Monthly Archives: June 2012

MySQL bug allows remote connection

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Prashant

MySQL is one of the widely used DBMS software commonly used in web applications. Recently, security researcher Mr Sergei Golubchik had reported serious security issues in MariaDB and MySQL DBMS software. According to them, All MariaDB and MySQL versions up … Continue reading →

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Flame and Suxnet interconncted?

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Prashant

Flame and Stuxnet, the two famous malwares showed growing examples of how artifical life is being deployed in cyber warfare. The two malwares, hard-coded to accomplish the mission, affected the middle-easter countries and also Iran as a main target. The … Continue reading →

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6.5 million hashed passwords of LinkedIn leaked

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Prashant

LinkedIn is one of the widely used professional networking website. A LinkedIn profile is seen as a status of symbol between employes as well as employers. According to a post at Norwegian website Dagens, around 6.5 million encrypted LinkedIn passwords … Continue reading →

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You can be a victim of malicious download!

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Prashant

Drive-by-cache, drive-by-download, we have seen many vulnerabilities in the past that affect modern browsers and can create havoc for the users. According Mr Michal Zalewski, a security researcher working at Google,a serious vulnerability were found in browser giants Firefox, IE … Continue reading →

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