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Sex, Photos, Scandals…
Well hopefully got your attention here! But the old adage that sex sells and sensationalism grabs punters is always relevant. And these are the little tricks that are used to get people click, download, install malware. In general, people have wised up about download and installing software through malicious hyperlinks in email and websites.
But users [...]
Mac – No DNS patch, No Safari
There is still backlash from Dan Kaminsky and his DNS poisoning find. There is still concern that apple have not got with the programme still. There appear to have a fix for servers but not for clients.
In other news, Mac users have been told to use Firefox or Opera instead of Safari. Safari appear to [...]
USA’s biggest ID fraud cracked
It emerged yesterday that the US authorities charged 11 people in connection with the theft of 40 million credit card numbers and details. They allegedly hacked into the computer systems of several major US retailers and installed software to access account details and passwords. One retailer that was attacked was TJX (TK Maxx) who are [...]
Viva las vegas
Anyone who is anyone is in Las Vegas right now. No, not for the world series of the poker but for the black hat security conference. It runs from August 2nd to 7th and looks like a who’s who of security bods are in attendance. But it’s really the sister conference that probably take note, [...]
More DNS holes attacked
Looks like it’s in the wild. Following on the release of the DNS vulnerability.
