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Justin Bieber’s Twitter account – hacked!

28

Mar

2012

Sophos – Lend a little sympathy to pop star Justin Bieber today, after his Twitter account was hacked and an unauthorised message was sent to his 19 million fans. 19 million my ass. #biebermyballsFortunately the message was rapidly deleted, and it appears that the account was compromised more to spread embarrassing graffiti rather than with […]

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MS12-020 Vulnerabilities in Remote Desktop Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2671387)

17

Mar

2012

The vulnerability lies in a part of Windows called the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) and could allow malicious hackers to run code – without the users’ permission.The security hole affects Windows XP and all versions of Windows released since, including the developer preview of Windows 8. This security update resolves two privately reported vulnerabilities in […]

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Google Chrome hack earns security researcher $60,000

08

Mar

2012

A Russian security researcher has earned himself a tidy $60,000 by demonstrating how he could waltz past the security sandbox in Google’s Chrome browser to run unauthorised code on fully-patched Windows 7 computers. Sergey Glazunov uncovered a remote code execution vulnerability in Chrome, that could be used by malicious hackers and cybercriminals to install and […]

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MS12-020 Vulnerabilities in Remote Desktop Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2671387)

Google Chrome hack earns security researcher $60,000

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