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Xbox Live hacked, accounts stolen

Online gaming forums are buzzing with reports that Xbox Live accounts linked to Microsofts Windows Live ID service are being hijacked by malicious hackers. Kevin Finisterre, a security researcher at Digital Munition, raised the issue on the Full Disclosure mailing list over the weekend, calling attention to rumors that...

Tags: Game players, Games, Windows Live ID, Xbox Live, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Windows, Kevin Finisterre, Microsoft Corp.

Blog posts 2007-03-20

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Apple issues patches for Leopard and MOAB flaw from 2007

Apple on Monday dropped 10 patches addressing eight vulnerabilities in Mac OS X 10.5, also known as Leopard. One patch addresses a Tiger flaw that was described on the Month of Apple Bugs web site almost a year ago. Among the highlights: Apple issued...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Patch Management, Server, Apple Inc., Issue, Flaw, Leopard, Tiger, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-02-11

Apple plugs holes in Xcode

Apple has shipped a new version of its Xcode Developer Tools to patch three security holes that allow malicious hackers to launch code execution or privilege escalation attacks. The update, available for Mac OS X v10.4.x and Mac OS X v10.5, blocks an attack...

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Xcode, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Security, Operating Systems, Viruses And Worms, Software, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2007-10-31

Microsoft: XBox Live account theft was social engineering attack

Just a quick follow-up to my story from earlier this week about XBox Live accounts being hijacked in what was believed to be a breach at Microsofts Bungie.net.First, the official reaction from the Xbox team: Despite some recent reports and speculation, I want to reassure all of our 6 million...

Tags: Game players, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Xbox Live

Blog posts 2007-03-22

Apple bumper patch vindicates MOAB, MOKB hackers

When the controversial Month of Apple Bugs MOAB project ended earlier this year, a derisive "that was it?" reaction could be heard coming from the Mac faithful.Outside of a QuickTime code execution exploit which required user interaction, the majority of the MOAB vulnerabilities released dealt with denial-of-service crashes and privilege...

Tags: Patches, Apple Computer Inc., security, Apple Macintosh

Blog posts 2007-03-14

Apple fixes iChat, Finder (MoAB) flaws

Apple has started fixing security holes exposed during Januarys MoAB Month of Apple Bugs project. A software update from Cupertino today provides cover for a pair of flaws in iChat and a code execution vulnerability in Finder. All three vulnerabilities were publicly disclosed by L.M.H. and Kevin Finisterre,...

Tags: Apple, Exploit code, Hackers, Microsoft, Patch Watch, Responsible disclosure, Vulnerability research, Zero-day attacks

Blog posts 2007-02-15

Mac Developer mulling OS X equivalent of ZERT

Now that the Month of Apple Bugs project is done, Landon Fuller just wants some rest. Then, if his buddies are up to it, the brain behind the month of Apple fixes counter-project wants to expand the initiative to provide "zero-day patches" for critical issues affecting Mac OS X...

Tags: Zero-day attacks, Apple, Vulnerability research, Exploit code, Apple Macintosh, Moab

Blog posts 2007-02-01

Month of Apple bugs hacker signs off

The controversial MOAB Month of Apple Bugs project crossed the finish line today with a cryptic "coming soon" note, a promise to release an exploit for a remote kernel vulnerability and a vow from one of the organizers to stop publicizing his flaw findings."My time disclosing exploits is over," said...

Tags: Apple, Apple Macintosh, exploit, Hackers, Responsible disclosure, security, Vulnerability research

Blog posts 2007-01-31

Month of Apple bugs being fixed

Today is the third day in the Month of Apple Bugs (a.k.a. MOAB). MOAB is run by a hacker known as LMH, sponsor of the Month of Kernel Bugs and Kevin Finisterre. The project began with Mondays exposure of a rtsp URL handler stack-based buffer overflow in QuickTime where "A...

Tags: Moab, Apple Computer Inc., Security

Blog posts 2007-01-03

Attack code out for Apple flaw

Attack code out for Apple flawDisgusting! I HATE HIM!!![i]The exploit was created by Kevin Finisterre, a security researcher at Digital Munition. Earlier this year, Finisterre created the Inqtana worm, which targets Mac OS X and spreads using an 8-month-old vulnerability in Apple's Bluetooth software. His actions are in part to...

Tags: Operating systems, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, exploit, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS X

Discussion threads 2006-06-29

Bluetooth worm targets Mac OS X

Bluetooth worm targets Mac OS XBluetooth worm targets Mac OS XTwo possible vulnerabilities in two days for OS X? What is up with that?What flaw?As the story says, this was patched last June.Are anti-virus vendors behind this scare?The fact that "Inqtana is a proof-of-concept worm, according to Symantec and...

Tags: Operating systems, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Inqtana, Symantec Corp., Apple Mac OS X, Bluetooth, flaw, Bluetooth worm, Microsoft Windows, worm, America Online Inc., Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS

Discussion threads 2006-02-17