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- Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account hijacked, pushes Windows and Mac malware
- Guy Kawasaki's Twitter account hijacked, pushes Windows and Mac malwareMore details about severity of attack[i]On Windows machines, a user falling for the bait gets to a series of Web pages featuring pornographic content and, at the end, a prompt to update a video codec. That fake codec is...
- Tags: Operating systems, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Apple Mac OS X, malware, Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh, Guy Kawasaki, attack, user interaction, disk image, Twitter
- Discussion threads 2009-06-24
- Microsoft patches 31 Windows, IE, Office security holes
- Microsoft patches 31 Windows, IE, Office security holesWhat this article doesn't mention...How many of these 31 "security holes" are mitigated by configuring your server the way Microsoft recommends? Beyond trust released a good report based on last year?s stats on Microsoft Vulnerabilities and what percent of vulnerabilities are mitigated...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Patches, security, Print Spooler
- Discussion threads 2009-06-09
- Google Chrome for Mac: Still not ready
- Google Chrome for Mac: Still not readyThe wait goes on...Lots of Mac users are waiting for this. You would think that with Sergey driving this, it would go faster. Hmm. Well, I guess we'll see how close they get it to a "native Mac app" when it finally comes out....
- Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, Google Inc., Google Chrome
- Discussion threads 2009-06-02
- Mac OS X vulnerable to 6-month old Java flaw
- Attention Mac OS X users:Â Turn Java off immediately or you could be at high risk of malicious code execution attacks. Tired of waiting for a patch from Apple for a Java flaw that was fixed upstream six months ago, Mac developer Landon Fuller (of Month of...
- Tags: Malicious Code, Apple Macintosh, Java Applet, Flaw, Vulnerability, Apple Inc., Applet, Landon Fuller, CVE-2008-5353, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Java, Programming Languages, Operating Systems, Security, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-05-20
- Apple eliminates CanSecWest Pwn2Own flaws
- Here's a little ditty that was almost lost in the sheer volume of this week's Mac OS X security update: Apple has finally patched the two vulnerabilities used to win this year's CanSecWest Pwn2Own hacking contest. The two flaws were used by Charlie Miller and a German...
- Tags: Apple Safari, Flaw, Vulnerability, Apple Inc., Hacker, Hacking, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-05-14
- Is Apple going to get some security help from OLPC?
- Is Apple going to get some security help from OLPC?Security is not a function of popularity.Have a seat and listen to yet another stupid analogy.A shipping company has a problem with their boats sinking. It has 300 ships. A smaller shipping company has only 3 ships and none...
- Tags: Operating systems, Apple Inc., One Laptop Per Child project, shipping company, security, Apple Mac OS X
- Discussion threads 2009-05-13
- Study: Silent patching best for securing browsers
- Google's decision to silently update the Chrome browser -- without the user's knowledge or consent --Â has put the company at the head of the pack when it comes to securing modern Web browsers. That's the big takeaway from a new study that argues that silent...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Safari, Benefit, Internet, Opera Software ASA, Ryan Naraine, Security, Web Browser, Web Browsers
- Blog posts 2009-05-05
- Firefox 3.0.8 fixes Pwn2Own bug and one that "fell through the cracks"
- Firefox 3.0.8 fixes Pwn2Own bug and one that "fell through the cracks"This is a great article to link to......the next time I am told how wonderful/fast Mozilla is when it comes to patching vulnerabilities.Thanks!Watch And Learn MSPeople are actually paying you to sort out incidents like this, if you modularised...
- Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, Pwn2Own bug, Pwn2Own, vulnerability, Mozilla Firefox
- Discussion threads 2009-03-30
- Firefox 3.0.8 fixes Pwn2Own bug and one that "fell through the cracks"
- The latest update to Firefox has been pushed out to users via an automatic update. This one was rushed through, mainly to fix the vulnerability used to win the 2009 CanSecWest Pwn2Own contest (MFSA 2009-13: Arbitrary code execution through XUL <tree> element). In addition it contains a...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Vulnerability, Bug, Crack, Web Browsers, Patches, Security, Internet, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2009-03-30
- News to know: IBM, Open Cloud Manifesto, Web 2.0 Expo, Conficker, Microsoft ad
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: IBM revamps server lineup based on Intel's Nehalem Larry Dignan: Can you have an Open Cloud Manifesto...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Web, Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Advertisement, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, IBM Corp., Web 2.0, Strategy, Internet, Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-03-30
- Mozilla kills Firefox Pwn2Own bug
- Mozilla has won the race among browser makers to fix code execution holes exploited during this year's CanSecWest Pwn2Own hacker contest. The open-source group today shipped Firefox 3.0.8 with fixes for two separate vulnerabilities, including a drive-by download issue used by a hacker named "Nils" to win...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Vulnerability, Mozilla Corp., Community Member, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-03-27
- Charlie Miller: Macs lacking in security
- Charlie Miller: Macs lacking in securityWhat do professional hackers know about hacking?Miller brings up the tired marketshare defense but seriously, what does a professional hacker know about hacking? [b]NOTHING!![/b] I'd much rather believe people like frgough who, in his professional expertise, tell us that marketshare isn't what keeps OS X...
- Tags: Desktops, Hacking, Apple Macintosh, Charlie Miller, security, Miller
- Discussion threads 2009-03-25
- Browser wars: We're becoming two (maybe three) timers
- While it's a lot of fun portraying the browser wars as a zero sum game, the reality is that users are becoming a bunch of two-timers and, in some cases, three-timers. Adrian Kingsley-Hughes asks whether the love affair with Mozilla's Firefox is waning. That's a tough question...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Web Browsers, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-24
- Nils2Own: 'I want to see security flaws fixed'
- Nils2Own: 'I want to see security flaws fixed'Small one, big one....It was still cracked. Even easier than Windows. Deal with it.You're not allowed to whine "This one's not really that big of a deal", then point out the same kinds of intrusions into Windows systems as proof that MS products...
- Tags: Operating systems, Cyberthreats, Apple OSX user, Apple OSX, security, Apple Inc., Linux, Apple Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, security flaw
- Discussion threads 2009-03-23
- Nils2Own: 'I want to see security flaws fixed'
- VANCOUVER, BC -- Charlie Miller may have dominated the headlines but the undisputed champion of this year's CanSecWest Pwn2Own contest was a hitherto unknown hacker who asked to be identified simply as "Nils." A day after his perfect sweep of the breaking into...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Mozilla Firefox, Vulnerability, Bug, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, Exploit, Web Browsers, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Desktops, Operating Systems, Security, Internet, Software, Hardware, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-03-23
- News to know: Salesforce.com; Office; SOA; Facebook
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Salesforce announces Twitter app; further validates power of cloud Ed Bott: Next Office version to ship in 32-bit and 64-bit versions ...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Apple iPhone, Facebook, Larry Dignan, Information Technology, Microsoft Office, Apple Inc., SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Browsers, Digital Music, Strategy, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Personal Technology, Management
- Blog posts 2009-03-23
- Chrome last browser standing after day one of Pwn2Own
- Chrome last browser standing after day one of Pwn2OwnDoes this make you reassess your daily browser?[i]Does this make you reassess your daily browser?[/i]Nope. Its still a Google based browser, thus the bad still outweighs the good.I really like Google Chrome, including Mozilla Firefox.I love Firefox due to Glasser extension,...
- Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Firefox-on-Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-03-20
- The browser battle: Where does security fit in the evaluation process?
- With the launch of Internet Explorer 8 as the latest volley in the browser wars---IE vs. Firefox vs. Google Chrome vs. Apple's Safari---there's a lot of talk about speed, browsing improvements and rendering engines. Where does security fit into the equation? Frankly, when I'm evaluating browsers---I use...
- Tags: Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, Google Chrome, Charlie Miller, Chris Duckett, Web Browsers, Security, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-03-20
- News to know: March Madness, Chrome beta, Sony-Google, Android
- Larry Dignan: March Madness meets IT: We're guinea pigs Matthew Miller: Follow all the March Madness action on your mobile phone Garett Rogers: Google releases new beta version of Chrome Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Google Chrome 2.0 Beta - Fast. Fast! FAST!!! ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Sony Corp., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Google Android, Sun Microsystems Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, Beta, Matthew Miller, Sam Diaz, Open Source
- Blog posts 2009-03-20
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