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Its summer…Do you know what your kids are doing?, (Fri, May 29th)
School is over or about to be over for many kids. With that comes many families whose parents work and kids will be left at home to relax and enjoy their summer vacation. This means alot of free time and an internet out there [...]
Adium 1.4 beta brings Twitter support and other goodies
Our favorite multi-service messaging client, Adium has issued two awesome updates. For OS X 10.4 Tiger users, or users who just want to use the most “stable” Adium release, the team has released Adium 1.3.4. This version boasts and updated core library and an updated Facebook chat [...]
The New York Times Twitter Account Hijacked
The Moment, a popular fashion blog belonging to the New York Times, had its Twitter account commandeered by cyber-crooks. Following the incident, more than half a million users of the micro-blogging platform received adult-oriented spam.
A message reading, “Everyone visit tinyurl.com/[removed] for 100% FREE webcam girls/guys doing anything you ask [...]
Vuln: Apple Mac OS X iChat Disabled SSL Connection Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Apple Mac OS X iChat Disabled SSL Connection Information Disclosure Vulnerability
URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34973
Apple delivers jumbo security update for Mac OS X
Apple Inc. today patched 67 vulnerabilities in Mac OS X, including two bugs that researchers used in March to walk off with $5,000 each in a noted hacking contest.
Tuesday’s update was the largest for Apple since March 2008. “For Apple, updates this size are now becoming the [...]
Apple patches and updates, (Tue, May 12th)
Apple released patches today:
Apple OS X 10.5.7 update / Security update 2009-002 10.5.7 is an update of the operating system (much like a service pack in the windows world) and contains functionality as well as security updates. [...]
Vuln: MataChat ‘input.php’ Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
MataChat ‘input.php’ Multiple Cross Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34722
MataChat Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerabilities
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4Chan Takes Over The Time 100
Look closely at Time magazine’s online voting results so far for the Time 100 and you will see at the top someone called moot (aka 21-year-old Christopher Poole), the founder of 4chan, the notorious online bulletin board where hackers like to hang out. Not only did moot’s followers manage to [...]
Bugtraq: [ GLSA 200904-04 ] WeeChat: Denial of Service
[ GLSA 200904-04 ] WeeChat: Denial of Service
URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502479
[ GLSA 200904-04 ] WeeChat: Denial of Service
Posted by Tobias Heinlein on Apr 04
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Malicious Web Site / Malicious Code: SEO Poisoning: Major Chinese Game (Duowan) Spoofed Web Site Serving Trojan Ranked Top in Baidu
Websense® Security Labs™ ThreatSeeker™ Network has discovered that a download site supplying free audio chat software to users under Duowan.com has been SEO poisoned with the intention of directing visitors to a malicious site.
Duowan.com is [...]
Charlie Miller: Macs lacking in security
You¡¦ve probably seen the headlines: ¡§Pwn2Own 2008: MacBook Air hacked in 2 minutes¡¨ or ¡§Pwn2Own 2009: Safari/MacBook falls in seconds.¡¨ But there¡¦s a story behind every headline and who better to get the story from than Charlie Miller, the man behind the headlines? We had the opportunity to chat with [...]
Ontario Court Orders Website To Disclose Identity of Anonymous Posters
An Ontario court has ordered (pdf) the owners of the FreeDominion.ca to disclose all personal information on eight anonymous posters to the chat site. The required information includes email and IP addresses. The case arises from a lawsuit launched by Richard Warman, the anti-hate [...]
Vuln: PHPizabi ‘modules/chat/dac.php’ Local File Include Vulnerability
PHPizabi ‘modules/chat/dac.php’ Local File Include Vulnerability
URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34213
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