Hacker attack on Blogger platform wordpress.com ...
The blogger platform wordpress.com has been target of a massive hacker attack, which had possibly political motives. The DDoS attack (distributed denial of service) resulted in significant damage on Thursday (local time).
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Sunday, March 6, 2011
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Cyber-security issue in the upcoming cabinet
The Federal Government will consult in February on a new strategy for the so-called cyber-security. These proposals are currently in the department vote, said Friday at a spokesman for the Federal Interior Ministry......more
Hackers broke into Nasdaq-nets
Hacker Alarm on Nasdaq: According to a newspaper report several times, the computer networks of the U.S. technology stock exchange penetrated. Unknown in ....more
Friday, February 4, 2011
Expert warns strongly against "cyber war" threat
In light of new IT threats under the term "cyberwar" has become a security expert for the timely development of a comprehensive defense strategy, issued a....more
A British hacker out on the big game Zynga
In the United Kingdom, a 29 year old man who lives in Paignton (Devon), could be imposed a prison sentence after being hacked servers Zynga.....more
Monday, January 31, 2011
Hacking credit card goes to Web 2.0
There are those sites whose longevity is breathtaking.And yet the "Private Collider System, Market Place online stolen credit cards (which we will not disclose the address ...)...more
Sunday, January 30, 2011
SourceForge.net infrastructure compromised by hackers attack
If a few days ago were the Fedora project servers that were attacked by hackers, now belong to SourceForge who have faced a similar attack on their infrastructure...more
FBI gets blow against hacker group to
Washington (dpa) - The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation has led to a blow to the hacker group "Anonymous" be obtained: their agents had around the country a total of 40 houses and flats by looking in, federal authorities said in the night Friday with the...more
Tuesday, June 1, 2010
NY Phone Store Gunman Had Been Banned for Threats
A man who shot a central New York AT&T phone store clerk had previously harassed and threatened employees so many times that the company banned him, cut off his cell phone service and lodged a complaint that led to his handgun permit being revoked.
Police say 79-year-old Abraham Dickan apparently became enraged about the loss of his gun license.
Two days after the revocation became permanent, he returned to the store in New York Mills, 40 miles east of Syracuse, on Thursday with a hit list in his pocket and wounded an employee.
An off-duty police officer then shot and killed Dickan.
AT&T sent a letter to Dickan in March banning him from the store, saying he had intimidated the staff and made racial slurs on multiple occasions, and had displayed a gun at least once before.
Police say 79-year-old Abraham Dickan apparently became enraged about the loss of his gun license.
Two days after the revocation became permanent, he returned to the store in New York Mills, 40 miles east of Syracuse, on Thursday with a hit list in his pocket and wounded an employee.
An off-duty police officer then shot and killed Dickan.
AT&T sent a letter to Dickan in March banning him from the store, saying he had intimidated the staff and made racial slurs on multiple occasions, and had displayed a gun at least once before.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
FTC shuts down rogue ISP
A US internet service provider has been shut down by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for actively helping criminals to distribute spam, spyware and child pornography.
3FN Service has been ordered to pay over $100m (£69m) of its "ill-gotten gains" to the FTC, and its servers and other assets have been seized.
Harmful electronic content distributed by 3FN included spyware, viruses, Trojans, phishing schemes, botnet command-and-control services and pornography.
The FTC said that more than 4,500 malicious software programs were controlled by servers hosted by 3FN, including software capable of keystroke logging, password stealing and data theft.
3FN is alleged to have advertised its services in chat rooms frequented by criminals, and to have shielded its activity by ignoring protection requests from online security communities.
The ISP was also accused of shifting its criminal activity to other IP addresses it controlled in order to avoid detection.
The closure of such operations can have a dramatic, if short-term, effect on spam levels. When two major ISPs cut off internet access to hosting company McColo Corp in late 2008, spam rates fell by between 40 and 75 per cent.
McColo Corp had been accused of hosting the command-and-control systems for a number of major botnets and child pornography web sites.
