Watch out for “TwitterCut”…
Twitter users have been tricked into divulging their login and password details to a Web site that then spammed their contacts.
via Twitter Gets Targeted Again By Worm-Like Phishing Attack – CIO.com.
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Twitter Targeted Again – Worm-Like Phishing Attack – CIO.com
Posted by jmiles
on May 27, 2009
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Gumblar-Hacked Sites Install Google-Targeting Malware
Posted by jmiles
on May 17, 2009
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May 15, 2009:
A new round of Web sites hijacks is attempting to install malicious, Google-focused software on unpatched PCs, …cementing the drive-by-download approach as a bad-guy tactic of choice.
The attack, dubbed “Gumblar” by ScanSafe, starts by hijacking legitimate sites and inserting attack code. The more than 1,500 hacked sites, including Tennis.com and Variety.com, don’t represent an especially huge number, but its growing rapidly. Since last week, the attack has grown by 80 percent, according to the company, and has spiked 188 percent since yesterday.
The attack code has largely gone after PDF and Flash flaws discovered in the last year … these particular assaults can be largely neutered by making sure you have the latest versions of the Adobe software.
… The PDF attack approach is more bad news for Adobe, whose programs have become a favorite target of late.
via Gumblar Hacked Sites Install Google-Targeting Malware. (CIO Magazine)
Earth Day: Recycling Your Tech Gear is Easy
Posted by jmiles
on April 23, 2009
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Downturn or no downturn, it’s nice to upgrade your tech gadgets now and again, especially when they are so old that your colleagues are looking at you sideways. But once you’ve bought — or been given — that great new digital camera, or smartphone, or laptop, what do you do with the old one?
You know you shouldn’t just throw it in the garbage — the environmental hazards of simply discarding electronics have been well documented. But many of us haven’t the vaguest idea how to dispose of the stuff safely.
via Smartphones to Laptops: Recycling Your Tech Gear is Easy.
