November 7th, 2009
TOP 20 of harmful programs by Kaspersky Labs
Kaspersky Lab, the software development company and authors of one of the most popular antivirus software, presented it’s two TOP 20 list s harmful programs and codes. The first list was dedicated to the programs that were found and deleted on users computers, and the first place went to Net-Worm.Win32.Kido.ir, which confirms that infections from [...]
Software makers scrambling to fix bug in net’s security
Software makers arounf the world are scrambling to fix a certain and very serious bug in the technology that is used to securily transfer the information on the internet. The problem lies in Security sockets Layer protocol used for safe browsing, and altough the flaw can only be exploited under certain circumstances, it could be [...]
A hacker took a number of iPhones as hostages
In Netherland a hacker took advantage of the SST protocols the mobile service of T-mobile Netherlands was using to provide the connection between iPhones and some terminal comands. People who used this service sometimes forgot to change the root password, which is basically same as leaving your car open on the street with keys inside. [...]