Researchers at wireless security company AirTight Networks have uncovered a vulnerability in the widely used WPA2 security protocol, part of the 802.11 standard. The vulnerability, termed “Hole 196″, which can be exploited by attackers already authenticated to the network, allows decryption of data sent by other users across the network. Wireless encryption uses two...
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Facebook’s new system for connecting together the web seems to have a serious privacy hole, a web developer has discovered. Some people report that they are able to see the public “events” that Facebook users have said they will attend – even if they person is not a “friend” on the social network. The...
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IT security firm Sophos has recently issued a warning that hackers are exploiting a problem with McAfee’s anti-virus product. This problem has caused numerous computers around the world to repeatedly reboot themselves, effectively becoming inoperable. McAfee accidentally issued a detection update recently which mistakenly detected a Windows file, svchost.exe, as “W32/Wecorl.a”, and caused critical...
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