Kaspersky Lab has been granted immunity from liability in a suit filed by alleged adware and spyware maker Zango. “According to Kaspersky, Zango sued them to force the company to reclassify Zango’s programs as ‘non-threatening’ and to prevent Kaspersky’s security software from blocking Zango’s programs,” says InformationWeek. But Zango’s lawsuit was dumped by a US court on […]
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Computers inside pharmaceutical giant Pfizer’s network are spamming the internet touting Viagra, along with ads for knockoff Rolexes and shady junk stocks. So says Wired, going on: Pfizer’s computers appear to have been infected with malware that has transformed them into zombie computers sending spam at the behest of a hacker. Oddly enough, they are spamming the […]
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“Quechup is rotten: don’t accept invites” That was one of the first headlines on Quechup, which claims it’s “sweeping the globe”. From Boing Boing, the story goes on: While you were Burning / vacationing / spacing out offline this Labor Day weekend, many folks online were hit with invitations from a social networking service called Quechup that […]
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The entertainment industry isn’t alone in complaining about serious pirate problems. Pornographers say they’re ready to make people who steal their content walk the plank. “A group of 65 producers, attorneys, and other industry members held a piracy conference last week, billed as one of the first major roundtables for the industry to get together and address […]
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Skype users are being warned they may be attacked by a worm which penetrates chat to send a message linking to to an infected .jpg. “The worm, which different vendors identify as Ramex, Skipi or Pykspa, uses Skype’s chat function to send users a short message that contains a link to a jpg file, according to […]
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“Quechup is rotten: don’t accept invites” That was one of the first headlines on Quechup, which claims it’s “sweeping the globe”. From Boing Boing, the story goes on: While you were Burning / vacationing / spacing out offline this Labor Day weekend, many folks online were hit with invitations from a social networking service called Quechup that […]
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“Quechup is rotten: don’t accept invites” That was one of the first headlines on Quechup, which claims it’s “sweeping the globe”. From Boing Boing, the story goes on: While you were Burning / vacationing / spacing out offline this Labor Day weekend, many folks online were hit with invitations from a social networking service called Quechup that […]
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“A buffer overflow exists in iTunes when processing album cover art,” says net-security.org in an alert. It goes on: By enticing a user to open a maliciously crafted music file, an attacker may trigger the overflow which may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution. For Mac OS X: The download file is named: “iTunes7.4.dmg” Its […]
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A judge’s decision to dismiss a lawsuit filed by two Ohio University alumni who sued the university over a computer security breach is sadly typical of how courts are dealing with the growing problem of computer data theft, says their lawyer. Courts are reluctant to grant the proposition that when personal data is lost, there’s harm […]
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The entertainment industry isn’t alone in complaining about serious pirate problems. Pornographers say they’re ready to make people who steal their content walk the plank. “A group of 65 producers, attorneys, and other industry members held a piracy conference last week, billed as one of the first major roundtables for the industry to get together and address […] more
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