Discussion of public breaches of security
Technet link – specific wording: The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted RTF file using an affected version of Microsoft Word, or previews or opens a specially crafted RTF email message in Microsoft Outlook while using Microsoft Word as the email viewer. An attacker who successfully exploited the … Read more
That is what Jason Cohen (CTO of WP engine) is saying at blogs.csoonline.com He also said: (what the pingback function does, calling it “an altruistic, friendly, social system.”) What can happen is a lot of pingbacks with the links in the comments. If done on many pages with a lot of effort it can happen. … Read more
IBM Xforce has analysed Android malware And if you notice it is difficult to find, as it hides itself and is difficult to eradicate
Raspberry pi is a cellphone sized wafer board with circuits running a basic Linux Operating system (Raspberry Pi). Blog .spiderlabs.com Has a good article explaining how to use USB GPS, and battery to connect to a wifi antenna and a 8GB – 16GB SD Card. But interesting to note this is the kind of … Read more
X-force has information on the specific malware that breached the Point of Sale terminals (POS). The Internet Storm Center has an interesting comment,which is discussed in their newssummary section. Is a refrigeration vendor ultimately to blame for the target breach? This brings up another point – your vendors better have good security, as the weakest … Read more
