Stories about: Sniffer

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    How to defend your Android phone from annoying mobile ads 20/01/2012 01:48:00

    As Android's popularity has grown, so too has its attractiveness to advertisers.
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    Sniffer hijacks secure traffic from unpatched iPhones 28/07/2011 03:19:00

    Almost anyone can snoop the secure data traffic of unpatched iPhones and iPads using a recently-revised tool, a researcher said today as he urged owners to apply Apple's latest iOS fix.
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    Mozilla: No 'kill switch' for Firesheep add-on 28/10/2010 06:09:00

    Mozilla today said it wouldn't -- or couldn't -- pull a "kill switch" to disable the Firesheep add-on that lets anyone steal log-on and account access information to Facebook, Twitter and other major Web services.
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    Mozilla yanks password-stealing Firefox add-on 15/07/2010 04:20:00

    Mozilla on Tuesday warned users that a password-stealing add-on slipped into Firefox's extension gallery more than a month ago had been downloaded nearly 2,000 times before it was detected.
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    SpaceSniffer identifies hard drive hogs 04/06/2009 00:40:00

    "Where did all my space go?" This question has been asked by every computer user since the days of the 5.25" floppy (probably since the days of the ENIAC), and SpaceSniffer is a fast, free, easy, way to answer it. While SpaceSniffer in itself does nothing to reclaim space, it does provide you with a very good overview of what's occupying the nether reaches of your hard disk.
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    Russians start selling Wi-Fi encryption cracker 17/01/2009 07:17:00

    The Russian security company that caused a stir some months by talking up its cracking tool for recovering Wi-Fi encryption keys, has started selling its software to all-comers in a specially packaged product.
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    Too good to ignore: 6 alternative browsers 03/12/2008 10:15:00

    When Microsoft, Mozilla or Apple comes out with a new version of Internet Explorer, Firefox or Safari, it makes news -- mainly because most of us use one or more of these three Web browsers. In fact, with the exception of Google's Chrome (which made a big splash, mostly because it came from Google), most of the alternative browsers out there tend to get lost in the shuffle.
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    Microsoft's openness stressed 10/11/2008 08:09:00

    Expressing a now-familiar theme, a Microsoft executive at the ApacheCon conference on Friday morning touted Microsoft's efforts to be more open, highlighting moves such as offering the company's "M" modeling language under the Microsoft "Open Specification Promise."
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    15 great, free privacy downloads 12/08/2008 15:11:21

    One of the worst privacy invaders the world has ever seen is the Internet. When you surf, Web sites can find out where you've been and can gather other information about you. Trojan horses and spyware can snoop on you. Key loggers can capture your keystrokes as you type. Eavesdroppers can steal your passwords.
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    Eleven charged in massive ID theft scheme 06/08/2008 09:26:12

    Eleven people have been charged or indicted in a massive identity theft and computer fraud scheme involving some of the largest data breaches in recent U.S. history, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Tuesday.
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    Why San Francisco's network admin went rogue 21/07/2008 08:08:40

    Last Sunday, Terry Childs, a network administrator employed by the City of San Francisco, was arrested and taken into custody, charged with four counts of computer tampering. He remains in jail, held on US$5 million bail. News reports have depicted a rogue admin taking a network hostage for reasons unknown, but new information from a source close to the situation presents a different picture.
 
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