Internet needs plumbing to fix leaks – Flaws that make internet hacker’s heaven
2008-08-13 15:50:00 (GMT) (Caymanmama.com - Featured Technology News)
Las Vages, Nevada (CaymanMama.com) — CNN report. Dan Kaminsky, a security consultant of Seattle based IOActive Inc, outlined a few of the internet’s biggest flaws at the Black Hat Hacker’s Conference that have created the Internet hacker’s heaven. He said that the internet needs some plumbing done and leaks to be bolted so that hackers are not able to redirect web traffic nor can they take a sneak peek into other peoples e-mail accounts.
During the Black Hat Hacker’s Conference in Las Vegas about his latest discovery, Kaminsky told participants about the bug he found in the Internet’s basic infrastructure that allows hackers to force people to use other websites which they don’t want to use and also hack e-mail messages. He pointed out the vulnerability in the Internet’s design that allows hackers to redirect internet users to other web pages, which is exactly like turning street signs around forcing drivers to use different directions and go to places they don’t want to go. Kaminsky said hackers also direct users to a fake Google site.
The Black Hat Hackers Conference was packed with listeners seeking details of Kaminsky’s discovery. The listeners packed the conference hall with many sitting on the floor to hear some juicy parts of his discovery which Kaminsky managed to keep a secret until going to public.
He pointed out the weakness of the DNS while emails are transmitted through multiple e-mail servers which gives e-mail hackers a chance to intercept the e-mail during transmission and gives them the ability to reroute them to their own servers.
As a result, they not only read the contents of the e-mail messages but can also gain access to multiple sites used by internet users by pulling their passwords.
For details on the above news visit: http://edition.cnn.com/2008/TECH/biztech/08/06/internet.security.ap/index.html
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