Google Chrome is updated again this month

mardi 29 juin 2010

Google has released a second update this month of June for Google Chrome browser is Google Chrome 5.0.375.86 for all 3 platforms (Windows, Linux and Mac) and fixes five security bugs that could allow an attacker to perform cross techniques -site scripting, denial of service and other techniques are not provided by Google.

Also in this update includes Flash in Chrome by default. Since so far there was no addition is activated for immediate use.

According to sources Hispasec responses can be used "application / json" for attacks on cross-site scripting. Also with this update corrects bugs that would enable other attacks related to video processing and other related subrecursos (omnibox load) and other treatment of pointers in response x509-user-cert.


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Hacker sells 1.5 million Facebook accounts

dimanche 9 mai 2010

Researchers from the firm Verisign iDefense discovered that a hacker who calls himself "Kirllos' being sold in black market forums 1.5 million Facebook account. Although not confirmed the legitimacy of the accounts, the hacker claims that it has sold around 700,000 credentials.

Kirllos offers packages of 1,000 accounts for a price ranging from $ 25 to $ 45 depending on the number of contacts which each user. While it is a very low price compared to similar sales on the black market, krill can still get a lot of money with a high volume of accounts.

Facebook has not confirmed if these accounts are real, but so be, it is an alarming amount of stolen data, which can be used by other criminals for many purposes: from committing fraud to contact the victim, to spread malicious software to massive social network.


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iPhone hacked, SMS database hijacked

jeudi 25 mars 2010

This week is taking place in Vancouver on Pwn2Own 2010, a competition in which participants compete for great prizes to exploit security problems in smathphones and web browsers.

On the first day of the event two European security experts, Vincenzo Iozzo, Ralf Philipp Weinmann, exploited a known vulnerability in the iPhone with which you made the SMS database in 20 seconds, including text messages that had been previously eliminated.

While obviously not been given details of the exploit, Weinmann explained that by visiting a malicious site can capture the SMS database and sent to a remote server for checking. He also said the same bug can be exploited to extract the list of phone contacts, like emails, photos and music stored.

The expert duo won a prize of $ 15,000. And the event sponsor, TippingPoint, has become the sole owner of the rights of the vulnerability, which will be reported to Apple to be solved.


(via: ZDNet)


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Adobe Updates could be distributed through Windows Update

samedi 20 mars 2010

Microsoft and Adobe have decided to work together to distribute security updates for their products. Although as yet few details are known, everything suggests that the objective is that through Windows Update so users can download security updates for Adobe products.

This partnership comes on account of delicate moment in which Adobe is in regard to safety. Reader is currently one of the most attacked, and obviously this is not only concerned about Adobe, but Microsoft, as its operating system is also affected.

Could you open Windows Update Microsoft products that are not theirs? So far the company has only confirmed it is collaborating with Adobe to make its updates can be distributed through tools like System Center Configuration Manager or System Center Essentials.

Microsoft also said that for now there is no consolidated and still has many things to analyze. Let's wait to see how it ends.


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The BBC is preparing formal applications and sports news for iPhone

jeudi 18 février 2010

The service known as BBC News and BBC Sports are about to come to the AppStore by native applications for iPhone and iPod touch. These applications would be the first "official" news agency that so far absent in the Appstore.

In the BBC show that is a very exciting development for them, and a natural step after years of offering "the best news content. Among the applications can read news content, sports, espace, climate and so on.

"These applications ... provide a simpler method of accessing our content on smartphones, with real and distinctive approach we have." This will also include news not only in the UK, but also those to be raising around the world, videos, and text contain local news, national and international.

They have also said that you have access to the podcasts that produces news agency and a direct link to the TV channel to be able to view the newscasts that are broadcast every day. They have also been reported that the application will have a high degree of customization, allowing each one to read, listen to the content that really matters.

The exact release date is not known yet, the BBC has said it will be available until later this year, first for the iPhone and later for other platforms like the Blackberry and Android. What we ventured to say is that the application that provides sports content, will be "just in time for the World Cup which will take place within a few months.

On the other hand, have also argued that "are tired" of third party applications that provide content on the BBC, because they do the best.
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