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[Link] What are md5 sha-1 hashes and how do we check them

http://www.howtogeek.com/67241/htg-explains-what-are-md5-sha-1-hashes-and-how-do-i-check-them/

CIA and Google

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Source:   http://www.henrymakow.com/social_networking_dupes_the_ma.html p.s. I would bet RAW has provided funding for http://songs.pk but then it might not considering the state of intelligence in our country! Facebook & Google are CIA Fronts February 16, 2011 In the case of both Google and Facebook, three talented students in their 20's came out of obscurity to establish multi-billion dollar enterprises. Do you suppose they had some help? BY SANDEEP PARWAGA (FOR HENRYMAKOW.COM)

Security tool uncovers multiple bugs in every browser

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SOURCE: HOWTOGEEK.COM Browser security specialist Michal Zalewski  believes  that Chinese hackers have long been aware of a security vulnerability in Internet Explorer which has only recently come to public attention. It is believed that this vulnerability could be exploited to infect computers, though current efforts have succeeded only in provoking crashes. The chain of events through which Zalewski found out about the vulnerability, which may have been circulating among Chinese hackers, is interesting. Zalewski, who works for Google's security team, reports that he discovered the vulnerability a while ago using his cross_fuzz  fuzzing  tool and reported it to Microsoft in July 2010. Zalewski also used cross_fuzz to discover bugs in other browsers, which he also reported to the relevant organisations. To allow developers to access information on the bugs, Zalewski took the practical step of placing the tool and the crash dumps produced using it on his server a...

heise online: 27C3 presentation claims many mobiles vulnerable to SMS attacks

29 December 2010, 10:28 27C3 presentation claims many mobiles vulnerable to SMS attacks According to security experts, an 'SMS of death' threatens to disable many current Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Motorola, Micromax and LG mobiles . In a presentation given to the 27th Chaos Communication Congress (27C3[1]) in Berlin on Monday, Collin Mulliner[2] and Nico Golde, security researchers at TU Berlin[3], claimed that sending malicious text or MMS messages represents a relatively simple means of crashing current mobile phones. Some of the bugs discovered have the potential to cause problems for entire mobile networks.

Adding an Extra Layer of Protection - Sunbelt Security News

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 Published by Sunbelt Software FORUMS | BLOG | RSS | MY PROFILE | PRIVACY    Vol. 3, #78 - September 1, 2010 - Issue #78 Adding an Extra Layer of Protection This issue of SunbeltSecurityNews contains: 1. Editor's Dossier       - Adding an Extra Layer of Protection