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  1. Google Chrome vulnerabilities starting to pile up

    Zero Day - 13 hours ago

    [ UPDATE: See below for Google’s official response to these issues ] Security vulnerabilities in the new Google Chrome browser are beginning to pile up. Following our coverage of the carpet bombing combo threat and

    Also tagged: web 2 0, research, google, firefox, malware, browsers, java, data theft, exploit code, pen testing, arbitrary code execution, complex attacks

  2. Demo Facebook app creates DoS botnet

    Zero Day - 13 hours ago

    Do you know what that innocent-looking Facebook app is really doing? Researchers at the Institute of Computer Science (ICS) have created a proof-of-concept Facebook application capable of covertly herding users of the

    Also tagged: web 2 0, research, malware, browsers, facebook, phishing, anti virus, botnets, exploit code, pen testing, denial of service dos, social networking applications

  3. Critical WMP, MS Office bugs on Patch Tuesday swat list

    Zero Day - 13 hours ago

    Microsoft today announced plans to ship four security bulletins next Tuesday (September 9, 2008) to cover worm holes affecting Windows users. All four bulletins in September’s Patch Tuesday will be rated “critical,”

    Also tagged: windows vista, microsoft, malware, browsers, passwords, data theft, exploit code, zero day attacks, metasploit, viruses and worms, responsible disclosure, pen testing, patch watch, denial of service dos, arbitrary code execution

  4. Facebot transforms Facebook into massive botnet

    Zero Day - Sep 5, 2008

    Do you know what that innocent-looking Facebook app is really doing? Researchers at the Institute of Computer Science (ICS) have created a proof-of-concept Facebook application capable of covertly herding users of the

    Also tagged: web 2 0, research, malware, browsers, facebook, phishing, anti virus, botnets, exploit code, pen testing, denial of service dos, social networking applications

  5. DoS vulnerability hits Google’s Chrome, crashes with all tabs

    Zero Day - Sep 4, 2008

    Whoa! Google Chrome has crashed. Restart now? While Google’s Chrome team is cheering, Rishi Narang from Evil Fingers is typing and releasing a proof of concept for a denial of service vulnerability that is successfully

    Also tagged: research, google, browsers, hackers, black hat, zero day attacks, responsible disclosure, pen testing, denial of service dos

  6. Google Chrome vulnerable to carpet-bombing flaw

    Zero Day - Sep 4, 2008

    Google’s shiny new Web browser is vulnerable to a carpet-bombing vulnerability that could expose Windows users to malicious hacker attacks. Just hours after the release of Google Chrome, researcher Aviv Raff discovered

    Also tagged: apple, open source, browsers, java, data theft, exploit code, responsible disclosure, pen testing, patch watch, arbitrary code execution, complex attacks

  7. Microsoft downplays BitLocker password leakage

    Zero Day - Sep 4, 2008

    Microsoft is downplaying the severity of a password leakage issue in BitLocker, the full disk encryption feature built into Windows Vista, insisting that a real world attack scenario is “very unlikely.” According to an

    Also tagged: windows vista, microsoft, research, browsers, passwords, botnets, data theft, exploit code, pen testing, patch watch, denial of service dos, complex attacks, locally running web servers

  8. Google Chrome, the security tidbits

    Zero Day - Sep 3, 2008

    The oft-rumored Google browser is real. It’s called Google Chrome and it comes with a handful of security-related features like privacy mode and blacklist-based blocking of phishing and malware sites. [ PREVIOUSLY

    Also tagged: apple, google, firefox, open source, malware, browsers, hackers, mozilla, phishing, botnets, data theft, exploit code, zero day attacks, viruses and worms, patch watch, arbitrary code execution

  9. iPhone passcode lock rendered useless

    Zero Day - Aug 28, 2008

    Do not trust that passcode lock on Apple’s iPhone. The feature, which lets users set a four-digit pincode to limit access to the device, can be easily bypassed with a few finger taps on the iPhone to give an intruder

    Also tagged: apple, browsers, wireless, passwords, data theft, exploit code, spam and phishing, responsible disclosure, pen testing, patch watch, arbitrary code execution, mobile in security, locally running web servers

  10. New StopBadware guidelines take aim at software update bundling

    Zero Day - Aug 27, 2008

    If the StopBadware coalition has its way, software updaters from Sun Microsystems (see screenshot above) and Apple will carry the embarrassing “badware” label. According to a draft of revamped guidelines (.pdf) from

    Also tagged: apple, flash, adobe, firefox, open source, malware, browsers, passwords, anti virus, botnets, zero day attacks, punditocracy, responsible disclosure, patch watch, arbitrary code execution

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