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New zero-day Yahoo Messenger exploit allows malware to spread via hijacked status updates

03

Dec

2011

An unpatched zero-day flaw in Yahoo Messenger allows remote attackers to fiddle with any user’s status message – allowing malware to be spread, Bitdefender security researchers revealed on Friday. Vulnerable clients are found in version 11.x of Messenger, including the freshly released 11.5.0.152-us version. The reason the status update vector is so dangerous boils down […]

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Google controversially forces users to opt-out of Wi-Fi snooping

17

Nov

2011

Google is offering to stop mapping wireless access point location data, granting network owners worldwide the choice to opt out from its Wi-Fi geolocation mapping. This move follows a decision by the Dutch Data Protection Authority (DPA) that the process is in violation of laws in the Netherlands. Google feeds this data into its location […]

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‘Indestructible’ rootkit rumours are greatly exaggerated! Stand down from high alert!

01

Jul

2011

LulzSec has sailed away – if not off the edge of the world, at least into a part of space and time from which it can no longer trigger scary headlines. It seems we needed something to replace LulzSec, and it looks as though we’ve found it. The indestructible rootkit! The rootkit in question is […]

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New zero-day Yahoo Messenger exploit allows malware to spread via hijacked status updates

Google controversially forces users to opt-out of Wi-Fi snooping

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