3FN Service has been ordered to pay over $100m (£69m) of its "ill-gotten gains" to the FTC, and its servers and other assets have been seized.
Harmful electronic content distributed by 3FN included spyware, viruses, Trojans, phishing schemes, botnet command-and-control services and pornography.
The FTC said that more than 4,500 malicious software programs were controlled by servers hosted by 3FN, including software capable of keystroke logging, password stealing and data theft.
3FN is alleged to have advertised its services in chat rooms frequented by criminals, and to have shielded its activity by ignoring protection requests from online security communities.
The ISP was also accused of shifting its criminal activity to other IP addresses it controlled in order to avoid detection.
The closure of such operations can have a dramatic, if short-term, effect on spam levels. When two major ISPs cut off internet access to hosting company McColo Corp in late 2008, spam rates fell by between 40 and 75 per cent.
McColo Corp had been accused of hosting the command-and-control systems for a number of major botnets and child pornography web sites.
Home secretary reconsiders McKinnon case
Home secretary Theresa May has adjourned the pending judicial review of Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon while she reviews the case, offering his supporters the first glimpse that the government may be about to refuse his extradition to the US.
Breaking reports suggest that May, who was appointed last week as part of the David Cameron administration, is now looking at McKinnon's medical evidence to assess whether he is fit to stand trial in the US.
Former Labour home secretary Alan Johnson is said to have ignored expert medical evidence late last year when he ruled that the 44 year-old Londoner was fit enough to be extradited.
The Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties came out in support of McKinnon's plea to be tried in the UK when in opposition, and his mother Janis Sharp said at the weekend that she is confident that the new government will halt the extradition.
"Everyone's promised it - Nick Clegg, Chris Huhne, David Cameron, Dominic Grieve - they all slated the Labour government for pursuing it and said it has to stop and they promised if they get into power this would happen, so we're very, very happy about that," she told the BBC.
McKinnon admitted hacking into the computer systems of the Pentagon and Nasa in 2001 and 2002, claiming that he was looking for evidence of extraterrestrial life.
He has been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, and is reported to have been suicidal in recent months at the prospect of being incarcerated in a maximum security US jail.
Breaking reports suggest that May, who was appointed last week as part of the David Cameron administration, is now looking at McKinnon's medical evidence to assess whether he is fit to stand trial in the US.
Former Labour home secretary Alan Johnson is said to have ignored expert medical evidence late last year when he ruled that the 44 year-old Londoner was fit enough to be extradited.
The Conservative and Liberal Democrat parties came out in support of McKinnon's plea to be tried in the UK when in opposition, and his mother Janis Sharp said at the weekend that she is confident that the new government will halt the extradition.
"Everyone's promised it - Nick Clegg, Chris Huhne, David Cameron, Dominic Grieve - they all slated the Labour government for pursuing it and said it has to stop and they promised if they get into power this would happen, so we're very, very happy about that," she told the BBC.
McKinnon admitted hacking into the computer systems of the Pentagon and Nasa in 2001 and 2002, claiming that he was looking for evidence of extraterrestrial life.
He has been diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, and is reported to have been suicidal in recent months at the prospect of being incarcerated in a maximum security US jail.
RSA aims to counter man-in-the-middle attacks
RSA has announced a set of services aimed at defeating man-in-the-middle attacks, in which a secure link is hijacked by someone looking to steal data.
The Man-in-the-Browser Solutions package offers four distinct services aimed at beating the attacks: transaction monitoring; adaptive authentication; fraud action; and a cyber crime intelligence service.
"Online criminals are continually evolving their tools and tactics to work around defences established by even the most security-conscious organisations," said Christopher Young, senior vice president of products, technologies and markets at RSA.
"Organisations need to approach this problem with a multi-layered defence strategy reinforcing security measures at log-in that in isolation can be thwarted.
"This includes the ability to detect, monitor, shut down and cull intelligence based on transactions, malware and online attacks."
