It figures, the day after I updated a number of computers at work a new update to Adobe Flash would come out. The good news is that this update brings with it some fixes for much publicized problems. The big features in this update include a native desktop control panel and the ability to delete Flash Cookies, a function to be incorporated with major browsers. The other … [Read more...]
Progress in Congress With “The Threat of Data Theft to American Consumers” Hearing Today
In the wake of Sony's PlayStation Network intrusion and data theft of 100+ million accounts, the Subcommittee on Commerce, Manufacturing, and Trade is holding a hearing on the topic titled The Threat of Data Theft to American Consumers. Representatives of the Federal Trade Commission, U.S. Secret Service, Center for Democracy and Technology, and Purdue University are being … [Read more...]
PlayStation Network Still Down And Probably For Another Week; Personal Data of 70 Million Stolen
Between the 17th and 19th of this month, Sony's PlayStation Network and streaming service Qriocity were compromised through an intrusion into the network. Sony was aware of the intrusion on April 19th and shut the service down as a result, first posting of the outage on April 20th. Since then, the PSN has been unavailable for those wanting to use it for online gaming, playing … [Read more...]
(Another) Update To Adobe Flash Addresses Latest 0-Day Vulnerability
Adobe announced in a security advisory Monday that a new zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Flash was actively being exploited with credit and more details going to Mila Parkour. News of the vulnerability was broken by Brian Krebs of Krebs on Security who reported: According to sources, the attacks exploit a vulnerability in fully-patched versions of Flash, and are being leveraged … [Read more...]
Latest Avast! Definitions Contain False Positive Blocking Legitimate Websites, Malware Detected [Updated]
While it's nowhere near as bad as the McAfee False Positive problem that ended up killing tens of thousands of Windows XP PCs, the latest Avast definitions (4-11-11) seem to be blocking tons of legitimate websites thinking that there are malware scripts embedded in them. Tons of people are reporting the issue on Twitter and the Avast! website is being hit so hard, it has been … [Read more...]