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This website is dedicated to providing essential resources for network security and information technology professionals to browse and search through a comprehensive database of vulnerabilities. The database can be browsed by threat family or risk factor. Click on one of the links in the summary table below to view the list of vulnerabilities in that group. Each record contains details on the security issue or vulnerability and suggestions on how to patch and secure the affected system.
Because of the increasing sophistication of intruder methods and the vulnerabilities present in many applications and systems, it is imperative to regularly test your network security. A variety of vulnerability identification tools are available. The ScannerX Vulnerability Assessment Service is a web based application that provides excellent network security assessments. We would like to think ScannerX for making the following database available to the public.
Rootsecure.Net - arstechnica: ICANN probing "insider trading" allegations with domain name registrations [via Sla...
Rootsecure.Net - BBC News: Virtual worlds threaten 'values' "The growing number of toy-themed virtual worlds aime...
Rootsecure.Net - c|net News: Privacy and geotagging "The initial broad adoption of the Internet was, in major res...
Rootsecure.Net - The Register: More gnashing of teeth after Microsoft update brings PCs to a standstill "Microsof...
Rootsecure.Net - Security Fix: Firefox Update Plugs 8 Security Holes
Rootsecure.Net - New Scientist Tech: Password-cracking chip causes security concerns
Rootsecure.Net - Silicon: ID cards will be secure, insists Home Office
Rootsecure.Net - Reuters: Hackers can divert Vonage calls - security firm
Rootsecure.Net - c|net News: Microsoft steals show at Google Analyst Day
Rootsecure.Net - ZDNet UK: Businesses failing to secure IP telephony "Nearly nobody is deploying secure IP teleph...
Rootsecure.Net - The Register: Operators say 'told you so' on iPhone security
Rootsecure.Net - c|net News: Is Google's PageRank algorithm changing? "speculation in the blogosphere today has i...
Rootsecure.Net - Info World: Court leaks info of alleged ID thief "Man accused of stealing a printer used to prin...
Rootsecure.Net - The Spanner: IFrames security summary
Rootsecure.Net - Risks Digest: Review - "Exploiting Online Games", Greg Hoglund/Gary McGraw
Rootsecure.Net - Computer World: Mozilla rushes to fix regression bugs in Firefox
Rootsecure.Net - Security Tracker: libpng Chunk Handling Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service
Rootsecure.Net - Security Tracker: IBM Lotus Notes Buffer Overflows in File Attachment Viewer "Lets Remote Users ...
Rootsecure.Net - Slashdot: Free IMAP On Gmail "A number of readers are writing in to tell us that Google is rolli...
Security Focus - News: Identity thieves likely to be first-timers, strangers
Security Focus - News: Retailers look to exorcise credit-card data
Security Focus - News: DHS, Unisys scrutinized after data breach
Security Focus - News: Customers: TD Ameritrade failed to warn of breach
Security Focus - Brief: Spyware purveyor DirectRevenue closes down
Security Focus - Brief: Vulnerabilities rise, increasingly severe
Security Focus - Brief: Adobe, Real release patches for serious flaws
Security Focus - Brief: U.S. lawmakers wrangle over wiretapping act
Security Focus - News: eBay users' details posted to anti-fraud forum
Security Focus - News: NBC muckraker outed at DEFCON
Security Focus - News: Student detained after attacks on Estonian websites
Security Focus - News: Briton charged with hacking loses extradition fight
Security Focus - News: Nigeria enlists Microsoft to fight spam scammers
Security Focus - News: Cross-Site Scripting Worm Hits MySpace
Security Focus - News: Another data security bill in the works
Security Focus - News: FTC sues company over spyware
Security Focus - Infocus: Aspect-Oriented Programming and Security
Security Focus - Infocus: Passive Network Analysis
Security Focus - Infocus: Windows Anti-Debug Reference
Security Focus - Infocus: VoIP Hopping: A Method of Testing VoIP security or Voice VLANs