Transaction monitoring analyses the user's behaviour for unusual activity, and looks for malware that could be used in such attacks. It will be run in association with participating financial institutions.
Adaptive authentication uses out-of-band phone identification to avoid man-in-the-middle attacks, as well as risk assessment based on the user's behaviour. It is also adapted to run on cloud services.
RSA's fraud action package is a managed service that shuts down Trojan and other malware attacks, according to the firm, and the cyber crime intelligence service informs the first three services.
"Cyber criminals are able to [access] online banking sessions in real time, concurrent with the victim," said Robert Vamosi, a security, risk and fraud analyst at Javelin Strategy & Research.
"No standalone authentication or other security tool is enough to defend against the more sophisticated man-in-the-browser attacks."
The Man-in-the-Browser Solutions package offers four distinct services aimed at beating the attacks: transaction monitoring; adaptive authentication; fraud action; and a cyber crime intelligence service.
"Online criminals are continually evolving their tools and tactics to work around defences established by even the most security-conscious organisations," said Christopher Young, senior vice president of products, technologies and markets at RSA.
"Organisations need to approach this problem with a multi-layered defence strategy reinforcing security measures at log-in that in isolation can be thwarted.
"This includes the ability to detect, monitor, shut down and cull intelligence based on transactions, malware and online attacks."
Transaction monitoring analyses the user's behaviour for unusual activity, and looks for malware that could be used in such attacks. It will be run in association with participating financial institutions.
Adaptive authentication uses out-of-band phone identification to avoid man-in-the-middle attacks, as well as risk assessment based on the user's behaviour. It is also adapted to run on cloud services.
RSA's fraud action package is a managed service that shuts down Trojan and other malware attacks, according to the firm, and the cyber crime intelligence service informs the first three services.
"Cyber criminals are able to [access] online banking sessions in real time, concurrent with the victim," said Robert Vamosi, a security, risk and fraud analyst at Javelin Strategy & Research.
"No standalone authentication or other security tool is enough to defend against the more sophisticated man-in-the-browser attacks."
A week in security: Symantec and Oracle on acquisition trail
It's been a big week in the security space, with some notable acquisition activity from Symantec and Oracle, and product updates from Kaspersky Lab and RSA.
The biggest news of the week was undoubtedly Symantec's swoop for VeriSign's authentication services business.
The security firm will pay $1.28bn (£890m) to take over all products and services sold under the Authentication Services banner. The business accounted for $102m (£70m) in revenue last year, roughly 40 per cent of VeriSign's total for 2009.
Among the assets that will go to Symantec are VeriSign's Secure Socket Layer certification operation and the Public Key Infrastructure platform, leaving VeriSign to concentrate on its domain naming business.
Not to be outdone, Oracle made another acquisition this week, snapping up database security firm Secerno for an undisclosed sum.
The Secerno technology, which has won many plaudits and independent awards in the industry, is based on its SynoptiQ Engine which is able to analyse database activity, suggest policies and, crucially, prevent unauthorised access.
Security vendor Kapersky Lab has announced an update to its security offering for small businesses, claiming to offer comprehensive protection for Windows-based file servers and workstations.
Kapersky Small Office Security now includes an anti-virus engine with improved threat detection, a heuristic analyser to block new malware as it emerges, and a scanning system to check instant messages for malicious code and links, said the firm.
RSA also took strides to improve end user security, with a set of services aimed at defeating man-in-the-middle attacks. The Man-in-the-Browser Solutions package offers four distinct services aimed at beating the attacks, which occur when a secure link is hijacked by someone looking to steal data. These are: transaction monitoring; adaptive authentication; fraud action; and a cyber crime intelligence service.
Facebook has been in the news for the wrong reasons again this week, after security experts warned of a new security threat on the site which arrives as a 'sexy' video posted on users' walls but in fact installs adware.
Sophos warned users to be wary of clickable links on Facebook, even if they arrive in messages which appear to come from friends.
