- Internet slips out from American hands - the UN claims control over the Internet Root Servers.
- Dutch police arrests BotNet gang - Three people arrested for building a worldwide zombie network of more than 100,000 PCs used to launch internet attacks on companies and to hack into bank and Paypal accounts.
- Flock screenshots - Check this Flickr gallery with some screens from Flock. Looking good
- Flock Radio - Speaking of Flock check out the Flock Radio blog
Archive for the 'Security' Category
Technorati Tags: Symantec Security Response identified today the first PSP trojan (this is known since the 3rd of October). The Trojan.PSPBrick, is a Category 1 threat (Category 5 being the worst) and it renders the PSP useless (like a brick, hence the name).
The virus is downloaded like a hack/firmware that lets users run homebrew games on the PSP. When installed, it deletes some system files and breaks the PSP. This is not automatic, the user must choose to download it, meaning you’re safe if you don’t install dubious files.
I just got this wonderful email from Mozilla:
The Spread Firefox Team became aware this week that the server hosting
Spread Firefox, our community marketing site, has been accessed by
unknown remote attackers who attempted to exploit a security
vulnerability in TWiki software installed on the server. The TWiki
software was disabled as soon as we were aware of the attempts to access
SpreadFirefox.com. This exploit was limited to SpreadFirefox.com and
did not affect mozilla.org web sites or Mozilla software.We have scanned Spread Firefox servers and at this time do not believe
any sensitive data was taken, but as a precautionary measure we have
shutdown the site and will be rebuilding the web site from scratch. We
also recommend that you change your Spread Firefox password and the
password of any accounts where you use the same password as your Spread
Firefox account. We will notify you again when the site is back up with
instructions on how to change your password. (Note: We do use MD5
hashing on the passwords, but MD5 cannot protect all passwords against
off-line dictionary style attacks.)After Spread Firefox was compromised in July, we instituted procedures
to ensure that we apply all security fixes to the software running the
site (Drupal and PHP) as soon as they become available. Unfortunately,
those procedures overlooked the installation of the TWiki software since
it is not used by the main Spread Firefox site. When the system is
rebuilt, all the software will be audited to ensure that security
updates will be applied in a timely manner. We deeply regret this
incident and any inconvenience this may have caused you. Sincerely,Spread Firefox Team
Mozilla Foundation
Nice… very nice.
Reported yesterday in InformationWeek, this new Worm modifies the Windows HOSTS file and redirects all traffic to Google from your pc to a Google website clone in Germany.
Searches run on the spoofed version of Google return results similar to the real Google, but in some cases, the sponsored links — top-of-the-page and right-side links to e-commerce sites that have paid for the placement — are different.
The page is an exact copy of Google and supports the 17 languages of Google. The creator of this worm has taken advantage of the importance of a company appearing among the first few links in the search results of an Internet browser. Its aims are none other than to increase visits to the pages linked by the creator of this malware or earn an income from companies that want to appear in the first few results in computer where the identity of Google has been spoofed…in both case, the motivation of the author of this malware is purely financial. - said Panda in a statement.
Did anyone noticed that iTunes 5 installs and starts the Bonjour service in Windows XP?
Bonjour - Enables hardware devices and software services to automatically configure themselves on the network and advertise their presence, so that users can discover and use those services without any unnecessary manual setup or administration.
Version 5 of iTunes also loads the InstallDriver Table Manager service and as the previous versions also did, the iPod Service service, which loads even if there isn’t an iPod present.
A safe configuration should be:
- Bonjour Service: disabled
- InstallDriver Table Manager: manual
- iPod Service: manual (or even disabled if you don’t own an iPod).
Looks like Apple is not so keen in security as I tought (at least in Windows XP )
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