http://news.softpedia.com Softpedia News - Security Fixes and Improvements Softpedia News en-us 2001 - 2012 Softpedia. All rights reserved. Tue, 29 May 2012 05:34:46 GMT Tue, 29 May 2012 05:34:46 GMT News http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 10 http://news.softpedia.com/base_img/softpedia_logo.gif http://news.softpedia.com http://news.softpedia.com/news/Security-Expert-Finds-Open-Redirection-Bug-on-Google-Books-270602.shtml Deepanker Verma, a security research at the Infosec Institute, has uncovered a potentially dangerous redirection vulnerability that affects Google Books (books.google.com), a site that has been recently integrated into Google Play.

According to Verma, Google has been notified on the existence of the flaw and even confirmed ... (read more)]]> Sat, 19 May 2012 10:34:00 GMT Softpedia News - Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Security-Expert-Finds-Open-Redirection-Bug-on-Google-Books-270602.shtml Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Security-Expert-Finds-Open-Redirection-Bug-on-Google-Books-270602.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Nerd-Releases-HULK-DOS-Tool-270596.shtml Barry Shteiman, a principal security engineer at Imperva, the owner of the Sectorix blog, and a self-proclaimed “nerd” has released a Python-based web server denial-of-service (DOS) tool called HULK (Http Unbearable Load King).

“For a while now, I have been playing with some of the more exotic tools, finding that their main problem is a... (read more)]]> Sat, 19 May 2012 10:21:00 GMT Softpedia News - Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Nerd-Releases-HULK-DOS-Tool-270596.shtml Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Nerd-Releases-HULK-DOS-Tool-270596.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hacker-Finds-XSS-on-Cartoon-Network-Disney-and-Master-Chef-Sites-Exclusive-270435.shtml A security researcher called ProtocoL has found that sites such as the one of Cartoon Network (cartoonnetwork.com), Disney (disney.go.com) and Master Chef Australia (masterchef.com.au) contain cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities.

None of them is persistent, but that doesn’t make them far less da... (read more)]]> Fri, 18 May 2012 19:01:00 GMT Softpedia News - Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hacker-Finds-XSS-on-Cartoon-Network-Disney-and-Master-Chef-Sites-Exclusive-270435.shtml Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hacker-Finds-XSS-on-Cartoon-Network-Disney-and-Master-Chef-Sites-Exclusive-270435.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/CyberZeist-Finds-XSS-on-Intel-com-and-Baidu-com-270101.shtml A hacker known as CyberZeist has found that the website of Baidu, the largest search engine in China, and one of Intel, the world renowned semiconductor chip maker, contain cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities.

We have explained the risks posed by such security holes numerous times, so this time we’ve let the hacker himsel... (read more)]]> Thu, 17 May 2012 09:05:00 GMT Softpedia News - Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/CyberZeist-Finds-XSS-on-Intel-com-and-Baidu-com-270101.shtml Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/CyberZeist-Finds-XSS-on-Intel-com-and-Baidu-com-270101.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Multiple-Web-Vulnerabilities-Expose-MobileSpy-App-to-Attacks-Experts-Say-269892.shtml Researchers from the Vulnerability Lab have identified a number of web flaws in the popular spy app called MobileSpy. Since the vendor has failed to reply to their inquiries, they have decided to make their findings public to raise awareness among users.

Before moving on to the actual security holes, let&rsquo... (read more)]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 11:55:00 GMT Softpedia News - Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Multiple-Web-Vulnerabilities-Expose-MobileSpy-App-to-Attacks-Experts-Say-269892.shtml Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Multiple-Web-Vulnerabilities-Expose-MobileSpy-App-to-Attacks-Experts-Say-269892.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Addresses-20-Security-Holes-in-Chrome-19-269859.shtml Google Chrome 19 brings not only the new Open Tab sync feature, but also a number of important improvements in the security sector. Totaling 20, the list includes 5 low, 7 medium and 8 high severity bugs.