Finally, there was some good news for the industry after Ofcom research found that adults are becoming more security conscious when sharing information via social networking sites.
The UK Adults' Media Literacy report (PDF) found that 80 per cent of adults using social networking sites now limit access to their profiles to friends or family, compared with 48 per cent in 2007.
The biggest news of the week was undoubtedly Symantec's swoop for VeriSign's authentication services business.
The security firm will pay $1.28bn (£890m) to take over all products and services sold under the Authentication Services banner. The business accounted for $102m (£70m) in revenue last year, roughly 40 per cent of VeriSign's total for 2009.
Among the assets that will go to Symantec are VeriSign's Secure Socket Layer certification operation and the Public Key Infrastructure platform, leaving VeriSign to concentrate on its domain naming business.
Not to be outdone, Oracle made another acquisition this week, snapping up database security firm Secerno for an undisclosed sum.
The Secerno technology, which has won many plaudits and independent awards in the industry, is based on its SynoptiQ Engine which is able to analyse database activity, suggest policies and, crucially, prevent unauthorised access.
Security vendor Kapersky Lab has announced an update to its security offering for small businesses, claiming to offer comprehensive protection for Windows-based file servers and workstations.
Kapersky Small Office Security now includes an anti-virus engine with improved threat detection, a heuristic analyser to block new malware as it emerges, and a scanning system to check instant messages for malicious code and links, said the firm.
RSA also took strides to improve end user security, with a set of services aimed at defeating man-in-the-middle attacks. The Man-in-the-Browser Solutions package offers four distinct services aimed at beating the attacks, which occur when a secure link is hijacked by someone looking to steal data. These are: transaction monitoring; adaptive authentication; fraud action; and a cyber crime intelligence service.
Facebook has been in the news for the wrong reasons again this week, after security experts warned of a new security threat on the site which arrives as a 'sexy' video posted on users' walls but in fact installs adware.
Sophos warned users to be wary of clickable links on Facebook, even if they arrive in messages which appear to come from friends.
Finally, there was some good news for the industry after Ofcom research found that adults are becoming more security conscious when sharing information via social networking sites.
The UK Adults' Media Literacy report (PDF) found that 80 per cent of adults using social networking sites now limit access to their profiles to friends or family, compared with 48 per cent in 2007.
Botnets for hire at £5.99 per hour
Authentication firm VeriSign has warned that botnets could become more widespread and dangerous as the services become easier to find and cheaper to hire.
VeriSign's iDefence arm said that criminals are advertising botnet services on online forums for just £5.99 an hour, which could be used to launch hacking attacks.
The company warned that this cheap and wide availability means that businesses are increasingly at risk of sophisticated attacks from the lowliest of sources.
"Organisations need to be wary of the fact that their critical online applications or services could be taken down in under a day by a criminal renting services from botnet herders at just £5.99 per hour, the same price as a memory stick or DVD," said Rick Howard, director of intelligence at VeriSign iDefense.
VeriSign studied 25 botnet herders across three forums, and found that the average cost of a 24-hour rental is just under £45, and includes a range of attack vectors including ICMP, SYN, UDP, HTTP and HTTPS.
The firm said that it had seen many forums using traditional types of marketing to promote their wares, including banner advertising, in a sign of how sophisticated such businesses had become.
VeriSign added that one forum even offered prices for taking down sites that were already prepared to defend against such attacks.
"Businesses and organisations all over the world need to take action now to protect themselves against distributed denial-of-service attacks," said Howard.
"While these attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated, the criminals targeting your business may not be. Don't leave your company vulnerable to any criminal with an internet connection and a little cash to spare."
VeriSign's iDefence arm said that criminals are advertising botnet services on online forums for just £5.99 an hour, which could be used to launch hacking attacks.
The company warned that this cheap and wide availability means that businesses are increasingly at risk of sophisticated attacks from the lowliest of sources.
