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March 1, 2017

Published by Administrator at March 1, 2017

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Caller ID Spoofing: An Overlooked Security Threat in Real Life

What Is Caller ID Spoofing? Public telephone networks usually provide Caller ID information to the receiver during call these days. Caller ID information includes the caller’s name and phone number. However modern technologies like VoIP can allow callers to forge Caller ID information and present false information to the receivers. Gateways between networks allow such spoofing and the adjacent public networks then forward this false...

February 28, 2017

Published by Administrator at February 28, 2017

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Current Security Issues with Microsoft Products and Their Failure to Release Updates On-time

As we mentioned in a previous article, Windows OS have some serious security issues that need to be fixed. Unfortunately for the users, Microsoft decided to skip their last monthly update scheduled for this February. The monthly release of security fixes from Microsoft is formally known as Patch Tuesday. Usually, Microsoft issues the updates around 10 a.m. PT (1 p.m. ET) during second Tuesday of...

February 18, 2017

Published by Administrator at February 18, 2017

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ASLR Protection On 22 CPU Can be Bypassed Simply Using A JavaScript Code

Address Space Layout Randomization, simply known as ASLR, is a memory protection technique. Almost all the Operating Systems use ASLR to guard themselves from different malicious attacks such as Buffer-Overflow. It randomizes the locations where programs run in a device’s memory. It makes it difficult for attackers to execute malicious payloads in specific spots of memory when trying to exploit the system. For years, this...

February 7, 2017

Published by Administrator at February 7, 2017

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Windows SMB Zero Day Security Flaw and Its Impending Patch

SMB or Server Message Block is used for providing access (i.e. to read or write) to files, various services such as printer, serial ports and such. It has been vastly used in windows operating systems. It is also known as “Microsoft Windows Network” on windows platform. Using this protocol, one can access remote server as well. Anyway, recently a severe security flaw was found in...