GoDaddy Down
If you are hosting your website and / or email with GoDaddy, you are most likely experiencing issues right now. According to this article from CBS News (not really a…
Read moreNew iteration of the Zeus crimeware toolkit hits the market as Gameover
According to this article from F-Secure, there’s a new version of the Zeus crimeware that’s making the rounds that’s evolved yet again, possibly from the source code for version 2.0.8.9 was…
Read moreComputer criminal sentenced to 30 months in prison followed by 3 years of supervised release for renting botnet
We’ve spoken many, many times about botnets and the many uses cyber criminals have for them and try to make the discussions as realistic as possible but it’s always good…
Read moreSeptember 2012 Patch Tuesday
September will be a relatively light month overall but the Java vulnerability in Java 7 update 7 has really caused some waves. Microsoft On the Microsoft side, the September Patch…
Read moreAndroid Jelly Bean (v4.1) coming to Galaxy SIII and Note 10.1 ‘very soon’
My fondness of the Android Operating System is nothing new (note, I do not *dislike* iOS [the Apple one or ios, the Cisco one], I just prefer Android and like…
Read moreBlackhole now includes update to exploit JRE vulnerability (noted yesterday)
Yup, well before a patch is available, Blackhole now has an update to exploit the newly discovered JRE vulnerability. Details are available over at the F-Secure website here.
Read moreCyber Tech Cafe mail server IP address blacklisted
At some point yesterday, one of the Cyber Tech Cafe mail server IP Addresses was blacklisted and a large number of emails were rejected by receiving servers. We have isolated…
Read moreCritical, ‘highly exploitable’ vulnerability found in JRE (Java Runtime Environment)
According to this article from F-Secure, a new vulnerability has been found in the Java Runtime Environment and is currently being integrated into several toolkits. The article is very well…
Read moreCritical vulnerability found in Adobe Flash Player (Windows, Mac, Android and Linux)
On 21 August, Adobe released an update that addressed a critical vulnerability in the Adobe Flash Player. All users are encouraged to install the update as soon as possible. The…
Read moreAttacks against vulnerabilities patched in August Patch Tuesday already spotted in the wild
We knew it was coming, but this article from Ars Technica does a good job of reminding folks of the importance of making sure that their updates are installed (and…
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