2008 March

This must be the most absurd move by Comcast ever, and you don’t have to look hard to find absurd moves by Comcast, but anway I digress. Comcast reportedly told Chris Albrecht of NewTeeVee that they’d like to install cameras in their cable boxes so they may see who is watching the TV in your […]

US-CERT is reporting that they are aware of another vulnerability in RealPlayer on Windows.
This vulnerability is due to improper handling of the “Console” property in the RealPlayer ActiveX control (rmoc3260.dll). Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
While US-CERT recommends disabling Active-X and securing your browser, which is […]

News.com has published a guide to customs-proofing your laptop so that you can breeze through US Customs with your notebook should it get a closer look by US Custom Agents. But is such a guide really needed?
The US Customs have been taking closer looks the data on computers that are being brought through Customs and […]

As widely reported everywhere and even here on other blogs on Lockergnome.com Apple released Safari 3.1 today but you might have missed out on why you shouldn’t delay installing it. The update corrects several severe vulnerabilities:
These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to do the following:

Execute arbitrary code

Cause a denial-of-service condition

Bypass authentication

Elevate privileges

Obtain sensitive information

Cause […]

Here’s one for you nuts out there that believe Anti-Virus makers spread viruses to keep themselves in business…
InfoWorld is reporting that Anti-Virus vendor Trend Micro’s web site was hacked and used to infect visitors of the web site with viruses and malware.
The infected Web pages are not obviously malicious, but the attackers have added a […]