Some people just have no idea what they are doing. Here we go again â 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 itâs used, as you might have imagined, to slow down cars. So, basically, should the Police be chasing a stolen vehicle, or a speeding one, they could call GM and ask for them to remotely shut down the engine. Now, surely this would help the Police a lot, but letâs think what else could happen.
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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.
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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.
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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 bear fruit to foreign language Application support. This would come in handy in countries where the iPhone will debut soon, such as Germany and France. Do take note that your unlocked iPhone might end up bricked when you upgrade to the latest 1.1.1 firmware.
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.
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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.
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Apple released a security update for its QuickTime media player on Wednesday, patching a flaw that allows remote users to execute arbitrary code onto Windows PCs. Security Update for QuickTime 7.2 for Windows patches the flaw on PCs running Vista and XP operating systems. An attacker can take advantage of the flaw on unpatched machines by enticing the user to view a specially crafted QTL file, which can lead to arbitrary code execution.
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SAP enterprise systems never developed for security, vulnerabilities on the rise. SAP enterprise systems were never developed for security, researchers say. Since such systems manage the core information for many major companies, this is a major flaw. As more vulnerabilites are discovered, the situation is ripe for large-scale industrial espionage.
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Apple sent out a thinly veiled threat on Monday evening, warning iPhone owners that have hacked their devices to expect them to turn into fancy bricks. Earlier this month, a number of hacker groups unleashed their wares upon the iPhone fan base, selling, and in some cases giving away, tools to unlock the device from its designated carrier.
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Email links to Dalai Lama’s genuine website, but attachment is malicious. Taking advantage of international concern regarding the daily demonstrations in Myanmar, IT security and control firm Sophos has cautioned computer users to be wary of a malicious email which claims to be a message of support for monks and other protesters in Myanmar from the Dalai Lama. In reality, however, it carries a malicious attack designed to infect the recipient’s PC.
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