Internet security flaw "revealed"

[DapperDanMan]

http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_2354292,00.html

I don't know why it smells like a load of BS - maybe it's the general lack of specifics in the article? Or maybe because one of those interviewed just happen to be known by the name of......... RICH MOGUL!

Disinformation? What say you?

 

[The_Unbeliever]

I know that Cisco routers have a "supposed" flaw...

But, yes, it smells one of those "hoax" emails that's been circulating around...


*heads off to El Reg*

 

[The_Unbeliever]

All I can find, which seems to be newsworthy, is this :

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/26/microsoft_hp_sql_injection_tools/

SQL injection sounds like it can do the job... inject hostile code onto a popular website, infect a couple of visiting PC's and then you can control these...

 

[mancombseepgood]

My 5c

If the US Military can end up with Chinese fakes ('cisco' routers etc) in their own system as the CIA discovered recently, you can be sure we here in Africa have loads...

IMO that's one of the biggest security threats out there and yet it's not really discussed much.

 

[.Froot.]

All I can find, which seems to be newsworthy, is this :

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/26/microsoft_hp_sql_injection_tools/

SQL injection sounds like it can do the job... inject hostile code onto a popular website, infect a couple of visiting PC's and then you can control these...

Possible, but most (decent) sites' developers protect the sites against SQL injection. It's become the most popular form of website "hacking".

 

[w1z4rd]

Very real. Patch now.

 

[Ivork]

Great Telscum DNS my router picks up -if it's true then this sucks.

Your name server, at 196.43.46.190, appears vulnerable to DNS Cache Poisoning.


All requests came from the following source port: 33062
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Requests seen for 7d3925a4f54a.toorrr.com:
196.43.46.190:33062 TXID=30501
196.43.46.190:33062 TXID=36429
196.43.46.190:33062 TXID=15823
196.43.46.190:33062 TXID=42725
196.43.46.190:33062 TXID=36026

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[w1z4rd]

Oooh.. this means firmware updates on all routers with DNS as well?