Apple iPhone OS 3.0 update plugs 46 security holes

Apple’s latest iPhone OS 3.0 software updates includes patches for multiple vulnerabilities, some with serious security implications. The update, which is only available for download via iTunes, covers a total of 46 documented vulnerabilities, including several that allows malicious code execution if a user simply visits a rigged Web site or views a manipulated [...]

Wholesale Redirects to Malware Averted, For Now

URL redirection services like TinyURL have grown from almost nothing in recent years, due entirely to the success of Twitter and its 140-character limit. For most users, they represent a welcome convenience as they make their tweets, status messages, and other such space-limited posts throughout the day. Unfortunately, cybercriminals have used such services as [...]

Scammers Ride on H1N1 Global Pandemic

The World Health Organization (WHO) raised the H1N1 global pandemic alert level to phase 6 on June 11. More than 70 countries have now reported cases of human infection. Many of the cases reportedly had links to travel or were localized outbreaks. The WHO designation of a phase 6 pandemic alert reflects the fact [...]

Iran: Street Protests Paralleled by DDoS Attacks

The violent protests by activists unhappy with the results of the recently concluded Iran presidential elections are being paralleled by DDoS attacks organized by hacktivists to bring down Iran government websites. Although it hasn’t been confirmed if the DDoS attacks were indeed successful, several Iranian government websites have been reported inaccessible. Noah Shachtman from Wired [...]

Not One but Two New OS X Malware

Two new malware for Mac OS X was recently discovered. Even though there are indeed relatively fewer Mac malware compared with Windows, many Mac users who still believe they are somehow magically immune from attacks may run the risk of encountering any of these two. One of the newest Mac OS X malware, a Trojan [...]