7 alarming statistics
19 Mar 2010

7 Alarming Statistics that Prove Children Aren’t Safe on Social Media

The world is a changing place. The introduction of the internet has bought many incredible positive changes that simply would not have been possible without it. Some dark and disgusting elements have also managed to creep along for the ride. One of those nasty elements is Cyber Bullying. This infograph shows

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chrome browser security
11 Sep 2009

Exploiting Chrome and Opera’s inbuilt ATOM/RSS reader with Script Execution and more

The Google Chrome and Opera browsers present an interesting case study of another example of how to exploit vulnerabilities, in both instances through the respective browser’s embedded Rich Site Summary (RSS) reader. These vulnerabilities are exploited by a user who clicks a RSS feed link from an email or in

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Opera browser
11 Aug 2009

Pwning Opera Unite with Inferno’s Eleven

One of the Opera Internet browser’s older functions, which has now been phased out, was Opera Unite.  Opera Unite allowed a browser to act as both a client and a server, allowing a user to receive web content and present web content, using the same browser. Although this feature was

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css style sheets
11 Jul 2009

Hacking CSRF Tokens using CSS History Hack

Cross-site scripting, or XSS, is a well-known cyber security risk that allows malicious users to take control of, and exploit, a user’s system. Another security risk is Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF, or “sea surf”).  This risk allows someone to execute functions within a user’s authenticated session, thus the “forgery” portion

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