Discover breaking news from Macworld 2009
Digg your favorite stories in Upcoming or check out the most popular ones in the Apple topic.
Twitter Phishers Also Targeting Facebook
latimesblogs.latimes.com — The phishing site that was set up to hoodwink Twitter's users has a second front door that looks exactly like Facebook. The address of the fake Twitter site was twitter.access-login.com/login, but take out the "/login" part and you arrive at the dead-ringer for the Facebook homepage.More… (Security)
14% of SSL certificates on the Internet potentially unsafe
tgdaily.com — Netcraft provided more details on a critical digital certificate vulnerability revealed last week. Although Microsoft downplayed the problem by stating that the successful exploit was not published, Netcraft found that 14% of SSL certificates (135,000 total!) use the vulnerable MD5 hashing algorithm.More… (Security)
SSL broken with 200 PS3s
engadget.com — "a group of hackers announced that they'd beaten SSL, using a cluster of 200 PS3s. By exploiting a flaw in the MD5 cryptographic algorithm (used in certain digital signatures and certificates), the group managed to create a rogue Certification Authority (CA) which allows them to create their own SSL certificates" More… (Security)
Ga Reqires Sex Offenders to Hand Over Email, Passwords, Etc
msnbc.msn.com — Privacy advocates are questioning an aggressive Georgia law set to take effect Thursday that would require sex offenders to hand over Internet passwords, screen names and e-mail addresses.More… (Security)
MD5 collision creates rogue Certificate Authority
crunchgear.com — (Translation: Bad news for the Internet). At the 25th Chaos Communication Congress (CCC) today, researchers will reveal how they utilized a collision attack against the MD5 algorithm to create a rogue certificate authority. This is pretty big news, so read on.More… (Security)
Avoid Downloading Fake Torrents and Spam with Vertor
torrentfreak.com — With millions of potential targets, BitTorrent sites are a great arena for scammers and spammers. Vertor is a new BitTorrent site that aims to eliminate these threats.More… (Security)
Wanted: Web-Wide Cops
pcworld.com — The Internet needs to be globally regulated if it is to have any chance of stopping scams such as security 'scareware', a researcher has suggested.More… (Security)
Harvard Prof Wants to Broadcast RIAA Case on Internet
zeropaid.com — Today, Professor Charles Nesson and his team of Harvard Law students filed a motion to broadcast courtroom coverage of the trial on the Internet, which is traditionally prohibited. Nesson is defending Joel Tenenbaum, who has been sued by the RIAA for $1,050,000 for allegedly making available 7 songs in a shared folder when he was 17 years oldMore… (Security)
Uproar in Australia Over the Plan to Block Web Sites
nytimes.com — A proposed Internet filter dubbed the '‘Great Aussie Firewall’' is promising to make Australia one of the strictest Internet regulators among democratic countries.More… (Security)
Hacker's Plan to Rule Black Market in Stolen Credit Cards
wired.com — The heat in Max Butler's safe house was nearly unbearable. It was the equipment's fault. Butler had crammed several servers and laptops into the studio apartment high above San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood, and the mass of processors and displays produced a swelter that pulsed through the room. More… (Security)
Microsoft Warns of SQL Attack
pcworld.com — Just days after patching a critical flaw in its Internet Explorer browser, Microsoft is now warning users of a serious bug in its SQL Server database software.More… (Security)
Man Receives Compensation for Cyberbullying
blog.wired.com — A Beijing man who was the target of a "virtual lynching" by vigilantes after being blamed for his wife's suicide, has received a payout in China for the cyberbullying. Wang Fei was awarded about 9,000 yuan (about $1,300) after losing his job and being harassed online and at his home.More… (Security)
Ethical Hacking Course Launched
guardian.co.uk — A new course is offering members of the public the chance to learn how to become a professional computer hacker - without ever leaving the house.More… (Security)
10 GPS Vulnerabilities
c4i.org — The US Armed Forces' 21st-century combat plan is based on Joint Vision 2020, an extension of Joint Vision 2010's conceptual template that is reflected in the US Army Chief of Staff's Army Transformation Program, the Marine Corps' Sea Dragon programs and various service statements, policies and other implementing plans. More… (Security)
Has Internet Explorer ever been safe?
blogs.zdnet.com — Back in the day when Internet Explorer was more of an experiment than a viable browser, the iexplore.exe application was heavily tied into Windows, the explorer.exe application. If one faltered, more likely to be the former, the other would almost automatically screw up too. Read about how it can affect your browsing experience. More… (Security)
