[ad] I had a spam tweet appear in my stream a while back and like Guy Kawasaki I also had absolutely no idea where it came from. Perhaps some kinda XSS flaw in Twitter when I visited a site that spawned the message (in a hidden iframe perhaps). It wouldn’t be the first time Twitter […]
Malware
Massive Malware Outbreak Infects 30,000 Websites
[ad] This looks like a fairly complex infection mechanism combining exploiting websites, injecting JavaScript code then attempted exploitation of host machines and failing that prompting a download for some fake malware. The way they have it all setup is pretty clever too hiding behind common technologies so their infections don’t look out of place. An […]
FBI Unclassified E-mail Network Owned By Virus
[ad] If the FBI e-mail network can get owned by a virus, what hope does the average joe have when it comes to keeping their e-mail secure? It must be pretty serious too if it actually forced them to shut down the Internet facing e-mail network, it seems like it was down for at least […]
Apple Struggling With Security & Malware
[ad] It’s inevitable as Apple products become more and more popular they will get targeted by the bad guys. Count on more viruses, malware, exploits and rootkits for Apple Operating Systems. They are a bit behind in the curve as they don’t have a formal security program and it’s unknown if they use secure development […]
Hackers Exploiting Unpatched DirectX Bug With Quicktime
[ad] It seems like another fairly critical flaw has been discovered in Microsoft Windows. It’s serious as it allows remote code execution, which basically means if you get hit with it your machine is owned. It seems DirectX 7, 8 and 9 in Windows 2000, XP and Server 2003 are at risk. Windows Vista, Server […]