Microsoft to Ship 8 Bulletins in October
Microsoft is set to release eight bulletins in the October edition of Patch Tuesday. Two of the bulletins are rated as critical while the remaining six were given important ratings.
Vulnerabilities
Researcher: Malware, Increasingly Interdependent, Stifles Security Wares
BARCELONA — A researcher says that malicious software such as botnets and browser exploit kits are becoming more and more interdependent, complicating the job of those who seek to detect and remove the malware.
ExploitHub Offering Bounties – And Residuals – for Exploits
NSS Labs’ announced today that their penetration-testing site, Exploithub, will be offering bounties to researchers for developing exploits for12 high-value vulnerabilities.
BARCELONA — Rootkit programs are increasingly mimicking anti virus programs: adopting self protection features and even application whitelists to maintain control over the systems they control, according to a presentation at the annual Virus Bulletin Conference.
BARCELONA–As online crime continues to grow in volume and expand in scope, encompassing a massive number of scams and operations around the world, security researchers, lawmakers and others are pushing for better cooperation among law enforcement agencies and the security community in taking down the attackers behind these schemes. There are precious few examples of successful operations that have succeeded in recent years, but one that can be considered a model of how things can work is the investigation into the m00p malware-writing crew that began more than seven years ago.
Google has fixed seven security vulnerabilities in its Chrome browser with a new release on Tuesday. Six of the bugs fixed in Chrome are rated high, with just one listed as critical. The company paid out $10,000 in bounties for the bugs it fixed in this release.
Officials at mobile handset maker HTC said they are working on a patch to fix a problem with many of its Android devices that enables any app with Internet permissions to access a large cache of user and device data that a proprietary tool called HTCLoggers collects. The company said on Monday that it was looking into the claims.
Google has pushed out an update for its Chrome browser that fixes a problem caused by the incident last week in which Microsoft Security Essentials mistakenly detected the browser as the Zeus bot and removed it from some machines. The update should automatically fix any damaged Chrome installations.
Facebook, a wildly popular social media platform you may or may not have heard of has partnered with the security firm, Websense, in order to better protect the network’s some 800 million users from malicious links leading to websites hosting malware.
With the resignation of longtime CEO Steve Jobs still looming in its rear view mirror, Apple Computer will be on the marketing offensive this week when it releases a major upgrade to its popular iPhone mobile phone line and talks up a pending update to its iOS mobile operating system.
