New Tsunami Trojan Variant Discovered By Ben Camm-Jones, macworld.co.uk Oct 28, 2011 5:42 pm Security researchers have discovered a new variant of the TsunamiTrojan targeting Mac OS, which can be used to turn your Mac into a ‘bot’ that participates in DDoS (distributed denial-of-service) attacks. Security firm ESET said that the variant is similar to the threat … Read more
‘Massive Security Vulnerability’ in HTC Android Phones Claimed
October 3rd, 2011 | Posted by in Tech Alets - (0 Comments)By John P. Mello Jr., PCWorld Oct 2, 2011 12:42 PM Security researchers say they’ve uncovered a flaw in several smartphone models produced by HTC that gives any application that has Internet access the keys to a trove of information on the phone, including e-mail addresses, GPS locations, phone numbers, and text message data. Phone models claimed … Read more
Skype iPhone, iPod Touch App Has Security Hole
September 24th, 2011 | Posted by in Tech Alets - (0 Comments)Skype iPhone, iPod Touch App Has Security Hole By Eric Mack, PCWorld Sep 20, 2011 8:58 AM Skype is working to fix a security hole in its iOS app for the iPhone and iPod Touch that allows a hacker to steal a person’s entire address book. The vulnerability, located in the app’s chat message window, can be … Read more
New Mac Malware Poses as PDF Doc By Gregg Keizer, Computerworld Sep 24, 2011 1:00 pm Security firms Friday warned Mac users of a new Trojan horse that masquerades as a PDF document. The malware, which was spotted by U.K.-based Sophos and Finnish antivirus vendor F-Secure, uses a technique long practiced by Windows attackers. “This malware may be attempting … Read more
Facebook’s Timeline will Help Hackers
September 24th, 2011 | Posted by in Tech Alets | Tech News - (0 Comments)Facebook’s Timeline will Help Hackers By Gregg Keizer, Computerworld Sep 24, 2011 9:00 am Facebook’s new Timeline will make it even easier for criminals and others to mine the social network for personal information they can use to launch malicious attacks and steal passwords, a researcher said today. Timeline, which Facebook unveiled yesterday at a developer conference and plans to roll out … Read more
Google One of Many Victims in SSL Certificate Hack By Jeremy Kirk, IDG News A Dutch company that issues digital certificates used to authenticate websites said late Tuesday that several dozen other websites in addition to Google have been affected by a security breach. The company, DigiNotar, issues SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) and EVSSL (Extended Validation) certificates, … Read more
I had read about this from a different source over the weekend and had lunch with a client today speaking about RDP security and had this article in mind. New Windows worm spreads by attacking weak passwords Admins spot ‘Morto’ worm after seeing jump in remote access connection attempts By Gregg Keizer August 29, 2011 … Read more
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