Archive for June, 2010

Microsoft: 10,000 PCs hit with new Windows XP zero-day attack

Nearly a month after a Google engineer released details of a new Windows XP flaw, criminals have dramatically ramped up online attacks that leverage the bug.

Microsoft: 10,000 PCs hit with new XP 0day attack

Nearly a month after a Google engineer released details of a new Windows XP flaw, criminals have dramatically ramped up online attacks that leverage the bug.

Spammers to Face Video CAPTCHA Technology

NuCaptcha is using video to make it harder for spam operations to crack CAPTCHA protections on Websites. – A company is launching video CAPTCHA technology designed to make
spammers’ lives more difficult.
NuCaptcha is offering a fresh approach to …

Adobe Patches Critical Bugs in Reader, Acrobat

Adobe Systems reports plugging 17 security holes, including one that has been exploited by attackers to infect users. – Adobe Systems on June 29 plugged
17 critical security holes affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat.
Among the fixes is a patch for a …

Russian spy ring needed some serious IT help

Russian spies allegedly used steganography, open wireless networks and transfer of memory sticks to swap data, but faced problems such as leaving a password lying around on a piece of paper and trouble getting laptops fixed in less than six months.

Net Security: Honeypot software for VoIP networks

Net Security: Honeypot software for VoIP networks

YouTube Blog: Flash and the HTML5 <video> tag

YouTube Blog: Flash and the HTML5 <video> tag

BBC News: Court questions net pirate hunt "US civil liberties group the Electronic Frontier Foundation will give evidence in a Washington court on Wednesday, aimed at stopping the US’s largest net pirate hunt"

BBC News: Court questions net pirate hunt "US civil liberties group the Electronic Frontier Foundation will give evidence in a Washington court on Wednesday, aimed at stopping the US’s largest net pirate hunt"

arstechnica: Small is beautiful – put a cell tower in your house

arstechnica: Small is beautiful – put a cell tower in your house

Wired: White Hat Uses Foursquare Privacy Hole to Capture 875K Check-Ins

Wired: White Hat Uses Foursquare Privacy Hole to Capture 875K Check-Ins