The flaws cataloged as being low-severity were attributed to Aki Helin, Brett Wilson and Charlie Reis, both from the Chromium dev c... (read more)]]> Wed, 16 May 2012 10:01:00 GMT Softpedia News - Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Addresses-20-Security-Holes-in-Chrome-19-269859.shtml Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Google-Addresses-20-Security-Holes-in-Chrome-19-269859.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Security-App-of-the-Week-Hash-Code-Verifier-269537.shtml This week we take a look at a piece of software called Hash Code Verifier. Developed by BreakTheSecurity, the application is designed to allow users to create file hashes which they can utilize to ensure that their integrity hasn’t been compromised.

There are many cases in which cybercriminals hijack a site and replace the legitimat... (read more)]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 08:09:00 GMT Softpedia News - Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Security-App-of-the-Week-Hash-Code-Verifier-269537.shtml Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Security-App-of-the-Week-Hash-Code-Verifier-269537.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/HITB-2012-Topics-WinRT-and-the-Ghost-in-the-Windows-7-Allocator-268527.shtml This year’s Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam promises a lot of great challenges, but also a number of interesting topics that will be presented by the speakers. Two of the subjects detailed at HITB will be the “Ghost in the Windows 7 allocator” and the new Windows 8 RunTime feature.

Sebastien R... (read more)]]> Wed, 9 May 2012 12:19:00 GMT Softpedia News - Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/HITB-2012-Topics-WinRT-and-the-Ghost-in-the-Windows-7-Allocator-268527.shtml Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/HITB-2012-Topics-WinRT-and-the-Ghost-in-the-Windows-7-Allocator-268527.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Patches-Duqu-Vulnerability-in-Office-Silverlight-and-Journal-268502.shtml Even though the vulnerability leveraged by the Duqu malware was addressed five months ago, Microsoft found that the same piece of code was being utilized in other products. As a result, the May 2012 security bulletins issued by the company fix a number of applications that contained the code.

The security hole e... (read more)]]> Wed, 9 May 2012 11:00:00 GMT Softpedia News - Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Patches-Duqu-Vulnerability-in-Office-Silverlight-and-Journal-268502.shtml Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-Patches-Duqu-Vulnerability-in-Office-Silverlight-and-Journal-268502.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Torrent-Site-Rewards-Hacker-for-Finding-XSS-Flaws-Exclusive-268301.shtml The popular torrent site Kickass Torrents (KAT) awarded the sum of $100 (76 EUR) to a hacker who helped them address a number of cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities that affected the website.

Many will agree that the best way to secure a website is by telling a hacker or a penetration tester to give it a crack. In ... (read more)]]> Tue, 8 May 2012 18:41:01 GMT Softpedia News - Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Torrent-Site-Rewards-Hacker-for-Finding-XSS-Flaws-Exclusive-268301.shtml Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Torrent-Site-Rewards-Hacker-for-Finding-XSS-Flaws-Exclusive-268301.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/M-Portable-Anti-Copy-Secures-Data-Against-Unauthorized-Copying-268056.shtml Software programmer Mohsen Ektefa introduces “M Portable Anti-Copy,” an application that can be used to protect content stored on portable storage devices such as USB memory sticks, or portable hard drives. The software represents a great way for copyright holders to protect their assets.

“This is the... (read more)]]> Mon, 7 May 2012 12:12:00 GMT Softpedia News - Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/M-Portable-Anti-Copy-Secures-Data-Against-Unauthorized-Copying-268056.shtml Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/M-Portable-Anti-Copy-Secures-Data-Against-Unauthorized-Copying-268056.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/GFI-Software-Releases-MailEssentials-2012-UnifiedProtection-267737.shtml In the era of the Internet, spam messages represent a major concern for most companies and their IT security staff. To come to the aid of small and medium businesses, GFI Software has released GFI MailEssentials 2012 UnifiedProtection, a solution that combines antivirus and anti-spam technologies.

