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JailBreakMe site rings security alarm for iPhone and iPad users

06

Jul

2011

A website that makes it child’s play for iPad and iPhone owners to jailbreak their devices raises important security concerns. The site, jailbreakme.com, exploits a PDF vulnerability to run unauthorised code on Apple customers’ iPhones and iPads, including the new iPad 2. In this way they allow users to unlock their devices, and run programs […]

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WordPress plugins hacked – Understanding the backdoor

22

Jun

2011

If you haven’t heard about it already, yesterday three popular WordPress plugins (AddThis, WPtouch, and W3 Total Cache) had a malicious backdoor added to them via the plugin repository. That lead to WordPress.org resetting all passwords as a precaution. You can read about it here: Passwords Reset. I must note that the WP.org team did […]

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Japan Outlaws Creating Malware

22

Jun

2011

Last June 17, 2011, the Japanese parliament approved a revised proposal for criminal law against creating and keeping malware, also known as the cybercrime law. The key point about this revised criminal law is that malware writers will be penalized if malware was created and distributed under the following circumstances: Without a legitimate reason With […]

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