Two years after fixing a security bug in the Windows version of its Safari browser, Apple apparently has decided that Mac users can go without a fix.
Oracle has agreed to acquire the database firewall solutions provider Secerno.
Just 24 hours after Symantec bought VeriSign’s identity and authentication business, the deal will see Secerno’s heterogeneous database firewall added to Oracle’s database security solutions, and gives it another step into the security market.
Hackers have penetrated German underground forum carders.cc, copied login details, e-mail addresses and private e-mails from several thousand members and published them on RapidShare. According to a list seen by The H’s associates at heise Security, the forum software had also logged the IP addresses of nearly one thousand members over a specific period. These have also been published.
Computerworld – Microsoft should add a basic PDF viewer to Windows to help protect users from the spike in attacks exploiting bugs in Adobe’s Reader, a security researcher said Friday.
IDG News Service – A federal jury found that Novell and Red Hat were innocent of infringing on user interface patents held by IP Innovation LLC.
One thing that got lost in the commotion of the extensions launch is a feature that is near and dear to my heart: Google Chrome 4 now natively supports Greasemonkey user scripts. Greasemonkey is a Firefox extension I wrote in 2004 that allows developers to customize web pages using simple JavaScript and it was the inspiration for some important parts of our extension system.
Security experts are voicing their doubts about suggestions that China tried to hack New Zealand government IT systems, saying it is technically very difficult to identify the point of origin of such attacks. Peter Benson, chief executive of Auckland-based consultancy Security-assessment.com, says he is not convinced, and is more concerned about attacks against the New Zealand economy than the government.
Apple’s iPhone is a tough target for hackers, but a security researcher warned Friday that there are ways the sleek device could potentially be compromised.
The Web site of the Bank of India has been hacked and is now an unwitting dispenser of an enormous amount of malware code to visitors, including rootkits and trojans, according to Sunbelt Software, which advises not currently visiting the Bankofindia.com site. âItâs very pernicious stuff,â says Alex Eckelberry, president of security firm Sunbelt Software.
A combination of simple dictionary and brute-force attacks in combination with Google-hacking enabled a criminal pair to break into VoIP-provider networks and steal US$1 million (NZ$1.3 million) worth of voice minutes, says one of the duo who has pleaded guilty to his crimes. Had his victims observed security basics, most of the attacks would have been unsuccessful, says Robert Moore, the 23-year-old hacker, who has been sentenced to two years in federal prison and fined US$150,000.