Monthly Archives: May 2011

Cryptography glossary

Posted on May 28, 2011 by brainfold Leave a comment

Glossary A5 The encryption algorithm used for GSM telephones. These telephones are mainly sold in Europe. AES Advanced Encryption Standard. A block cipher that was chosen through a competition of the world’s greatest cryptographers. It is approved for government use … Continue reading →

Cryptography

Browser based security assessment tool

Posted on May 10, 2011 by brainfold Leave a comment

To keep our systems secured there is another tool online from Shavlik Technologies is a new browser-based security advisory that helps identify potential security vulnerabilities on a network. Shavlik Security Advisor scans all physical and virtual machines to determine missing … Continue reading →

Browser Security, Open Source, Security Tips, Security tools

Google Chrome sandbox exploit

Posted on May 10, 2011 by brainfold Leave a comment

French security research group, VUPEN, announced earlier today that they have managed to subvert Google Chrome’s sandbox to permit execution of code. The announcement, which is light on details, and a demo are available on VUPEN’s website. The most interesting … Continue reading →

Breaches and Exploits, Browser Security, Hacking, Uncategorized

Security News Archive : April 2011

Posted on May 1, 2011 by brainfold Leave a comment

SSL Security: Fresh Internet SSL Survey results (April 2011) available - Saturday, April 30, 2011 Securelist: Royal spam - Saturday, April 30, 2011 The Register:cLegal goons threaten researcher for reporting security bug - Saturday, April 30, 2011 The RegisterMozilla ships first security update for Firefox … Continue reading →

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