We’re not looking at general availability yet, but those happy hacking cats unravelling the iPod touch have decrypted the ramdisk and are now busy installing applications. Already, Mail, Maps, and other 3rd party apps are up and running on their jailbreaked touches. The race is on between the cat and the mouse to see who will release their wares first. Maps screenshot after the break.
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October 11th, 2007 in
General News Source:
newsnow.co.uk
Some people just have no idea what they are doing. Here we go again – this is another case of overzealous security that can seriously end up in hurting the ones who should be protected!
General Motors is going to come up with a system to make car thefts history… at least in their opinion! The technology is called Stolen Vehicle Slowdown and it’s used, as you might have imagined, to slow down cars. So, basically, should the Police be chasing… read more »
dobe Systems, whose software is used by millions of people to read documents sent over the internet, said some of its programs contain a flaw that makes personal computers vulnerable to attack. In an 5 October posting on its website, Adobe said the “critical” flaw is incorporated into versions of Adobe Reader and Acrobat software, and could allow malicious programs to get on to a PC without the user knowing about it.
Such programs can… read more »
PayPal and eBay are easily the most common brands used in online scams, a PhishTank report reveals.
The report – based on the end-user submission of almost 300,000 emails believed to be phishes – shows PayPal and its parent eBay served as the lure in 63,437 verified phishing emails.
PayPal was spoofed in 31,719 emails, while the eBay name was faked in just one fewer email, according to the report from PhishTank, a community-based anti-phishin… read more »
October 11th, 2007 in
Spam Source:
scmagazine.com
Hack attacks targeting US utilities have almost doubled this year, a security firm warned today. Managed security services company SecureWorks estimated that it blocked an average of 49 attacks per utility client every day from January to April 2007. But this increased to an average of 93 per day between May and September.
“When researching these new statistics, we found that web browser attacks represented a large number of the attacks att… read more »
The eternal battle rages on, and this time iPhone hacker asap18 has successfully managed to port a number of third party applications to the iPhone and having them appear properly in the home screen. At point of publishing, only 15 icons can be added in this manner, with the last spot apparently being exclusive for iTunes. Not only that, asap18 has also tracked down an option for international capabilities in SprinBoard that could potentially bea… read more »
October 9th, 2007 in
General News Source:
zdnet.co.uk
A hacker broke into an eBay server on Friday and temporarily suspended the accounts of a “very small” number of members, the company has admitted. “We were able to block the fraudster quickly before any permanent damage had been done. At no point did the fraudster get any access to financial information or other sensitive information,” eBay spokeswoman Nichola Sharpe claimed via e-mail.
EBay has “secured and restored… read more »
Microsoft is to allow users of Windows XP to download Internet Explorer 7 without having to gain Windows Genuine Advantage authentication. Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) is part of Microsoft’s Genuine Software Initiative. It is intended to help prevent the distribution and use of unauthorised versions of Windows. Previously, to download Internet Explorer 7, users had to authenticate to WGA.
“With today’s ‘Installation and… read more »
Spam in the form of HTML email is still rampant, while PDF, image and e-card spam is on the decline, a new report finds. According to Symantec’s latest monthly spam report, spam accounted for 70 percent of all email in September, which is one percent higher than the month before.
However, PDF spam, which saw a surge in August, dipped last month. Image and e-card spam volumes also fell. Image spam went from 10 percent of total spam in August… read more »
October 9th, 2007 in
Spam Source:
zdnet.co.uk
A feature on YouTube that enables users to share videos with friends is being exploited by spammers to deliver junk mail, security experts have warned. “YouTube users have a facility where they can invite their friends to view videos that they are looking at or have posted,” said Bradley Anstis, director of product management of email security firm Marshal. “This effectively allows them to email to any address from their YouTube… read more »
