Koobface Variant Hits Facebook

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

Researchers at Trend Micro are reporting that a new variant of the Koobface worm is spreading on Facebook. Koobface first appeared in 2008, with separate variants striking members of Facebook and MySpace.com. Now the Koobface worm is back again, with an eye toward stealing cookies for other social networking sites. According to ...

Firefox 3.0.4 closes nine security holes

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

The Mozilla Foundation has released Firefox version 3.0.4 to close nine security holes. The developers rated four of the holes as critical because they allow attackers to execute arbitrary code on the victim's system. One of the critical holes is a classical buffer overflow that can be triggered via specially ...

Adobe fixes clickjacking flaw

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

Adobe Systems has released a new version of its Flash Player software, fixing a critical security bug that could make the Internet a dangerous place for Web surfers. The new Flash Player 10 software, released Wednesday, fixes security flaws in Adobe's multimedia software including bugs that could allow hackers to pull ...

Firefox Extension Blocks Dangerous Web Attack

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008

A popular free security tool for the Firefox browser has been upgraded to block one of the most dangerous and troubling security problems facing the Web today. NoScript is a small application that integrates into Firefox. It blocks scripts in programming languages such as JavaScript and Java from executing on untrusted ...

Net game turns PC into undercover surveillance zombie

Tuesday, October 7th, 2008

Underscoring the severity of a new class of vulnerability known as clickjacking, a blogger has created a proof-of-concept game that uses a PC's video cam and microphone to secretly spy on the player. The demo, which is available here, appears to be a simple game that tests how quickly a user ...