In a sudden about-face, Sun has rushed out a Java update to fix a drive-by download vulnerability that exposed Windows users to in-the-wild malware attacks.The patch comes less than a week after Sun told a Google researcher it did not consider the issue serious enough to warrant an out-of-cycle patch and less than a day after researchers spotted live exploits on a booby-trapped song lyrics Web site.
A computer security researcher has released a plugin for Firefox that provides a wealth of data on Web sites that may have been compromised with malicious code. The plugin, called Fireshark, was released at the Black Hat Europe conference. Read the full article. [IDG News Service]
Security researchers have discovered flaws in common file formats,
including .zip, which can be used to sneak malware onto computers by
evading antivirus detection and will present their findings at Blackhat Europe. Read the full article. [CNet]
An application that offers to unlock iPhones is actually designed to
hijack internet connections on compromised Windows PCs, security
watchers warn. Read the full article. [The Register]
New research from Google underscores the breadth of fake antivirus operations on the Web. An analysis of 240 million Web pages collected by Google’s malware detection infrastructure over a 13-month period discovered more than 11,000 domains involved in the distribution of rogue antivirus (AV). Read the full article. [eWEEK]
Apple today shipped a patch to fix the drive-by download vulnerability used by Charlie Miller (left) to hack a fully patched MacBook via the Safari browser.
At Black Hat Europe a researcher will
demonstrate a new, powerful breed of clickjacking attacks he devised
that can bypass newly constructed defenses in browsers and Websites. Read the full article. [Dark Readiing]
Just days after Google researcher Tavis Ormandy released details on a dangerous new Java vulnerability, malicious hackers have pounced and are exploiting the flaw in the wild to launch drive-by download attacks.
Miscreants are highly likely to take advantage of Twitter’s move
towards making money through ad-supported micro-blogging updates,
security watchers warn. Read the full article. [The Register]
Oracle has dealt a sweeping blow to vulnerabilities in its
quarterly Critical Patch Update (CPU). The vendor closes a total of 47
holes in many of its products, among them the database, the business
suites, Sun Solaris and the Java System Directory Server. Read the full article. [The H Security]
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