Brian Donohue

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“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.” ― Kurt Vonnegut

No Fix for Duqu Bug in November Microsoft Patches?

Microsoft plans on shipping four bulletins, of which only one is rated critical, in the November edition of Patch Tuesday. But it looks doubtful that the company will issue a fix for the vulnerability discovered this week being used by the Duqu installer.


Over the weekend, a pair of hackers successfully installed Apple’s previously iPhone 4S-exclusive voice assistant service, Siri, onto an iPhone 4 and fourth-generation iPod Touch. The hack works on jailbroken iOS devices.

A security researcher has discovered a vulnerability in Facebook’s messaging system that could allow an attacker to send executable attachments to anyone on the popular social network. The vulnerability is such that an attacker doesn’t necessarily need to be friends with the person to whom he sends the message.

There is another Steve Jobs related scam floating around the Internet. According to Trend Micro, this one comes in the form of an email sent from a fake charity organization cleverly titled, Steve Jobs Charity Fund.