemed the most appropriate from the list. I'm helping to develop a ghost-themed site. As it deals with an urban legend, we're pretty sure that kids will come across it, but don't want them to visit. There's really … |
| | Microsoft [URL="http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/davey-winder-10015443/microsoft-staying-silent-over-security-patching-10015776/"]recently admitted[/URL], via the Director of it's Security Response Centre, that it doesn't report every Windows security vulnerability discovered and subsequently fixed via patches and updates. No big deal you might think, as long as the holes get fixed that's all that matter. I happen to agree, however that …  |
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