"Organisations need to be wary of the fact that their critical online applications or services could be taken down in under a day by a criminal renting services from botnet herders at just £5.99 per hour, the same price as a memory stick or DVD," said Rick Howard, director of intelligence at VeriSign iDefense.
VeriSign studied 25 botnet herders across three forums, and found that the average cost of a 24-hour rental is just under £45, and includes a range of attack vectors including ICMP, SYN, UDP, HTTP and HTTPS.
The firm said that it had seen many forums using traditional types of marketing to promote their wares, including banner advertising, in a sign of how sophisticated such businesses had become.
VeriSign added that one forum even offered prices for taking down sites that were already prepared to defend against such attacks.
"Businesses and organisations all over the world need to take action now to protect themselves against distributed denial-of-service attacks," said Howard.
"While these attacks are becoming increasingly sophisticated, the criminals targeting your business may not be. Don't leave your company vulnerable to any criminal with an internet connection and a little cash to spare."
Monday, May 3, 2010
iPad 3G works on T-Mobile, can be hacked to send text messages
Here's a pair of interesting iPad 3G hacks for your lazy Sunday -- first, Apple's tablet is apparently unlocked out of the factory, so trimming a T-Mobile SIM to micro SIM size will get you up and running on EDGE with no further hassle. Not terribly useful in the States, but good news for Europeans who'll have several carrier options right out the gate. Secondly, MuscleNerd of the Dev Team has discovered it's apparently possible to send text messages from a jailbroken 3G iPad using a T-Mobile or non-iPad AT&T SIM -- the stock AT&T SIM restricts SMS and calls, apparently. Check videos of both hacks after the break.
Sunday, May 2, 2010
A week in security: Infosecurity Europe 2010
The Infosecurity Europe show in London dominated the week in security, witnessing a slew of announcements from the vendor community, as well as PricewaterhouseCoopers’ breaches survey. Elsewhere the McAfee update blunder rumbled on and a new malicious attack targeted iPad users.
The majority of security news this week undoubtedly came from the Infosecurity Europe 2010 event. Kingston unveiled a line of ultra-secure USB Flash drives for Windows PCs, certified to the US government's FIPS 140-2 Level 2 security standard, while hardware encryption firm Stonewood Group released a tool which it claims can protect shared enterprise data.
Also at the show, the ICO warned that organisations could soon be forced to report all serious data breaches to itself as part of an upcoming review of a European Union directive on the reporting of data losses. PricewaterhouseCoopers, meanwhile found that a staggering 92 per cent of large organisations have suffered a security incident or data breach in the past year, according to its biennial Information Security Breaches Survey.
Symantec timed its latest acquisition move nicely to coincide with the end of the event, snapping up privately held encryption firms PGP and GuardianEdge for a total of $370m (£242m) in cash. The security giant said that the two companies' standards-based encryption capabilities for full-disk, removable media, email, file, folder and smartphone, will perfectly complement its own endpoint security and data loss prevention tools.
Elsewhere, the McAfee update blunder story rumbled on, with the security giant finally promising to offer technical and financial assistance after releasing a faulty update file last week that crashed thousands of Windows XP SP3 systems.
Finally, Apple iPad users were warned of an email-borne threat which could give hackers unauthorised access to their affected PCs. According to BitDefender, the threat arrives via an unsolicited email urging the recipient to download the latest version of iTunes to their PCs as a prelude to updating their iPad software.
Government summit to discuss cybersecurity threats
Government representatives and business leaders will meet in Texas on Tuesday to discuss how to deal with global cybersecurity threats.
The goal of the three-day EastWest Institute (EWI) Worldwide Cybersecurity Summit is to establish how public and private sector leaders can collectively respond to electronic attacks and secure the world’s digital infrastructure.
Electronic attacks around the world have seen confidential information and financial data compromised, and official web sites crippled. The Summit plans to address growing fears that cybercriminals could use the internet to paralyse financial systems or government services.
