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Domain name deception man arrested
Submitted by hitbsecnews on Thu, 2003-09-04 21:14
US police have arrested a man for allegedly creating misleading domain names to fool children and direct them to pornographic web sites.
John Zuccarini's arrest marks the first to be made under the Truth in Domain Names Act, which took effect in April and prohibits people from creating misleading domain names as a means to deceive children into viewing content that's harmful to minors, or tricking adults into clicking on obscene web sites.
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Local Area Security Linux Releases 0.4b MAIN
Submitted by hitbsecnews on Thu, 2003-09-04 19:25
Local Area Security has recently released L.A.S. Linux 0.4b MAIN - a small 'live CD' distribution based on Knoppix
that contains a full spectrum of security (forensics, penetration testing, firewall, intrusion detection, etc.) tools including Ethereal
and Nessus. Improvements and additions made since the Alpha release include ettercap-gtk, gkismet, airsnort,
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Flaw in Microsoft Word Could Enable Macros to Run Automatically
Submitted by hitbsecnews on Thu, 2003-09-04 19:24
A macro is a series of commands and instructions that can be grouped together as a single command to accomplish a task automatically. Microsoft Word supports the use of macros to allow the automation of commonly performed tasks. Since macros are executable code it is possible to misuse them, so Microsoft Word has a security model designed to validate whether a macro should be allowed to execute depending on the level of macro security the user has chosen.
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Flaw in NetBIOS Could Lead to Information Disclosure
Submitted by hitbsecnews on Thu, 2003-09-04 19:22
Network basic input/output system (NetBIOS) is an application programming interface (API) that can be used by programs on a local area network (LAN). NetBIOS provides programs with a uniform set of commands for requesting the lower-level services required to manage names, conduct sessions, and send datagrams between nodes on a network.
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Secure Installation of Apache Web Server
Submitted by hitbsecnews on Wed, 2003-09-03 22:29
The webserver is one of the favourite targets on the internet today. Webservers must be accessible from any location on the internet inorder to allow computers/users to view the websites. One of the most common dangers is defacements of sites, which is mostly done by so called script kiddies or crackers. Defacements can lead to serious company damage as in downtime, and confidence towards its customers and the net in general. Even worse is if the webserver holds sensitive information like credit card details, that on some defacements are published openly on the defaced site.
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