Pwn2Own … IE8, Firefox and Safari (x2) … Hacked on day one.

Written by geekE Management | Published on March 25, 2010
Hackers exploited the 3 major browsers on day one of Pwn2Own.  As expected,  IE8, FireFox and Safari were all penetrated within minutes of the competition starting. Most impressively, Peter Vreugdenhil, was able to exploit a vulnerability in IE8 on Windows 7 allowing him to bypass  the operating systems DEP (Data Execution System) security mechinism designed to [...]
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Microsoft COFEE – Leaked and way over-hyped…

Written by geekE Management | Published on November 7, 2009
Torrents of Microsoft COFEE have been springing up everywhere and the hype is ridiculous.  Obviously, it’s illegal to pirate software.  Furthermore, the EULA for this particular software is limits it’s use to law enforcement officials only.  Other than that, most everything else you’ve heard about this stuff is false. COFEE, or Computer Online Forensic Evidence [...]
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Patch Tuesday (Tomorrow) is Gonna be Big

Written by Travis Burrell | Published on October 12, 2009
Microsoft is releasing 13 updates (of which 8 have been deemed “critical”) and Adobe will be releasing an update to plug a zero-day flaw that’s now being actively exploited. Microsoft’s update day will supposedly be the biggest ever.  It will include fixes for the SMB & FTP vulnerabilities.  Adobe has (for better or worse) aligned [...]
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