* Patches from Mozilla, Debian, Mandriva * Ronaldinho: new bait to spread malware * Are we about to witness a real OS X virus?, and other interesting reading
Hackers and cybercriminals must have taken the weekend off as things are slow today, or they’re just gearing up for next week’s Black Hat conference. If you’re a Thunderbird user, a new update is avaialble that fixes nine flaws. Also, Debian and Mandriva have a smattering of patches available. Enjoy the lull, it won’t last.
Mozilla fixes nine flaws in Thunderbird
Mozilla Messaging patched nine security vulnerabilities in Thunderbird yesterday, the first time it has plugged holes in the e-mail software since early May. Thunderbird 2.0.0.16, which was added to Mozilla’s download servers late Wednesday, quashes nine bugs, including one that was patched last week in Firefox, the company’s open-source browser. Computerworld, 07/24/2008.
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Three new patches from Debian
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Two new updates from Mandriva:
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Today’s malware news:
Ronaldinho: new bait to spread malware
PandaLabs, Panda Security’s malware analysis and detection laboratory, has detected a series of junk mails with the subject “Milan cannot afford Ronaldinho” which actually spread the AntivirusXP2008 adware. Panda Labs, 07/26/2008.
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From the interesting reading department:
Are we about to witness a real OS X virus?
Mac antivirus maker, Intego, has published an interesting alert about a potential OS X virus that an enterprising individual is trying to sell through auction. With absolutely no technical information to go on, the antivirus maker is treating the announcement with caution. Computerworld, 07/24/2008.
Feds: TV news anchor hacked, then leaked colleague’s e-mail
A Philadelphia TV news anchor was charged on Monday with breaking into his co-anchor’s email accounts more than 500 times and feeding information he found there to a local newspaper. Computerworld, 07/24/2008.
Network admins with too much control a common problem
The City of San Francisco’s IT department is certainly not the exception when it comes to allowing just one person to have unfettered rights to make password and configuration changes to networks and enterprise systems. Computerworld, 07/25/2008.
San Francisco DA discloses city’s network passwords
In its bid to protect the city from one computer security risk, the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office may very well have created another. The office of San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris has made public close to 150 usernames and passwords used by various departments to connect to the city’s virtual private network. IDG News Service, 07/25/2008.