GFI’s new product c... (read more)]]> Fri, 4 May 2012 11:20:00 GMT Softpedia News - Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/GFI-Software-Releases-MailEssentials-2012-UnifiedProtection-267737.shtml Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/GFI-Software-Releases-MailEssentials-2012-UnifiedProtection-267737.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hacker-Finds-XSS-on-Torrent-and-US-National-Institutes-of-Health-Sites-267674.shtml A number of torrent sites, along with the ones of the US National Institutes of Health and the National Endowment for the Arts have been found to contain cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities by the hacker known as Gambit.

The list of torrent sites includes, as shown in the screenshots, torrents.net, pnop.c... (read more)]]> Fri, 4 May 2012 07:18:00 GMT Softpedia News - Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hacker-Finds-XSS-on-Torrent-and-US-National-Institutes-of-Health-Sites-267674.shtml Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hacker-Finds-XSS-on-Torrent-and-US-National-Institutes-of-Health-Sites-267674.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/PHP-CGI-Code-Execution-Flaw-from-2004-Leads-to-Code-Disclosure-267589.shtml Dutch security experts from De Eindbazen have found a dangerous PHP-CGI flaw that could be remotely leveraged by an attacker for command execution and source code disclosure.

According to the researchers, while playing Nullcon CTF, they’ve noticed that if they input an “?-s” query string, it results in... (read more)]]> Thu, 3 May 2012 13:05:00 GMT Softpedia News - Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/PHP-CGI-Code-Execution-Flaw-from-2004-Leads-to-Code-Disclosure-267589.shtml Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/PHP-CGI-Code-Execution-Flaw-from-2004-Leads-to-Code-Disclosure-267589.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Assuria-Launches-CyberSense-ES-No-Advanced-Skills-Required-267432.shtml Security firm Assuria has made available its CyberSense Enterprise Scanner (ES), a solution designed to help even inexperienced IT staffers identify vulnerabilities and compliance failures.

One of the best things about the new CyberSense scanner is that it’s easy to deploy, the scanning process being performed s... (read more)]]> Wed, 2 May 2012 14:11:00 GMT Softpedia News - Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Assuria-Launches-CyberSense-ES-No-Advanced-Skills-Required-267432.shtml Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Assuria-Launches-CyberSense-ES-No-Advanced-Skills-Required-267432.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Search-Engine-Security-to-Protect-IE-Users-Against-BlackHat-SEO-Links-267223.shtml Security solutions provider Zscaler revealed its latest product designed to aid Internet users while surfing the web. It’s called Search Engine Security (SES) and it’s meant to protect Internet Explorer customers against BlackHat SEO links in search engines.

SES already exists for Mozilla Firefox and ... (read more)]]> Tue, 1 May 2012 11:57:00 GMT Softpedia News - Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Search-Engine-Security-to-Protect-IE-Users-Against-BlackHat-SEO-Links-267223.shtml Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Search-Engine-Security-to-Protect-IE-Users-Against-BlackHat-SEO-Links-267223.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Skype-Vulnerability-Leads-to-User-IP-Disclosure-267182.shtml A security hole found recently in Skype, the popular messaging application, allows users, even with low skill levels, to find out the IP addresses of other customers.

It’s uncertain at this point who found the vulnerability, but it appears that it first surfaced on Pastebin, later being picked up by the Skype-Open-Source blog.read more)]]> Tue, 1 May 2012 08:35:00 GMT Softpedia News - Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Skype-Vulnerability-Leads-to-User-IP-Disclosure-267182.shtml Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Skype-Vulnerability-Leads-to-User-IP-Disclosure-267182.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Vulnerability-in-Oracle-Servers-Fixed-Only-in-Future-Versions-266859.shtml In the April 2012 Critical Patch Update (CPU) released by Oracle, the company claimed to have addressed a TNS Listener issue that had affected the Oracle Database since 2008. However, the researcher who uncovered the flaw has learned that the patch is only applied to future variants of the application and not to existing ones.
... (read more)]]> Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:01:00 GMT Softpedia News - Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Vulnerability-in-Oracle-Servers-Fixed-Only-in-Future-Versions-266859.shtml Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Vulnerability-in-Oracle-Servers-Fixed-Only-in-Future-Versions-266859.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Critical-0-Day-in-Hotmail-Exploited-in-Wild-Microsoft-Issues-Fix-266506.shtml Security researchers from the Vulnerability Lab identified a critical password reset and setup flaw in Microsoft’s Hotmail service. As it turns out, cybercriminals also found the same weakness and quickly saw a big profit in it, but thanks to experts from the Lab and Microsoft's Security Response Center a fix was issued to p... (read more)]]> Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:11:00 GMT Softpedia News - Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Critical-0-Day-in-Hotmail-Exploited-in-Wild-Microsoft-Issues-Fix-266506.shtml Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Critical-0-Day-in-Hotmail-Exploited-in-Wild-Microsoft-Issues-Fix-266506.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/TreasonSMS-Bug-Allows-Hackers-to-Execute-Malicious-Code-on-iPhones-266214.shtml Researchers from the Vulnerability Lab have found high severity HTML Inject and File Include security holes in TreasonSMS, an iPhone application that allows users to send text messages from their desktop computers by turning the phone into a SMS webserver.

