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[8 Sep 2008 | No Comment | 972 views]

Learn how to protect yourself online while mobile banking.

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[8 Sep 2008 | No Comment | 417 views]

Proof of Concept: Google Chrome 0.2.149.27 on Windows XP SP2 (Open Calculator) http://security.bkis.vn/Proof-Of-Concept/PoC-XPSP2.html With other Windows non-XP SP2: http://security.bkis.vn/Proof-Of-Concept/PoC-Crash.html Details: ·         Type of Issue : Buffer Overflow. ·         Affected Software : Google Chrome 0.2.149.27. ·         Exploitation Environment : Google Chrome  on Windows XP SP2. ·         Impact: Remote code execution. ·         Rating : Critical. ·         Description : …

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[8 Sep 2008 | No Comment | 352 views]

Attackers can use social-engineering or other techniques to trick an unsuspecting user into downloading a malicious file… Read more >>>

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[7 Sep 2008 | No Comment | 717 views]

Did you know that Bill Gates was arrested? In 1977, in Albuquerque Bill Gates was arrested for running a stop sign and driving without a license. Gates had a hard time sticking to driving laws. He was arrested for speeding and driving without a license i 1975 and in 1989, he was arrested for suspicion of driving drunk.
Bill Gates is the founder of Microsoft Corporation.

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[5 Sep 2008 | One Comment | 683 views]

The Philippine Exchange Rates for 2008 (January to August)

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[5 Sep 2008 | No Comment | 559 views]

Data from the National Statistics Office (NSO) shows that August inflation was at 12.5 percent, up from the revised 12.3 percent hike in July. Inflation from January to August is now at 8.8 percent. This shows an inflation rate close to a 17-year high for the Philippines.
 
According to the NSO, commodities recorded higher inflation except those under food, beverage and tobacco.
Food inflation was at 18.1 percent in August compared to 18.6 percent in July. Inflation of rice is down to 45.1 percent compared to 50 percent in July. The …

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[5 Sep 2008 | No Comment | 733 views]
Ploning goes to the Oscars

Competing with around 60 other films from around the world for only five slots in the Oscars Best Foreign Language category, this movie was chosen as the Philippines’ entry as chosen by the Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP). Read More >>>…

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[5 Sep 2008 | No Comment | 323 views]

clamav: Crash with crafted chm, CVE-2008-1389
References
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1389 http://int21.de/cve/CVE-2008-1389-clamav-chd.html http://www.int21.de/cve/cve-2008-1389-samples.tar.bz2 https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1089
Description
A fuzzing test showed weakness in the chm parser of clamav, which can possibly be exploited. The clamav team has disabled the chm module in older versions though freshclam updates and has released 0.94 with a fixed parser.
The clamav team has not mentioned this issue in the release notes of 0.94, which is very bad security …

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[4 Sep 2008 | One Comment | 672 views]
Beware of the Fake Peso Bill Scam

You may have already been scammed…Read more of it here.>>>

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[4 Sep 2008 | One Comment | 494 views]

iPhone 3G scammers had set up Web sites posing as legitimate retailers, brokers and resellers or posted ads online at classified sites such as…Read More…>>>