“Nations have well established rules of the game on land, sea, air and in outer space. There is a significant lack of such rules in the fifth common domain—cyberspace,” said the EWI agenda.
“The Summit is the first effort to bring the diverse high level constituencies together to map the dangers and areas of cooperation.”
Four hundred business leaders, technical experts and national security officials will be attending the Summit, according to the agenda.
Speakers will include: US president Barack Obama’s special assistant and cybersecrity coordinator, Howard Schmidt, as well as his national security advisor, James Jones; European Network and Information Security Agency director, Udo Helmbrecht; Data Security Council of India chief executive Kamlesh Bajaj; France National Defence secretary general Francis Delon; Japan National Information Security Cabinet Secretariat Yasuo Sakamoto, and China Internet Affairs Bureau director Liu Zhengrong.
Dell chief executive Michael Dell, BT chef security officer Bruce Schneier and MySpace chief security officer Hemanshu Nigam, will also be speaking at the event to discuss how the public and private sector can partner to prevent and respond to security threats.
The goal of the three-day EastWest Institute (EWI) Worldwide Cybersecurity Summit is to establish how public and private sector leaders can collectively respond to electronic attacks and secure the world’s digital infrastructure.
Electronic attacks around the world have seen confidential information and financial data compromised, and official web sites crippled. The Summit plans to address growing fears that cybercriminals could use the internet to paralyse financial systems or government services.
“Nations have well established rules of the game on land, sea, air and in outer space. There is a significant lack of such rules in the fifth common domain—cyberspace,” said the EWI agenda.
“The Summit is the first effort to bring the diverse high level constituencies together to map the dangers and areas of cooperation.”
Four hundred business leaders, technical experts and national security officials will be attending the Summit, according to the agenda.
Speakers will include: US president Barack Obama’s special assistant and cybersecrity coordinator, Howard Schmidt, as well as his national security advisor, James Jones; European Network and Information Security Agency director, Udo Helmbrecht; Data Security Council of India chief executive Kamlesh Bajaj; France National Defence secretary general Francis Delon; Japan National Information Security Cabinet Secretariat Yasuo Sakamoto, and China Internet Affairs Bureau director Liu Zhengrong.
Dell chief executive Michael Dell, BT chef security officer Bruce Schneier and MySpace chief security officer Hemanshu Nigam, will also be speaking at the event to discuss how the public and private sector can partner to prevent and respond to security threats.
Russia dominating automated malware kit market
Russia is dominating the market for automated malware creation kits that are sold online to phishers and data thieves.
A new report from M86 Security, entitled Web Exploits: There's an App for That (PDF), found that the majority of new malware creation kits, such as Adpack and Fragus, are being sold in Russia.
The company had seen a big increase in the size and complexity of such kits, and said that more than a dozen had launched in the past six months.
"People can launch attacks without even knowing a line of code, and the infrastructure now exists to pay the attacker per exploit achieved," said Bradley Anstis, vice president of technology strategy at M86 Security.
"With an attack kit there is literally 'an app for that' and it is driving the explosive growth in internet-borne threats such as spam and zero-day attacks with new kits popping up every day."
Software to automatically generate malware has been around for some years, but has now evolved into a complex business.
Some kits just offer code generation, while others sell full-service packages that update the creation engine to keep ahead of security companies.
Prices for the kits range from $400 to $1,000 (£260 to £650) and additional hosting services are often offered in case the attacker's primary site is taken down.
The report also found a thriving trade in third-party payments, where attackers receive a commission based on the amount of third-party malware installed on a victim's system.
The price varies based on geography. Infecting 1,000 computers in the US, for example, would net the attacker $170 (£110), compared to $110 (£72) in the UK and $50 (£32) in Europe and Australia.
A new report from M86 Security, entitled Web Exploits: There's an App for That (PDF), found that the majority of new malware creation kits, such as Adpack and Fragus, are being sold in Russia.
The company had seen a big increase in the size and complexity of such kits, and said that more than a dozen had launched in the past six months.
