UK Council Loses Memory Stick with Details of 18,000 Residents Rochdale Metropolitan Borough Council somehow managed to lose a memory stick that contained information on 18,000 of their residents. The stick, which was lost in May, contained details such as names, addresses and payment info but fortunately, no bank account records were present. As it [...]
Secunia jumps on vuln reward bandwagon First, catch your rabbit Secunia has launched yet another vulnerability rewards program, the Secunia Vulnerability Coordination Reward Program, which it says is designed to operate independently of particular software vendors.… Report: Popular CAPTCHAs Easily Defeated Thousands Of WordPress Sites Commandeered By Black Hole Carbonite Privacy Breach Leads To Spam [...]
Microsoft unlikely to patch Duqu kernel bug next week The odds are that Microsoft won’t patch the Windows kernel bug next week that the Duqu remote-access Trojan exploits to plant itself on targeted PCs, a researcher said today Critical Windows zero-day bug exploited by Duqu Trojan used booby-trapped Word file to spread The Duqu malware [...]
[WEB SECURITY] Cross-Application Scripting MustLive: [WEB SECURITY] Cross-Application Scripting: Hello participants of Mailing List. <br /> In the middle of October, I've published article about such class of XSS vulnerabilities as Cross-Application Scripting (which is known for a long time). In comparison with other articles about this class of XSS (which I've read), my article [...]
Tweak Me! 1.2.0.4 Tweak Me! Is a new unique Windows Tweaking Application which supports Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7! Never has it been so easy to tweak all most used versions of Microsoft Windows using just one application. [License: Freeware| Requires: Win7/Vista/XP | Size: 1.00 MB] Mac OS X Trojan Goes Bitcoin Mining, [...]
DevilRobber Mac OS X Trojan horse spies on you, uses GPU for Bitcoin mining Spread via torrents, new Mac malware doesn’t just try to rob you of your information – it’s also keen to steal your computing time. Facebook Adds Security Tools to Protect User Accounts From Hacker Takeovers Two new security features, App Passwords [...]
Update your antivirus and be careful out there because there is “A new exploit targeting Internet Explorer was published to the BugTraq mailing list yesterday. Symantec has conducted further tests and confirmed that it affects Internet Explorer versions 6 and 7 as well. The exploit currently exhibits signs of poor reliability, but we expect that a [...]
Hackers always think of innovative ways to deliver malware to the masses. From email, drive by downloads, and now even through the mail. Just be careful when inserting something into your computer. Sharing is sometimes not caring. Always practice safe sharing when ever possible. Read more…..
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Here is another example. “Another malware attack is circulating in the wild today, especially through email. It arrives via bogus email which claims to be from CNN news. The email purports to contain news about Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. It also contains a link of the graphic video of Al Jazeera English Report about the [...]