According to the experts, the vulnerabilities can be ex... (read more)]]> Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:31:00 GMT Softpedia News - Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/TreasonSMS-Bug-Allows-Hackers-to-Execute-Malicious-Code-on-iPhones-266214.shtml Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/TreasonSMS-Bug-Allows-Hackers-to-Execute-Malicious-Code-on-iPhones-266214.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Researchers-Make-Firewall-to-Protect-Medical-Devices-Against-Hackers-265970.shtml There has been a lot of buzz lately around the vulnerabilities that expose wireless medical devices to cybercriminals, but researchers from Princeton and Purdue universities may have found a solution to these issues. They have created a firewall that's specially designed for these types of apparatus.

The firewall,... (read more)]]> Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:57:00 GMT Softpedia News - Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Researchers-Make-Firewall-to-Protect-Medical-Devices-Against-Hackers-265970.shtml Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Researchers-Make-Firewall-to-Protect-Medical-Devices-Against-Hackers-265970.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hacker-Flaws-in-SwedBank-and-Victoria-Bank-Sites-Exposed-Customers-Exclusive-265902.shtml The Eastern European hacker known as Sepo found that the Victoria Commercial Bank of Kenya's website (victoriabank.co.ke ) and the ones of SwedBank from Lithuania (swedbank.lt ) and Ukraine contained some vulnerabilities that might have allowed cybercriminals to gain access to customer information.

After ... (read more)]]> Mon, 23 Apr 2012 10:36:00 GMT Softpedia News - Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hacker-Flaws-in-SwedBank-and-Victoria-Bank-Sites-Exposed-Customers-Exclusive-265902.shtml Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Hacker-Flaws-in-SwedBank-and-Victoria-Bank-Sites-Exposed-Customers-Exclusive-265902.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Secfence-NASA-Closed-Security-Holes-but-XSS-Flaws-Still-Present-265737.shtml Experts from Secfence Technologies reveal that NASA has been working on patching some of the vulnerabilities present on its websites, but there are still a few on which the ever-present cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw can still be found.

Since its last report, when it admitted that there’s a lot of work to be don... (read more)]]> Sun, 22 Apr 2012 05:01:02 GMT Softpedia News - Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Secfence-NASA-Closed-Security-Holes-but-XSS-Flaws-Still-Present-265737.shtml Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Secfence-NASA-Closed-Security-Holes-but-XSS-Flaws-Still-Present-265737.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Oracle-Fixes-88-Bugs-with-April-2012-Critical-Patch-Update-265074.shtml Oracle is urging customers to apply the April 2012 Critical Patch Update (CPU), which addresses a number of 88 security holes that affect several products.

The affected pieces of software include versions of Oracle Database, Oracle Application Server, Oracle BI Publisher, Oracle DB UM Connector for Oracle Identity Manager, ... (read more)]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:42:00 GMT Softpedia News - Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Oracle-Fixes-88-Bugs-with-April-2012-Critical-Patch-Update-265074.shtml Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Oracle-Fixes-88-Bugs-with-April-2012-Critical-Patch-Update-265074.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Radio-City-Fails-to-Protect-User-Passwords-Expert-Says-265019.shtml Shadab Siddiqui warns that Radio City (planetradiocity.com), India’s leading FM radio brand, fails to ensure that its site’s users are protected against malicious operations.

