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iTunes update plugs WebKit flaw
Ping-pong
The latest version of iTunes for Windows addresses 13 security vulnerabilities, as well as adding much-publicised social networking functionality.…
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Posted on 2 September 2010 | 3:16 pm
Symantec and Snoop Dogg launch cybercrime rap contest
Now thass geekster
Symantec has teamed up with rapper Snoop Dogg to launch a cybercrime rap contest.…
Posted on 2 September 2010 | 10:24 am
Cyber-jihadists deface home of teddy bears' picnic
Get their Belvoirs mixed up
Geographically mixed-up Algerian hackers made themselves look rather silly by defacing the website of an English stately home instead of Belvoir Fortress in Israel, their intended target.…
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Posted on 2 September 2010 | 9:08 am
Microsoft releases FixIt for critical flaw in 100 apps
Relief for Firefox, Nvidia, PowerPoint
Microsoft has released a software tool that helps system administrators protect PCs against a critical class of vulnerabilities found in more than 100 applications from a variety of software makers.…
Posted on 1 September 2010 | 5:57 pm
Survey scammers serve up supposed shelter from survey scams
Kind of ironic when you think about it
Cheeky scammers are offering prospective marks an application that supposedly shields them from exposure to survey scams.…
Posted on 1 September 2010 | 1:18 pm
Hardware hackers defeat quantum crypto
Tripping the light fantastic
Security researchers using hardware hacking techniques have unearthed generic flaws in supposedly ultra-secure quantum cryptography systems.…
Posted on 1 September 2010 | 9:11 am
Fake TweetDeck update lures prompt password resets
Are UK hackers behind Trojan horse attack?
Compromised Twitter accounts have been used to post links to an exploit portal that poses as a download site for an update to TweetDeck, the popular micro-blogging client software package.…
Posted on 31 August 2010 | 1:26 pm
Scotch tape maker buys biometric tech firm
Wrap up
Updated Industrial conglomerate 3M has agree to buy biometric security firm Cogent Systems in a deal valued at $943m.…
Posted on 31 August 2010 | 9:53 am
Apple QuickTime backdoor creates code-execution peril
Getting punked by 9-year-old parameter
A security researcher has unearthed a “bizarre” flaw in Apple's QuickTime Player that can be exploited to remotely execute malicious code on Windows-based PCs, even those running the most recent versions of operating system.…
Posted on 30 August 2010 | 8:27 pm
Once-prolific Pushdo botnet crippled
Torrent of spam choked
Security researchers have disrupted the botnet known as Pushdo, a coup that over the past 48 hours has almost completely choked the torrent of junkmail from the once-prolific spam network.…
Posted on 27 August 2010 | 6:30 pm
Pro-Palestine hackers spraypaint gov training quango
National Skills Academy bitten by JaCKal
A government training organisation - the National Skills Academy - has had its home page hacked and replaced by a message supporting Palestine.…
Posted on 26 August 2010 | 3:09 pm
Firefox, uTorrent, and PowerPoint hit by Windows DLL bug
Plenty more where that came from
A day after Microsoft confirmed a vulnerability in Windows applications that executes malicious code on end-user PCs, the first exploits have been released targeting programs including the Firefox browser, uTorrent BitTorrent client, and Microsoft PowerPoint.…
Posted on 24 August 2010 | 11:03 pm
McAfee re-issues fake visa waiver virus warning
As Symantec haunted by dead celebs
Proving there's not much new under the sun, McAfee is warning travellers to the US to be aware of the danger of fake visa waiver websites.…
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Posted on 24 August 2010 | 11:27 am
Yemeni assassin hits York man with spam death threat
We'll spare you for $50k
A software engineer form York has been left nonplussed after a group of hired guns from the Yemen Arab Republic claimed to have been contracted to "terminate" him with extreme prejudice.…
Posted on 23 August 2010 | 12:07 pm
Trojan-ridden warning system implicated in Spanair crash
Cascading fail
Malware may have been a contributory cause of a fatal Spanair crash that killed 154 people two years ago.…
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Posted on 20 August 2010 | 4:03 pm
Intel's embedded security strategy faces tech obstacles
Security vendors react to blockbuster deal
Security vendors have welcomed Intel's $7.7bn acquisition of McAfee as confirmation of the importance of security in the future of computing but warned plans to embed security in chips will pose difficult technical challenges and may upset existing partners.…
Posted on 20 August 2010 | 3:24 pm
Scareware tries to trick marks into dropping defences
Strip for me, baby
Virus authors have developed a strain of malware that attempts to con users into uninstalling legitimate security packages.…
Posted on 20 August 2010 | 12:48 pm
Intel needs to rethink security to profit from McAfee buy
Power, performance and (now) protection
Analysis Intel's surprise $7.76bn acquisition of McAfee is not only the biggest pure-play security deal in history, but the most significant statement of intent by an IT superpower since Microsoft launched its Trustworthy Computing initiative back in 2002.…
Posted on 20 August 2010 | 12:46 pm
Researcher: Code-execution bug affects 200 Windows apps
Ain't no cure for binary-planting blues
About 200 Windows applications are vulnerable to remote code-execution attacks that exploit a bug in the way the programs load binary files for the Microsoft operating system, a security researcher said Thursday.…
Posted on 20 August 2010 | 1:31 am
Linux kernel purged of five-year-old root access bug
'Just go update already'
The Linux kernel has finally been purged of a privilege-escalation vulnerability that for at least half a decade allowed untrusted local users to gain unfettered rights to the operating system's most secure locations.…
Posted on 19 August 2010 | 7:49 pm
