Serious IE security hole
Microsoft releases security updates on the second Tuesday of each month. It seems that there’s a security hole in Internet Explorer that they haven’t yet patched, and it’s so serious that users are advised to immediately apply a workaround fix.
This vulnerability will allow attackers infect the victim’s computers (running Windows XP or Windows Server 2003) [...]
Use SMS to recover your Google Account !
There is a new way of password recovery using SMS introduced by Google.
This is what Google had to say for introduction of this recovery method “Since most people use cell phones these days, we decided text messaging would be an easy, convenient addition to our password recovery options. To set up password recovery via your [...]
Cligs an URL shortening service hit by Hackers
Cligs , an URL shortening service popular with micro-bloggers on Twitters was attacked recently by hackers possibly originating from Canada. The attack redirected 2.2 million miniature URL to a single URL.
On June 15, a statement was released on Clig’s website “Late last night/early this morning a security hole in Cligs editing functionality was exploited by [...]
Why did Cisco buy Jabber ?
Cisco closed acquisition of Jabber in October,2008 and its integration with Cisco was completed in late January,2009 . Jabber is based in Denver, Colorado. Jabber has now become a part of Cisco’s Collaboration Software Group.
Jabber is an enterprise instant messaging technology, which is based on the open-source XMPP standard.Jabber will help bolster Cisco’s unified communications [...]
Nine Ball attack compromises thousand’s of site
Websense has been monitoring a massive online attack since June 03, which, to date, has compromised over 40,000 websites
. The attack redirects users to a site hosting Malware (ninetoraq.in), earning it the name Nine-Ball.
Websense said “This is a massive injection attack on 40,000 legitimate sites online. That alone is serious, but then you add [...]
