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- Microsoft sneaks in Firefox extension via Update
- The good news is that Microsoft is writing extensions for Firefox. The bad news is, the Redmond giant is slipping the extension onto systems without notifying users and making it difficult to get rid of the extension. Even worse? It's an extension that allows Web sites to install software onto...
- Blog posts 2009-05-31
- Apple caught neglecting iPhone security
- If you're waiting on iPhone 2 to standardize your business on the awesome new device (yeah, I'll be on line to buy one), you might want to pay attention to the conspicuous absence of iPhone security patches over the last four months. As WaPo's Brian Krebs reports,...
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- Embarrassing Firefox pranksters
- Embarrassing Firefox prankstersInteresting pointWould these bozos be vindicated if Mozilla did indeed do an internal audit and find a few bugs which is entirely conceivable? That seems to be some peoples take on the macbook wifi hoax.And, Mozilla is still diligently working on the problem in case there issomething more...
- Discussion threads 2006-10-03
- More drama with Apple's AirPort security
- More drama with Apple's AirPort securityThis would be George_Ous oppurtunity to VINDICATE himself .I guess we will all have to continue waiting for as The APPLE Turns here in the ZDNET caves . On another note I've been hearing alot about these same issues with other platforms .one more thing...I...
- Discussion threads 2006-09-25
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- Pirated Windows 7 leads to malware, botnet
- Several news outlets including eWEEK and Washington Post are reporting on a new piece of malware embedded into pirated copies of Microsoft's Windows 7 for the express purpose of building a botnet. According to researchers at Damballa, the bootleg copies of the new operating system have been...
- Blog posts 2009-05-12
- Heartland finds malware in bank card payment system
- Heartland Payment Systems, a publicly traded company that provides bank card payment processing services to merchants in the U.S., has suffered a malware breach that may be linked to a "widespread global cyber fraud operation." In a statement (see Adam O'Donnell's coverage), the company said its system...
- Blog posts 2009-01-20
- Twitter authority frenzy led to Twitter phishing meltdown
- Folks like to know where they stand, and in recent weeks people on Twitter have been, well, all a-twitter about the idea of Twitter Authority. They want to know who is most influentialâ€"a repeat of the phenomenon that swept the blogosphere a while back. It's a human thing, but it...
- Blog posts 2009-01-05
- Apple: Mac users should run multiple anti-virus
- One of Apple's better Mac vs PC ads features a strong message that Windows computers are a magnet for viruses malware but Macs are automatically protected. As PC "ah-choos" his way through an infection, Mac offers a tissue and smugly infers that he's immune to the...
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Microsoft is 5th most spam-friendly ISP
- Spammers are abusing Microsoft's online services at such an alarming rate that a non-profit spam fighting group now lists Microsoft as the world's 5th most spam-friendly ISP Internet Service Provider. The latest update of Spamhaus.org's list of the world's worst spam networks shows Microsoft at #5 because...
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Spam rates massively down on shutdown of rogue ISP
- Several major news outlets are reporting that the shutdown of a rogue ISP in the Bay Area has lead to a massive drop in the global amount of spam. While this is "good thing", this event is not an end of spam, nor is it even the beginning of...
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- Going to the Beijing Olympics? Leave your gadgets at home or take steps to protect your privacy!
- Brian Krebs, digital security reporter Washington Post, advises Popular Mechanics readers to leave their electronic gadgets at home - along with any expectation of privacy. But what if you need to take a notebook with you, and you need to stay in touch with others? by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- Rise of the 'legit' malware sites
- About 75 percent of all Web sites serving up malicious code are legitimate sites that have been hacked/compromised, according to a new report from WebSense. This number validates statistics from ScanSafe showing a dramatic rise in 'good' sites being being used as a conduit for drive-by malware...
- Blog posts 2008-08-01
- Black Hat talk on Apple encryption flaw pulled
- Brian Krebs from the Washington Post "Security Fix" Blog reported that one of the talks slated for next week's Black Hat convention on a previously undiscovered flaw in Apple's FileVault encryption system has been canceled, the researcher citing confidentiality agreements as the reason he will not be speaking. ...
- Blog posts 2008-07-31
- Study: 637 million Google users surfing with insecure browser
- According to a new study from researchers at Google, IBM and ETH Zurich, there are about 637 million Google users surfing the Internet with a vulnerable Web browser. Using data from Google search queries and security vulnerability aggregator Secunia, the study HTML or PDF found that a...
- Blog posts 2008-07-01
- Botnets committing click fraud observed
- What's the current state of click fraud, and what tools and tactics do the people behind click fraud campaigns have in their arsenal? A recently analyzed affiliate based network for using botnets to commit click fraud provides a timely assessment of the situation, and provides evidential facts on the internal...
- Blog posts 2008-05-28
- Lawyers circle Sears over privacy
- Sears may have taken down a feature that allowed you to see anyone's purchase history, but not fast enough to keep the lawyers at bay. On Friday, KamberEdelson filed a class action complaint alleging that Sears ManageMyHome.com site violates the Illinois Consumer Fraud Act. The suit, first...
- Blog posts 2008-01-07
- Reinventing the 50-year-old water heater
- At the 4th Annual Energy Tech Investor Forum in San Jose, Calif., panel moderator Ellen Pao of Kleiner, Perkins, Caufield and Byers, leads a discussion with executives on emerging technologies that could make household systems--such as water heaters--more energy efficient. The panelists are: Martha Krebs, deputy director of R&D with...
- Videos 2007-10-05
- DEFCON 2007 - Wall of Sheep (shame)
- DEFCON 2007 - Wall of Sheep shameNot goodThis sense of smug superiority can't end well. It's a useful service, but let's not forget they're compromising the easiest targets first and foremost. Let's keep our perspective, please....and yet another homage to Maynor? Wow. Just wow. I hear there were actually other...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-07
- OpenBSD team mocked at first ever 'Pwnie' awards
- OpenBSD team mocked at first ever 'Pwnie' awardsDavid Maynor definitely deserves a JeerHe has to be one of the most unprofessional bug hunters.Re: Maynor's bugI wonder when we'll get a comment from Mr. Ou regarding this one.Maynor's BugIt seems to me that the problem was that the judges here are...
- Discussion threads 2007-08-02
- Remote vulnerability in high-profile Firefox extensions
- Today is Firefox Patch Day but even after you install the latest security updates from Mozilla, those browser extensions you use and love could put you at risk of code execution attacks.According to independent researcher Christopher Soghoian of boarding pass hacker fame, there's a remote vulnerability in the upgrade mechanism...
- Blog posts 2007-05-30
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