CNET Download.com not so ’spyware-free’
We have all visited CNET's download area to get some software. It
is a great site, but now I am thinking twice about trusting the words
spyware-free. Well I am more cautious about it now then before.
I never trust anything that is like that.
Koobface Facebook worm still spreading
This goes back to the old saying, Do not believe everything you click on
while surfing. I mean how come people are still not web savvy
enough not to click everything.
Rigged PDFs exploiting just-patched Adobe Reader flaw
Just three days after Adobe shipped a patch with fixes for a critical
Adobe Reader vulnerability, hackers are using booby-trapped
PDF files to fire exploits against Windows users.
Highly critical’ vulnerabilities in VLC media player
A pair of “highly critical” vulnerabilities in the cross-platform
VLC Media Player could put millions of users at risk of remote code
execution attacks, according to a warning from security researchers.
I guess I will not be using VLC until an updated version comes out.
States Ramp Up Data Security Laws
Its is about damn time that states and the government, take a new look on the laws that govern how breaches in data security should be handled.
Apps More Vulnerable than OS, Report Says
While the Windows platform has become much more resistant to malware
attacks, Microsoft-based applications have now become the focus of
vulnerabilities, according to research firm Ovum. Yes, I have been
saying this for a long time. Since the days at Best Buy when Mac
nerds would come in and try to argue with me about how secure OSX is.
Hackers Target China, Microsoft Says
Chinese computer users are the major targets
of online attackers, according to the Microsoft Security
Intelligence Report released last week. The report
revealed that the most common system locale for victims of
browser-based exploits was Chinese, accounting for 47 percent of
all incidents, followed by US English with 23 percent of
incidents, in the first half of this year.
Thousands Hit in Broad Web Hack
Hackers have launched a massive Web hacking campaign,
putting malicious links on as many as 10,000 servers, security vendor
Kaspersky Lab
warned Friday.
Once Thought Safe, WPA Wi-Fi Encryption Is Cracked
Security researchers say they've developed a way to
partially crack the Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA) encryption standard
used to protect data on many wireless networks. I guess I will
have to change to some other form of Wi-Fi protection. Maybe turn
on my fake wireless system and have people use that one...
GNU Enscript 'src/psgen.c' Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
If you are running any version of Linux that is listen
on the page. Patch yourself up right away. For all that
thought I never talked about Linux vulnerabilities, oh hush...
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