Radio City 91.1FM started to broadcast back in July 2001 in Bangalore, currently being present in 20 cities from India. Ever since it was laun... (read more)]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:15:00 GMT Softpedia News - Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Radio-City-Fails-to-Protect-User-Passwords-Expert-Says-265019.shtml Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Radio-City-Fails-to-Protect-User-Passwords-Expert-Says-265019.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Germany-Adopts-Button-Law-to-Combat-Subscription-Traps-264831.shtml After revealing some time ago that it combats websites that trick users into signing up for products that come with hidden costs, by cataloging them as being malicious, Avast now gets a helping hand from the European Union’s new “Button Law.” Germany is the first country to adopt it and hopefully, others will follow.
... (read more)]]> Tue, 17 Apr 2012 12:39:00 GMT Softpedia News - Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Germany-Adopts-Button-Law-to-Combat-Subscription-Traps-264831.shtml Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Germany-Adopts-Button-Law-to-Combat-Subscription-Traps-264831.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Researchers-Reveal-Flaws-in-Microsoft-Partner-Network-Cloud-Service-264644.shtml Experts from Vulnerability Lab have been busy aiding Microsoft patch up some serious vulnerabilities that affected two of their services. The most important security hole was a persistent script code inject vulnerability that has been found in Microsoft Partner Network Cloud service.

To demonstrate their findings, ... (read more)]]> Sat, 14 Apr 2012 07:58:00 GMT Softpedia News - Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Researchers-Reveal-Flaws-in-Microsoft-Partner-Network-Cloud-Service-264644.shtml Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Researchers-Reveal-Flaws-in-Microsoft-Partner-Network-Cloud-Service-264644.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Security-Holes-Reported-in-HTC-Collabera-CMC-and-Quick-Heal-Sites-264213.shtml Security researcher Shadab Siddiqui identified a number of cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in websites owned by the mobile phone manufacturer HTC, TATA-owned IT solution provider CMC Limited, IT firm Collabera, and Quick Heal, an Indian company that offers security products.

The screenshots provided by the... (read more)]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:51:01 GMT Softpedia News - Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Security-Holes-Reported-in-HTC-Collabera-CMC-and-Quick-Heal-Sites-264213.shtml Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Security-Holes-Reported-in-HTC-Collabera-CMC-and-Quick-Heal-Sites-264213.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Samba-Releases-Update-to-Fix-quot-Root-quot-Credential-Remote-Code-Execution-264245.shtml Mac OS X and Linux users who rely on Samba, the open source file and print service, are urged to update the software to ensure that they are protected against attacks that leverage a remote code execution vulnerability.

Samba 3.6.4, Samba 3.5.14 and 3.4.16, along with patches for older variants, have been ... (read more)]]> Thu, 12 Apr 2012 11:25:00 GMT Softpedia News - Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Samba-Releases-Update-to-Fix-quot-Root-quot-Credential-Remote-Code-Execution-264245.shtml Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Samba-Releases-Update-to-Fix-quot-Root-quot-Credential-Remote-Code-Execution-264245.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Anonymous-Takes-Down-Prime-Minister-Home-Office-and-Ministry-of-Justice-Sites-263941.shtml Operation Trial at Home was initiated over the weekend, with Anonymous hackers and their supporters launching distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks against the sites of the Home Office (homeoffice.gov.uk), the Ministry of Justice (justice.gov.uk) and the one of the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister (number1... (read more)]]> Wed, 11 Apr 2012 08:52:00 GMT Softpedia News - Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Anonymous-Takes-Down-Prime-Minister-Home-Office-and-Ministry-of-Justice-Sites-263941.shtml Security Fixes and Improvements http://news.softpedia.com/news/Anonymous-Takes-Down-Prime-Minister-Home-Office-and-Ministry-of-Justice-Sites-263941.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Eduard Kovacs)