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- Gawker Media tricked into featuring malicious Suzuki ads
- A group of cybercriminals have successfully managed to trick Gawker's ad sales team into featuring malicious ads serving Adobe exploits (CVE-2008-2992; CVE-2009-0927) and scareware, by impersonating a legitimate ad agency inquiring about an upcoming Suzuki ad campaign. According to Gawker Media, the malware distributors were one of...
- Tags: Advertisement, Gawker Media, Suzuki, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-10-27
- Hotmail hacked: Thousands of account details published online
- Facts...have never stopped Zack from sensationalizing a story into an anti-Microsoft rant before....wrong headlinewhile I punch M$ every time it deserves it, phising points to user stupidity not to some sort of hacking or intrusion.That could potentially happen to ANY online email provider...just replace the phising screen.Hacked?If people gave up...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, E-mail providers, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, phishing, MSN Hotmail, login screen, THOUSANDS
- Discussion threads 2009-10-05
- Apple reconsidering anti-glare screen options; users rejoice
- Apple reconsidering anti-glare screen options; users rejoiceofcourse!Hah! Thats what you get for giving steve a lot of money! Spend half of that and get a standard notebook where you can choose from a larger variety of components. Or just give steve the money that he planned on bilking from you...
- Tags: Notebooks, screen option, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-07-15
- Woman sues for $5K data bill; AT&T says 'read TOS'
- A woman who received a $5,077 bill from AT&T for data charges on her Netbook is suing the wireless carrier and RadioShack for fraud, reports Jacqui Cheng at Ars Technica. The lawsuit alleges that the two companies conspired to promote a netbook plus data deal that deliberately...
- Tags: RadioShack Corp., AT&T Corp., Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-03-03
- The Ultimate Virus 1.2.0 (Windows)
- This program acts like a virus, but it's not a real virus. At first run, a progress bar appears, inform user if virus loading is in progress. Then, the taskbar and desktop icons are disappears. This prank is best for prank your friends, no matter that your friend is a...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Virus, D-One Production, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security
- Software downloads 2009-02-25
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- ATThus the great firewall...enters America. Way to go ISP's. Its not a matter of consumer education for people "illegally" downloading...its the fact that the [b]content providers[/b] are forcing people do - DRM doesnt work, it hurts the consumer so kill it. Yes more and more music is being able to...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Next Headline, RIAA, Internet Service Provider
- Discussion threads 2009-01-28
- Apple dashboard widget vulnerability published
- Apple dashboard widget vulnerability publishedGo sell crazy someplace else...If you download something off the Internet and run it, anything, on your computer it has access! It's not a flaw in the OS it's just the way it is!Here's a better story...AppeScript can be used to exploit user machines! ...
- Tags: SECURITY, Apple Dashboard Widget, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-12-23
- Google sponsored links spreading (scareware) rogue AV
- Malware hunters at Websense Security Labs have discovered legitimate Google sponsored links being used to plant scareware programs (rogue anti-virus applications) on the computers of Windows users. In a blow-by-blow description of the rogueware attack, Websense researcher Elad Sharf shows how an innocent Google search for the...
- Tags: Google Inc., WinRar, Malware, Site, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-12-16
- 'Extremely severe' vulnerabilities in Opera browser
- Opera has released version 9.63 of its browser as a "recommended security upgrade" that fixes at least seven security vulnerabilities, some with serious risk implications. The most serious of the flaws could lead to remote code execution if an Opera user is tricked into surfing to...
- Tags: Internet, Opera Browser, Opera Software ASA, Ryan Naraine, Security, Software/Web Development, Vulnerability, Web Browser, Web Browsers, Web Development, XML
- Blog posts 2008-12-16
- MS Patch Tuesday whopper: 28 vulnerabilities in Windows, IE, Office
- Microsoft today dropped a monster Patch Tuesday release with fixes for at least 28 vulnerabilities affecting Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, Visual Basic Active Controls and Windows Media Player. Of the 28 flaws, 23 carry a "critical" rating, meaning they could be used to launch remote code execution...
- Tags: Microsoft Office, Vulnerability, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-12-09
- MS Patch Tuesday: Critical Windows, Office flaws fixed
- Microsoft's scheduled batch of patches for November crossed the wires today with fixes for at least four documented vulnerabilities affecting millions of Windows and Office users. As previously reported, the company released two security bulletins -- one rated critical, one rated important -- with fixes for flaws...
- Tags: Web, Attacker, Microsoft Office, Flaw, Vulnerability, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-11-11
- Heads up: Patch your Adobe Reader now
- See important update below for information on patching this vulnerability. Heads up for Windows users: There's a critical, remotely exploitable vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat/Reader version 8. According to an advisory from Core Security, Adobe Reader suffers from a stack buffer overflow when parsing...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Acrobat, Vulnerability, JavaScript, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Product Update, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-11-04
- Anti-Phishing Based on Automated Individual White-List
- In phishing and pharming, users could be easily tricked into submitting their username/passwords into fraudulent web sites whose appearances look similar as the genuine ones. The traditional blacklist approach for anti-phishing is partially effective due to its partial list of global phishing sites. This paper presents a novel anti-phishing approach...
- Tags: Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing
- White papers 2008-10-31
- Survey: 88% of Mumbai's wireless networks easy to compromise
- Survey: 88% of Mumbai's wireless networks easy to compromiseSSID broadcastingBroadcasting your SSID isn't necessarily a security issue in that all it does is hide it from Microsoft's default wifi network listing and configuration tool. Any other OS and almost all other wifi networking tools will still easily see wireless access...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, survey, SSID, wireless network, wireless, network, WAP
- Discussion threads 2008-10-16
- Judge freezes assets of massive spam ring
- Judge freezes assets of massive spam ringDeath PenaltyCan't stand spammers.... I hope they get what they deserve....Frozen computersI hope that the Credit Card Holders will be informed of their silliness in disclosing their CC information...Its sad that people still fall for spamWhat astounds me is that there are still...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Asset management, SPAMer, SPAMERS, spammer, massive spam ring, spam ring, spam, asset
- Discussion threads 2008-10-15
- Visual-Similarity-Based Phishing Detection
- Phishing is a form of online fraud that aims to steal a user's sensitive information, such as online banking passwords or credit card numbers. The victim is tricked into entering such information on a web page that is crafted by the attacker so that it mimics a legitimate page. Recent...
- Tags: Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing
- White papers 2008-09-25
- Apple plugs gaping holes in Java for Mac
- Apple today released Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 2 with patches for a total of 25 documented security flaws that could expose Mac users to malicious code execution attacks. Two of the 25 flaws are specific to Apple and could be exploited to launch...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Programming Languages, Apple Mac OS X, Java, Desktops, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Hardware, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-09-24
- Apple plugs iPhone code execution holes
- Apple's long-awaited iPhone 2.1 software update was released today with patches for at least eight security vulnerabilities, some of which could lead to remote code execution attacks. The most serious of the documented flaws affect the built-in Safari browser and could lead to code execution if an...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, DNS, Apple Inc., Domain Names, Tcp/Ip, Networking, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-09-12
- Adobe Flash ads launching clipboard hijack attack
- Malicious hackers are using booby-trapped Flash banner ads to hijack clipboards for use in rogue security software attacks. In the Web attacks, which target Mac, Windows and Linux users running Firefox, IE and Safari, hackers are seizing control of the machine's clipboard and using a hard-to-delete URL...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Advertisement, Attack, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
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