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- CNET's Clientside developer blog serving Adobe Flash exploits
- Yesterday, Websense Labs issued an alert regarding a compromised CNET blog, namely the Clientside developer blog which has been embedded with a malicious javascript code attempting to exploit the visitors through a well known vulnerability in Adobe Flash's player. Websense's alert : "Websense Security Labs ThreatSeeker Network has discovered...
- Tags: adobe systems inc., cnet networks inc., javascript, blog, websense inc., malware, scripting languages, security, viruses and worms, software/web development, web development, dancho danchev
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- MS Patch Tuesday: Critical IE, Office, Excel patches coming
- Next Tuesday (August 12th), Microsoft will ship 12 security bulletins with fixes for serious vulnerabilities in a wide range of of widely deployed products. Seven of the 12 bulletins will be rated "critical," Microsoft's highest severity rating. The critical bulletins will cover remotely exploitable...
- Tags: microsoft access, vulnerability, patch management, activex control, microsoft internet explorer, microsoft corp., microsoft excel, microsoft windows, activex/com/com+/dcom, microsoft office, security, operating systems, software, software development, software/web development, office suites, ryan naraine
- Blog posts 2008-08-07
- Talking Firefox security with Mozilla's Window Snyder
- LAS VEGAS -- Mozilla security chief Window Snyder wants to open-source much more than the Firefox browser. During a sit-down chat at the Black Hat security conference here, Snyder announced plans to launch three new initiatives around threat modeling, training and vulnerability metrics that push the envelope...
- Tags: mozilla firefox, window, training, web browser, mozilla corp., window snyder, web browsers, security, internet, ryan naraine
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- Expert: SOA vulnerable to DNS security flaw, too
- This just in from the Black Hat security confab currently taking place in Las Vegas: Dan Kaminsky, a well-known IT security researcher, disclosed his findings around the Domain Name Server flaw or DNS cache poisoning vulnerability, and where it can bite. Tim Wilson of Dark Reading reported on Kaminsky's presentation,...
- Tags: security, dns, server, soa, flaw, domain names, service-oriented architecture (soa), networking, internet, web services, enterprise software, software, joe mckendrick
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- Fake CNN news items malware campaign spreading rapidly
- A currently active malware campaign taking advantage of a known social engineering tactic, namely, to entice the spammed user into clicking on a site with a fake news item in order to trick them into installing a fake Flash player (flashupdate.exe; get_flash_update.exe and watchmovie.mpg.exe), was massively spammed last night, with...
- Tags: malware, social engineering, cnn, spyware, adware & malware, cyberthreats, e-mail, viruses and worms, security, online communications, dancho danchev
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- Consumer Reports urges Mac users to dump Safari, cites lack of phishing protection
- Consumer Reports urges Mac users to dump Safari, cites lack of phishing protectionWhen a feature is not a featureIf a feature is too hard to use then it is not a feature. Jobs did extensive case studies and found that warnings about phishing simply confused people and that in the...
- Tags: cyberthreats, spam, security, consumer reports, phishing, apple inc., apple safari
- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
- Twitter being used to distribute malware
- Twitter being used to distribute malwareInterestingI'm wondering when a fully automated, "send a message to all your contacts pointing to a rogue URL" style attack (in the manner of an IM infection, say) is going to appear on Twitter. It happens to all the social networking sites eventually, from Orkut...
- Tags: spyware, adware & malware, cyberthreats, social networking, security, twitter, malware
- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
- Zittrain explains the future of the Internet
- Zittrain explains the future of the InternetThe internet is...A series of tube-like structures that can get clogged with too much information. Some tubes will be made bigger in the future to enhance the flow of information, but in reality we will discover that the new, wider tubes, will be filled...
- Tags: e-mail, zittrain, internet
- Discussion threads 2008-08-06
- IBM, Ubuntu, Novell and Red Hat gang up on Vista
- IBM, Ubuntu, Novell and Red Hat gang up on VistaHoo that could be painful very painfulibm ,red hat, ubuntu working together..... ough Microshot may feel this a bitRE: IBM, Ubuntu, Novell and Red Hat gang up on VistaUnless they make programs and hardware as easy to install &...
