Mozilla yesterday reported a “huge increase” in downloads of Firefox in
Germany after that country’s computer security agency urged users of
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer to dump the browser and run a rival
instead. Read the full article. [Computerworld]
Here are some steps Microsoft and other security firms recommend you
can take now to help defend yourself against the IE Aurora attacks. Read the full article. [Dark Reading]
Even though online job scams have become more convincing as criminals
have honed their skills, sometimes victims don’t fall for them – they
jump into them. Read the full article. [SFGate]
Robert Mueller, Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, will deliver a keynote address at RSA Conference 2010 that will detail cyber threats through the years – from criminal threats like computer intrusions and identity theft to the use of the Internet by extremists and hostile foreign powers. Read the full article. [Help Net Security]
A now published hole in Windows allows users with restricted access to
escalate their privileges to system level – and this is believed to be
possible on all 32-bit versions of Windows from Windows NT 3.1 up to,
and including Windows 7. Read the full article. [The H Security]
Web site domain registrar and hosting provider Network Solutions acknowledged that hackers had broken into its servers and defaced hundreds of customer Web sites. The hackers appear to have replaced each site’s home page with anti-Israeli sentiments and pictures of masked militants and armed with rocket launchers and rifles, along with the message “HaCKed by CWkomando.” Read the full article. [KrebsonSecurity]
According to a statement by D-Link, firmware updates for its DIR-635
(HW-Revision B), DIR-655 (HW-Revision A1-A4) and DIR-855 (HW-Revision
A2) router models are now available to download at to close the
recently discovered hole in the Home Network Administration Protocol
(HNAP) of these devices. Read the full article. [The H Security]
Four people from North Texas indicted last week by a federal grand jury in Dallas were arrested Friday morning in Cancun, Mexico, according to the FBI. Michael Faulkner, 36, and his wife, Chastity Faulkner, 34, both of Southlake, were central figures in the 19-person indictment brought by U.S. Attorney James Jacks. Read the full article. [Dallas Morning News]
A Georgia mother and her two daughters logged onto Facebook from mobile
phones last weekend and wound up in a startling place: strangers’
accounts with full access to troves of private information. Read the full article. [Associated Press]
The developers behind the OAuth protocol have developed a new variant called OAuth WRAP that is simpler and easier to implement. It’s a stop-gap solution that will enable broader OAuth adoption while
OAuth 2.0, the next generation of the specification, is devised by a
working group that is collaborating through the Internet Engineering
Task Force (IETF). Read the full article. [Ars Technica]
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