Web 2.0 Designer News

We are continuing with the list of security vulnerabilities found in a number of web applications while testing our latest version of Acunetix WVS v7 . In this blog post, we will look into the details of a very serious web vulnerability discovered by Acunetix WVS in Axigen. Axigen is an integrated email, calendaring & collaboration platform, masterfully built on our unique Linux mail server technology, for increased speed & security.

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Directory Traversal in Axigen v7.4.1 running on Windows

We just updated the Security Advisory (APSA10-02) posted on Wednesday, September 8, 2010 to include the planned schedule for a patch to resolve CVE-2010-2883. Adobe plans to make available updates for Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.3.4 for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX during the week of October 4, 2010.

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Schedule Update to Security Advisory for Adobe Reader and Acrobat (APSA10-02)

Both Illustrator brushes and Photoshop brushes can be extremely valuable resources for graphic designers, whether you are creating your own or using those created by someone else.

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Tutorial: How to Create an Adobe Illustrator Brush

We’ve long been fans of Swedish graphic and type designer Stefan Hattenbach’s work; his foundry, MAC Rhino Fonts , is finally here on MyFonts and we couldn’t be happier. Please take a look at all his faces, especially my favorites, the extremely flexible sans family Sophisto and the Nordisk Antikva-inspired text family Tarocco . pictured above: Hattenbach’s Oxtail ; Creative Commons-licensed specimen by Stephen Coles

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MacRhino Arrives

Last week the website belonging to TechCrunch Europe had malicious code planted on it, the payload of which was a variant of Zbot – Troj/Zbot-YP . There are several interesting aspects of this variant that are worth exploring in a little more detail.

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Digging Deeper on the TechCrunch Zbot

From the “been there, actively researched that” department. Cyberterrorism – don’t stereotype and it’s there! Tracking Down Internet Terrorist Propaganda Arabic Extremist Group Forum Messages’ Characteristics Cyber Terrorism Communications and Propaganda A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Cyber Terrorism Current State of Internet Jihad Analysis of the Technical Mujahid – Issue One Full List of

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Summarizing 3 Years of Research Into Cyber Jihad

David Watson at Trebleseven has released his new set of premier league posters for the 2010-11 season 2010-11 Premier League Posters Technorati Tags: football , premier league , posters

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2010-11 Premier League Posters

We just updated the Security Advisory (APSA10-02)  posted on Wednesday, September 8, 2010 with a mitigation option for Windows users. We will continue to provide updates on this issue via the Security Advisory section of the Adobe website as well as the Adobe PSIRT blog

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Update to Security Advisory for Adobe Reader and Acrobat (APSA10-02)

Just a quick update on the latest Adobe zero-day vulnerability (APSA10-02) that has come to light this week. You may well have already watched the video Chet posted yesterday. We have also published an advisory page for this vulnerability as well

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APSA10-02: BOPs and the Adobe 0-day

We are continuing with the list of security vulnerabilities found in a number of web applications while testing our latest version of Acunetix WVS v7 . In this blog post, we will look into the details of a number of security problems discovered by Acunetix WVS in CubeCart .

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SQL Injection and XSS vulnerabilities in CubeCart version 4.3.3

One of the security enhancements included with Firefox 3.6.9 is support for the x-frame-options header. This optional header can be included within the HTTP response to instruct the client’s browser on whether the returned content is allowed to be framed by other pages. A website can choose to include the x-frame-options header to protect against malicious framing of web content by third parties.

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X-Frame-Options

Jos Buivenga ’s newest tour de force is Geotica , which is built from, in Buivenga’s typically modest description, “simple geometrical line elements.” The end result is anything but simple, though. 16 fonts – 4 styles (a solid character set, open letters, engraved and a fill layer) at four different optical sizes – make Geotica ideal for both very large and even small display uses.

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Gorgeous Geotica

A Security Advisory has been posted in regards to a new Adobe Reader and Acrobat issue (CVE-2010-2883). A critical vulnerability exists in Adobe Reader 9.3.4 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh and UNIX, and Adobe Acrobat 9.3.4 and earlier versions for Windows and Macintosh.

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Security Advisory for Adobe Reader and Acrobat

Painting is one masterly form of art that technology has helped elevate. Not only are effects more easily and better achieved, but design software has also made this art form even more accessible to a designer with a computer, an eye for detail and a genuine desire to learn. If you’re one of those designers who aspire to create digitally painted artwork like these, we think you’d learn more than a thing or two in this collection of tutorials

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40+ Digital Painting Tutorials You Should Study

Seeing what are designers are doing can be a great source of inspiration and motivation. Today we’re featuring vector designs, and this post includes more than 30 for your own inspiration. This showcase includes vectors of people, cars, and other objects.

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Showcase of Amazing Vector Art

People seem to be moving to a new home more and more often as our society becomes more mobile. Moving house is stressful enough; what do you do when you also have to move your home office and be up and running for business quickly?

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Tips on Moving Your Home Office

Elena Albertoni – designer of Dolce and Dyna , two of my favorite scripts – is back with a new release, the distinctive and extremely legible 14-style text family Acuta .

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Acuta: Apotheosis of Angular Accessibility

Latest Version: 3.00 Added on: 2010/09/07 Talk about surfers paradise, there is no place that can beat Gold Coast, Australia. Surfing is one of the things that I must try. Before I do that, I’ll just put some of my imagination in this theme

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Beach Gold Coast

We are continuing with the list of security vulnerabilities found in a number of web applications while testing our latest version of Acunetix WVS v7 . In this blog post, we will look into the details of a number of security problems discovered by Acunetix WVS in the popular web gallery application Zenphoto; Zenphoto is a standalone gallery CMS that just makes sense and doesn’t try to do everything and your dishes. We hope you agree with our philosophy: simpler is better

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Web Security problems in Zenphoto version 1.3

15 posts left… I’ve talked about this a few times over the years during various presentations but I wanted to document it here as well. It’s a concept that I’ve been wrestling with for 7+ years and I don’t think I’ve made any headway in convincing anyone, beyond a few head nods. Bad security isn’t just bad because it allows you to be exploited.

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The Effect of Snakeoil Security