- Tags: unix, open source, operating systems, driver installation, linux, ibm corp., ubuntu, novell inc., microsoft windows vista, red hat inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- Should colleges really teach hacking?
- Should colleges really teach hacking?Bartending SchoolIn the mid-70's I took one of those vocational courses you see advertised on late-night TV: "Learn to be a Bartender in One Week". Although I never used it (I went at night, which takes 2 weeks and over the weekend I got my...
- Tags: food & beverage, security, cyberthreats, tools & techniques, beverage, hacking, chemistry
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- Malware arrives - proof that Twitter is nearing mainstream?
- Malware arrives - proof that Twitter is nearing mainstream?Ok, i see the reason for this, but i wouldnt really call it new.. news.Every communications system put out by anyone has been treated this way. It should be prepared for during the development cycle.This happens and every company reacts.. its...
- Tags: spyware, adware & malware, cyberthreats, viruses and worms, security, twitter, malware
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- Cablevision, part 2: Is RS-DVR like a VCR or a copy shop?
- Cablevision, part 2: Is RS-DVR like a VCR or a copy shop?So who was held liable?If the option is there but not performed unless told to/activated, then wouldnt that liken to a VCR or more accurately, a DVR?BTW: My DVR automatically buffers shows up to an hour, so i can...
- Tags: dvr, consumer electronics, digital video, cablevision systems corp., vcr, rs-dvr
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- Spammers using Google Sites to bypass filters
- Spammers using Google Sites to bypass filtersRE: Spammers using Google Sites to bypass filtersSpammers are increasingly getting more sophisticated in their attacks. Even spam mails are getting more and more dificult to decipher now adays. It seems the guys are stepping up their attacks verey time we think we have...
- Tags: spam, spammer, google inc., google sites, e-mail, pgp corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-05
- Spammers using Google Sites to bypass filters
- Junk emailers are using Google Sites to create web pages that can help spam get around corporate filters, according to MessageLabs Spammers have added Google Sites to the arsenal of online tools used to get around junk-email filters, according to a study published on Tuesday by messaging...
- Tags: google inc., spammer, messagelabs ltd., cyberthreats, security, spam and phishing, matthew broersma zdnet.co.uk, spam, worms, malware, google, securuty, google sites
- News items 2008-08-05
- Microsoft makes daring vulnerability sharing move
- LAS VEGAS -- Starting in October, Microsoft will start sharing details on software vulnerabilities with security vendors ahead of Patch Tuesday under a daring new program aimed at reducing the window of exposure to hacker attacks. The new Microsoft Active Protections Program MAPP, which will be formally...
- Tags: vulnerability, security company, exploit code, microsoft corp., security, ryan naraine
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- Twitter being used to distribute malware
- Last week, when I wrote about Aviv Raff's auto follow-me vulnerability on Twitter, I warned that it was only a matter of time before we see nasty social engineering malware attacks on the popular microblogging service. Well, it's here. Malware hunters at Kaspersky Lab...
- Tags: malware, social engineering, twitter, spyware, adware & malware, cyberthreats, corporate communications, viruses and worms, security, marketing, ryan naraine
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- FCC's Comcast ruling: Not unreasonable
- Andrew Orlovsky delivers a scathing attack on the FCC decision against Comcast. Orlovsky's sources tell him the FCC's statement PDF was drafted and then redrafted after the vote, resulting in a self-contradictory document. But the evidence Orlovsky quotes for this alleged schizophrenia is contained not in...
- Tags: fcc, commission, comcast corp., p2p, andrew orlovsky, orlovsky, martin, orvolsky, federal government, networking, government, richard koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- Social media and 'green': two fashion trends to avoid
- I love the ideas behind social media and the move towards all things green but if you want evidence our industry is fashion driven then look no further than John Furrier's 'so what?' thumbs down to Delicious2. Even so, sooner or later, technology has to deliver and it is a...
- Tags: dell computer corp., social media, general motors corp., dennis howlett
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- Security is everyone's domain
- Guest editorial by George Stathakopoulos In the first half of 2008, Microsoft Corp. released its latest Security Intelligence Report. One of the most interesting statistics involved the results from Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool MSRT. Each second Tuesday of every month, the tool...
- Tags: industry, domain, malware, microsoft corp., security, ryan naraine
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
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