Coming in July: Month of Twitter Bugs

A well-known security researcher plans to use the month of July to expose serious vulnerabilities in the Twitter ecosystem. The Month of Twitter Bugs, a project which launches on July 1, is the handiwork of Aviv Raff (left), a researcher known for his work on Web-based security issues.  Raff, who previously warned that the [...]

Apple finally patches musty old Java for Mac vulnerabilities

Apple has finally released a Java for Mac update to fix multiple security flaws that were patched upstream more than six months ago. The fix comes three weeks after developers released proof-of-concept code to demonstrate the severity of the flaw and to nudge embarrass Apple into shipping the patch. Today’s patch covers the following:

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Iranian opposition launches organized cyber attack against pro-Ahmadinejad sites

Approximately 24 hours ago, the Iranian oposition coordinated an ongoing cyber attack that has successfully managed to disrupt access to major pro-Ahmadinejad Iranian web sites, including the President’s homepage which continues returning a “The maximum number of user  reached, Server is too busy, please try again later…” message. Through a combination of DIY (do [...]

China confirms security flaws in Green Dam, rushes to release a patch

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has instructed the developers of the Green Dam censorware, to briefly release a patch in regard to last week’s published analysis detailing the possibility of remotely exploitable vulnerabilities within the software. Jinhui Computer System Engineering Co, developer of Green Dam, insisted that the software is just a vulnerable [...]