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Now its Firefox’s and Opera’s turn (Updated)

Posted by Jaime Raphael Licauco, CISSP, GSEC on December 19, 2008

Firefox and Opera both patched their software this week after new critical vulnerabilities were found in both.

Firefox
Mozilla Foundation Security Advisory 2008-60
Security Focus BID

Opera Security Advisories
http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/921/
http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/924/
http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/920/
http://www.opera.com/support/kb/view/923/

IE Bug Update
(Computerworld) Hackers exploit IE bug with ‘insidious’ Word docs – ActiveX control in Word file downloads malware to unpatched PCs, says McAfee

MS08-078 and the SDL – The MSDN blog has released an analysis of the recent zero day bug of IE. In the end, the author states, “I think this bug is a great example of ‘you will never get the code 100% right, so multiple defenses are critical.'”


⌘+⇧+L and other useful OS X hidden features – Not Security related but I thought that some Mac heads might find this useful.


(Security Park) 44 per cent of EU SMBs have been attacked by cyber criminals
Adobe Flash Player for Linux Security Bulletin and Update
(Heise Security) Keyloggers under the microscope – A team assembled by honeynet specialist Thorsten Holz from the University of Mannheim has published a case study of banking trojans, keyloggers and their dropzones. “Learning More About the Underground Economy: A Case-Study of Keyloggers and Dropzones” is available for download here.
(Security Park) Mobile Phone Security Tips

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Launching of DefCon Philippines

Posted by Jaime Raphael Licauco, CISSP, GSEC on November 24, 2008

Soft Launching of Defcon Philippines (DC3662) will be on Dec 20, 2008 with a half day event (1-6PM) at Handuraw, 460 Gorordo Avenue, Cebu City.

For more info, check out www.defconph.org.
There’s also great info in their blog section. They will be sponsored by opononline and Empress of Drac.

A couple of Blogs about this event:

  • Beyond the norms
  • cebubloggers
  • Third Wave

  • Since I posted something about Social Networks and the Philippines probably around a week back, you might want to check out the Pinoy Post Blog by Melvin Calimag over at ZDNetAsia who recently wrote an informative article about the same topic.

    Since the author seems to be one of the few writers on IT in the Philippines, I googled him and came upon this interesting article written around the start of this year.


    Other Info Sec News
  • Security update for xt:commerce Shop system
  • Obama’s cell phone records breached
  • Verizon staff break into Obama’s cell phone account
  • US Military’s ban of USB thumb drives highlights security risks
  • Buffer overflow in Vista’s TCP/IP stack
  • Microsoft to offer free security solution, discontinue OneCare. This is also related to,
    Microsoft hopes free security means less malware
  • Key Logger Spyware ordered off the market
  • Brief study shows difficulty in detecting malware
  • Apple plugs a dozen iPhone security holes
  • Computer virus brings London hospital networks to a standstill

  • New Links:

    MASE Consulting – Policies and Procedures
    Software Assurance Forum for Excellence in Code

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