"People can launch attacks without even knowing a line of code, and the infrastructure now exists to pay the attacker per exploit achieved," said Bradley Anstis, vice president of technology strategy at M86 Security.
"With an attack kit there is literally 'an app for that' and it is driving the explosive growth in internet-borne threats such as spam and zero-day attacks with new kits popping up every day."
Software to automatically generate malware has been around for some years, but has now evolved into a complex business.
Some kits just offer code generation, while others sell full-service packages that update the creation engine to keep ahead of security companies.
Prices for the kits range from $400 to $1,000 (£260 to £650) and additional hosting services are often offered in case the attacker's primary site is taken down.
The report also found a thriving trade in third-party payments, where attackers receive a commission based on the amount of third-party malware installed on a victim's system.
The price varies based on geography. Infecting 1,000 computers in the US, for example, would net the attacker $170 (£110), compared to $110 (£72) in the UK and $50 (£32) in Europe and Australia.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Virus Targets iPad Owners
Software security firm BitDefender has issued a warning to all iPad owners that use Microsoft Windows. Apparently hackers have been sending out email messages to unsuspecting iPad owners, the email which states that Apple has issued a important software update for the iPad. The unsolicited message which has started circulating around inboxes, features a message that says “for best performance, newer features and security”. When the user clicks on the link, it sends them to a realistic, almost identical iTunes software download page (I gotta say the fake page looks really good, it could fool anyone). Once the users downloads and installs the “fake” iTunes.exe, the Windows machine is then affected with a nasty piece of malware that gives the hacker unauthorized access and control.
The malicious code which has been identified by BitDefender software, as BitDefender as Backdoor.Bifrose.AADY, attempts to read the keys and serial numbers of the select software installed on the affected computer. Not only that, it logs all passwords from POP3 email accounts, instant messenger accounts, and protected storage devices. Just to point out again, this virus is only affecting Windows machines, so far Mac computers are safe from it. BitDefender recommends you only download software and updates from official websites, with a proper address like www.apple.com. Also make sure you have a updated and reliable anti-malware, firewall, and spam filter. BitDefender 2010 would be an obvious fit in this situation. Lastly they say to scan you system frequently, and keep all software updated. You can also always find out about any new or updated Apple software like iTunes, or iPhone OS 4.0, right here at BlogsDNA. We will keep all our readers updated with all the latest news and info on iPad and iPhone software and firmware. Best bet is if you don’t see it here, then there’s a good chance it could be a fake.
The malicious code which has been identified by BitDefender software, as BitDefender as Backdoor.Bifrose.AADY, attempts to read the keys and serial numbers of the select software installed on the affected computer. Not only that, it logs all passwords from POP3 email accounts, instant messenger accounts, and protected storage devices. Just to point out again, this virus is only affecting Windows machines, so far Mac computers are safe from it. BitDefender recommends you only download software and updates from official websites, with a proper address like www.apple.com. Also make sure you have a updated and reliable anti-malware, firewall, and spam filter. BitDefender 2010 would be an obvious fit in this situation. Lastly they say to scan you system frequently, and keep all software updated. You can also always find out about any new or updated Apple software like iTunes, or iPhone OS 4.0, right here at BlogsDNA. We will keep all our readers updated with all the latest news and info on iPad and iPhone software and firmware. Best bet is if you don’t see it here, then there’s a good chance it could be a fake.
Tuesday, April 27, 2010
Apple IIe hacked into Twitter station, still looks better than most digiframes
This project has all the hallmarks of a classic hack: obsolete hardware, a somewhat frivolous function, and thrilling 8-bit graphics. As you can imagine, getting to the point where this Apple IIe could display Tweets was no mean feat! Custom 6502 assembler code on the PC sends Twitter updates (and user avatars dumbed down to 8-bit) over a custom USB-to-joystick port interface on the Apple. One can even save the data to a 5.25-inch floppy -- you know, because most Tweets are worth archiving for later, even if you must do so in a dead storage format.
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