Monthly Archives: January 2009
Current Event: Security Vulnerability in Safari RSS
According to the open source programmer Brian Mastenbrook, he has found a security flaw in Safari Rss feeds. He said that Apple’s Safari browser is vulnerable to an attack that allows a malicious web site to read files on a … Continue reading
Storm worm cracked, but defenses may not fly
The Storm worm, noticed for the first time on January 17th, 2007, is one of the more notorious worms of the last few years. Targetted initially towards individual Windows machines, victims were often infected after receiving a bait e-mail with … Continue reading
Security Review: Facebook Applications
In mid-2007, Facebook launched a free development platform that allows independent designers to create applications that integrate with core features of Facebook. Since then, over 33,000 applications have been made, the most popular of the applications having over 16 million … Continue reading
Current Event: Beware, Cellphones Attacks Next
[Devy Pranowo and Xia (My) Cam] A report from the Georgia Tech Security Center predicts that botnets were likely to hit mobile phones sometime soon. Botnet <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botnet> can be delivered to machines through email or instant messages, which now is … Continue reading
Current Events – Undocumented Chip in Wii
“Update. This entry was updated on <January 9, 2009> to reflect a <re-interpretation of the original article>. After several years that Wii have been launch, hackers found flaws in Wii’s security aspect. According to an article from Nintendo World Report, … Continue reading
Security Review: Security and Privacy Code of Ethics
The Security and Privacy Code of Ethics is a contract that every CSE484 student is required to sign, on penalty of a zero grade in the course. It places restrictions on the manner in which students may use knowledge gained … Continue reading
Current Event: 3 London Hospitals Infected
According to articles from BBC and TheRegister back in November of 2008, three London hospitals fell victim to the Mytob Worm. Originating from early 2005, this worm spreads itself through email and prevents removal by disabling any attempts to retrieve … Continue reading
Data Breaches Booming
InformationWeek recently published an article based on data from the Identity Theft Resource Center (a non-profit organization which aims to understand and prevent identity theft), that shows an increase of 47% in the number of reported data breaches in 2008. … Continue reading
Current Event: Lexus to begin sending messages directly to drivers
According to a recent article in USA Today, Lexus will begin including new technology to allow the company to send audio messages to the computers present in their cars. It appears to be similar to an e-mail system, where the … Continue reading
Current event: Apple’s iPhone 3G Unlocked
Recently, an article on The Wall Street Journal describes how Apple Inc.’s iPhone 3G was unlocked by a group of independent programmers called iPhone Dev Team. Apple has partnerships with wireless networks around the world that allows iPhones to work … Continue reading