Ok, so with all the hype surrounding this vulnerability, I figured that I would do a write up and give an example of how it works. Metasploit, as usual, makes it really simple. I really consider this to be a social engineering attack, because you need the victim to access a share. Yes, in the [...]
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Browser headers and information leaks
Posted: 15th June 2010 by Matt in hacks, securityTags: addresses, browser, configuration, hack, hacking, headers, information, ip, leak, network, privacy, proxy, security, squid, squid.conf
In this post, I point out a few browser headers which leak information that can be used for malicious purposes. I’m going to go into a little more detail in this post and give some pointers on what you can do to protect yourself. Sort of. First, lets take a look at the headers which [...]