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Cross-Scripting Vulnerability in Skype iOS App Exposes Contact Information

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Sep

2011

A cross-scripting vulnerability affecting Skype’s iOS app has been discovered and a video has been provided, whereby sending a specific a specific text message sent to a user can copy their Address Book. This attack uses Javascript, and, “Executing arbitrary Javascript code is one thing, but I found that Skype also improperly defines the URI […]

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Flaw in OS X Lion allows unauthorized password changes

20

Sep

2011

A researcher at the Defense in Depth blog has discovered a flaw in Apple’s recently released operating system, OS X 10.7 (Lion), which allows passwords to be changed without knowledge of the logged in user’s password. The flaw appears related to Apple’s move towards a local directory service which has permissions set in an insecure […]

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Password Change Issue Affects Mac OS X

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Sep

2011

A Mac OS X bug has surfaced whereby any local user can change any user’s password using a simple Terminal command. This means that anyone who obtains physical access to a Mac, and who knows this command – not something that your average user will know – can change a password, then log into another […]

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