Weeks after researchers unveiled Firesheep, the Firefox Web browser plugin that makes it easy to snoop on strangers’ Facebook, Flickr and other Web 2.0 sessions, a software update from the Electronic Frontier Foundation promises to secure more Web sessions from Firesheep-enabled snooping.
In hopes of combating ongoing distributed-denial-of-service
(DDoS) attacks, South Korea recently erected digital “bunkers” throughout
their networks, according to a post on ZDNet’s Australian site.
By Dave Merkel
I’m a dirty vendor. That
may not be the best way to start a serious dialogue about security product
effectiveness, but I hate to read a post on security theory by some insincere
tie-wearing wonk only to discover afterwards that he or she is Lord High Poobah
of Marketing at “Scaring You For Profit, Inc.”
So I’ll just tell you who and what I am up front. I may have to wear the
tie, but I don’t have to be that guy.
Continue at your own risk.
A leading group of mobile device hackers have released a software update that allows iPhone and iPad users to circumvent content controls using the latest version of Apple’s iOS operating system.
Exploit code is now publicly available for one of the four previously undisclosed Windows vulnerabilities that the Stuxnet worm exploits. The availability of exploit code for the Windows Task Scheduler bug used by Stuxnet makes the bug somewhat more dangerous, as there is currently no patch available for the flaw.
An issue with Google Apps over the weekend sent the company scrambling
to fix a hole in its Script API. The problem allowed a specific domain to
harvest the e-mail addresses of anyone who visited the site while logged into
their Google account, according to a report on InfoSecurity.
Apple iPhone and iPad users are buzzing about the new features that come with the latest update to the company’s iOS mobile operating system. But the update also contains dozens of fixes for security holes that could have allowed attackers to compromise the popular devices using malicious PDF files, Web based attacks, and more.
Mozilla has fixed a bug in the way that its Bugzilla Web site and others handled certain errors, which could have been exploited to execute a man-in-the-middle attack against an unsuspecting user.
Dennis Fisher talks with Anup Ghosh, founder and chief scientist of Invincea, about the rise of browser and PDF exploits, the company’s new virtualized PDF security product and whether the Reader X sandbox will make a difference in preventing widespread PDF attacks.
By Chris Greamo
Over the past few years, malicious PDFs have become common place and a prefered vector for attackers. Last week, Adobe announced the release
of Reader X – the much anticipated next major release of
their ubiquitous document reader, which includes a new security feature
called ”Protected Mode”. Protected Mode is designed to restrict the
ability of an attacker who exploits Reader using a malicious PDF to
damage, modify, or gain full control of the underlying host.
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