Showing posts with label reading H Security. Show all posts
Showing posts with label reading H Security. Show all posts

Thursday, August 25, 2011

Report: Android malware on the rise - The H Security: News and Features

Report: Android malware on the rise - The H Security: News and Features: According to a report from McAfee, Google's Android operating system has become the most targeted mobile platform in just three months. The company also says that there has been "a significant uptick in rootkits"

UPnP-enabled routers allow attacks on LANs - The H Security: News and Features

UPnP-enabled routers allow attacks on LANs - The H Security: News and Features: Routers by various manufacturers support UPnP on their WAN interfaces. This makes it relatively easy for attackers to infiltrate internal LANs or misuse the routers as proxies for anonymous surfing. A tool demonstrates the problem

Tool causes Apache web server to freeze - The H Security: News and Features

Tool causes Apache web server to freeze - The H Security: News and Features: A flaw in the code for processing headers with range requests can be exploited to cripple an Apache Web Server from a single PC. An "Apache Killer" tool is already in circulation