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Waledac offering a fake SMS spying tool

f-secure.com

by Mikko

April 16, 2009

The Waledac botnet has been actively used to push malware since last year. Last night, the websites used to push Waledac infections got an overhaul.

Security firm warns of Java flaw in Mac OS X

CNET News

by Jim Dalrymple

May 20, 2009

Macintosh security consulting firm SecureMac.com on Tuesday issued a critical warning for an unpatched Java security vulnerability in Apple's Mac OS X.

According to the man credited with discovering it, Landon Fuller, the Java flaw even affects the latest version of Mac OS X, 10.5.7, released just a week ago. Fuller has gone so far as to release a proof of concept for the security hole. The vulnerability could be used to perform what SecureMac refers to as "drive-by-downloads," or the ability to infect a computer by simply visiting a Web page. Fuller explains that the flaw allows malicious code to run commands with the permissions of the current user.

FireFox Plug-In Design Flaw Yields ffspy proof of concept

preachsecurity.blogspot.com

by Rafal Los

May 20, 2009

It's happened, my faith in FireFox and plug-ins has been totally shattered, for real this time. I knew the day would come soon...but I'm still sad.

I read this brilliantly simple blog post where Duarte Silva, on his myf00 blog, basically trojaned a legitimate Mozilla "extension" (add-on) to make it do evil, evil things. He calls his creation "ffspy", how fitting given that it steals your HTTP POSTs. The scary thing about this - that legitimate extension was NoScript.

Bloggers, Beware: What You Write Can Get You Sued

The Wall Street Journal

by M.P. McQueen

May 21, 2009

Bloggers are increasingly getting sued or threatened with legal action for everything from defamation to invasion of privacy to copyright infringement.

The number of blogger lawsuits is likely to keep rising as the number of people who post online continues to grow, says Sandra Baron, executive director of the Media Law Resource Center and a media-law attorney. Social-networking sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook and MySpace -- which is owned by News Corp., the parent company of The Wall Street Journal -- and microblogging services like Twitter are making it easy for impetuous remarks to reach thousands of users in a matter of minutes.

It's time for the FTC to investigate Mac security

Computer World

by Ira Winkler

May 26, 2009

When I read about a security researcher who had published proof-of-concept code for a vulnerability, I was upset. To disseminate proof-of-concept code is to basically say, "Here is a way to attack computers..."

Apple gives people the false impression that they don't have to worry about security if they use a Mac. And perhaps because the company is invested in fostering that impression, Apple is grossly negligent in fixing problems.

US School Districts Suffer Virus Attacks

Spam Fighter

May 27, 2009

Two school districts in the US have been struck by computer viruses during the 2nd week of May 2009.

In the foremost incident, engineers are fighting to remove a sinister worm, which has repeatedly infected all the PCs at the Chariho School District situated in East Providence, Rhode Island, USA.

It's raining viruses on Google, Facebook

IBN Live

by Rati Chaudhary

May 27, 2009

Google might be sending you to infected sites thanks to Gumblar-virus that travels through infected adobe documents.

Once on your computer, it targets your Google searches and redirects them to malicious sites. Once that happens, the hacker gets complete control of your computer.

US Copyright Law, King Lear, and Jammie Thomas-Rasset

groklaw.net

June 21, 2009

If only the RIAA could understand that they could benefit from P2P, if they only would try, instead of fighting it, which can never succeed. Technology always wins.

I'm not even convinced that she is guilty, by the way. You know why? Because for many years I did "tech support" for my family and for an office I worked in. And I saw how easy it was for weird things to happen to a Windows computer that the owner didn't even know about. There are, they say, millions of computers owned by bots for malicious purposes, after all. She says she didn't do it. What if she really didn't? How would she prove it? How would *you*, if it were you?

Bus lane fines axed over bug

Manchester Evening News

by David Ottewell

June 22, 2009

HUNDREDS of drivers caught using bus lanes have escaped fines after a computer virus forced town hall chiefs to cancel their tickets.

The 'Conficker worm' caused chaos when it hit Manchester town hall in February. The computer problems meant 1,609 tickets could not be issued within the 28-day legal limit - rendering them useless.

Twitter Malware Attack Targets Both Mac and PC

eWeek Security Watch

by Brian Prince

June 24, 2009

Why hit one OS with malware when you can hit two? That is the question. The situation is this: The Twitter account of well-known venture capitalist Guy Kawasaki was hacked and used to send out tweets luring users to a site hosting malware.

According to Trend Micro, the malware changes the DNS settings of Windows and Mac machines. If Mac users attempt to view the promised pornographic video on the site, they will download a malicious file.

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