Microsoft: ZeroAccess Botnet Has Been Abandoned
Microsoft said the botmasters behind ZeroAccess have abandoned the peer-to-peer botnet less than a month after Microsoft and law enforcement disrupted its click-fraud operation.
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Target Suffered Massive Data Breach; 40M Cards Accessed
Target Corp., is investigating a data breach that could end up being one of the biggest retail hacks in U.S. history, reports said.
Apple OS X Mavericks Update Patches Safari, WebKit
Apple updated its Mac OS X Mavericks platform yesterday with a number of security fixes for the Safari browser and WebKit layout engine.
An Inspector General report on a July breach at the Department of Energy points the finger at a number of technical and management missteps that facilitated the theft of personal data on 104,000 people.
The Safari browser stores data from previous sessions in an unencrypted format on a hidden folder that leaves users vulnerable to information loss.
While Microsoft patched five critical vulnerabilities today, including the GDI+ zero day, experts urge a close look at an “important” patch addressing an ASLR bypass.
Microsoft account holders will soon be able to monitor recent log-in activity, generate a recovery code, and better manage security notifications.
Microsoft’s crusade against botnets raged on yesterday as the Redmond, Washington-based computer giant and a coalition of law enforcement agencies and Internet security companies disrupted the notorious ZeroAccess botnet.
Microsoft’s advanced notification of its December 2013 Patch Tuesday security updates includes a patch for the TIFF zero day. Microsoft will release 11 bulletins, five of the critical.
Close to a half million Ucard users’ personal information may have been accessed in a breach at JP Morgan & Chase.
