Traffic Sniffing, Not Botnet, May Have Led to Android Spam Run

It’s not every day that you get a security story that involves Yahoo, Google and Microsoft, but that’s what has happened with the claims from a Microsoft official that there was an Android-based botnet in existence sending spam from compromised devices. Now it seems that the spam emanating from...

CVE-2011-4279

Moodle 2.0.x before 2.0.2 does not use the forceloginforprofiles setting for course-profiles access control, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information via vectors involving use of a search engine, as demonstrated by the search functionality of Google,...

Code injection

Moodle 2.0.x before 2.0.2 does not use the forceloginforprofiles setting for course-profiles access control, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information via vectors involving use of a search engine, as demonstrated by the search functionality of Google,...

CVE-2012-2645: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

The Yahoo! Japan Yahoo! Browser application 1.2.0 and earlier for Android does not properly implement the WebView class, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application...

PT-2012-4157

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Yahoo! Browser versions 1.2.0 and earlier Description The issue is related to the improper implementation of the WebView class in the application, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a crafted application...

[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: pidgin-2.10.5-1.fc16

Pidgin allows you to talk to anyone using a variety of messaging protocols including AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, Jabber, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, ICQ, IRC, Novell Groupwise, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, Simple and Zephyr. These protocols are implemented using a modular, easy to use design. To use a protocol, just...

Yahoo Patches Vulnerability that Led to 450,000-Password Breach

Yahoo announced today it’s fixed the security hole that allowed a hacker group this week to post some 450,000 email addresses and passwords belonging to freelance writers. “We have taken swift action and have now fixed this vulnerability, deployed additional security measures for affected Yahoo!...

Yahoo! Browser vulnerable in the WebView class

Overview Yahoo! Browser contains a vulnerability in the WebView class. Yahoo! Browser is a web browser for Android devices. Yahoo! Browser contains a vulnerability in the WebView class. Gaku Mochizuki of Mitsui Bussan Secure Directions, Inc. reported this vulnerability to IPA. JPCERT/CC coordinat...

JVN#46088915: Yahoo! Browser vulnerable in the WebView class

Yahoo! Browser is a web browser for Android devices. Yahoo! Browser contains a vulnerability in the WebView class. Impact If a user of the affected product uses other malicious Android application, information managed by the affected product may be disclosed. Solution Update the software Update t...

Yahoo Voice hacked, 400,000 yahoo passwords leaked

A list of over 450,000 email addresses and plain-text passwords, in a document marked "Owned and Exposed" apparently from users of a Yahoo! service, is in circulation on the internet. The affected accounts appeared to belong to a voice-over-Internet-protocol, or VOIP, service called Yahoo Voices,...

Yahoo Looking Into Password Breach

If it’s a day ending in Y, then there must be another password leak. And today it’s Yahoo’s turn in the spotlight, as the company is investigating claims that more than 400,000 plaintext passwords were stolen from the company and posted online. Security researchers who have looked at the data say...

Google Disputes Claim of Android Botnet

Google is disputing statements from researchers at Microsoft and Sophos who this week warned that Android devices were sending spam through compromised Yahoo Mail accounts. In response, both now say they are further investigating their earlier claims. The idea of an international Android botnet...

Senate Committee to Discuss Do Not Track at Key Hearing

The dram surrounding the Do Not Track specification and its implementation by browser manufacturers is set to continue on Thursday when the Senate Commerce Committee will hold a hearing to discuss whether the proposed specification is strong enough or has been weakened by the digital advertising...

Fedora Update for pidgin FEDORA-2012-8686

Check for the Version of pidgin OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for pidgin FEDORA-2012-8686 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the term...

[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: pidgin-2.10.4-1.fc15

Pidgin allows you to talk to anyone using a variety of messaging protocols including AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, Jabber, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, ICQ, IRC, Novell Groupwise, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, Simple and Zephyr. These protocols are implemented using a modular, easy to use design. To use a protocol, just...

RedHat Update for pidgin RHSA-2011:0616-01

Check for the Version of pidgin OpenVAS Vulnerability Test RedHat Update for pidgin RHSA-2011:0616-01 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2012 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the ter...

Study: Password Security Improves with Age

Baby Boomers may not be perceived as tech savvy as Millenials, but they apparently are better at protecting their digital assets. A new British study believed to be the largest of its kind shows those 55 and older tend to pick passwords with twice the strength of those under 25. It also indicates...

Yahoo Includes Private Key in Source File For Axis Chrome Extension

Yahoo on Wednesday launched a new browser called Axis and researchers immediately discovered that the company had mistakenly included its private signing key in the source file, a serious error that would allow an attacker to create a malicious, signed extension for a browser that the browser wil...

New P2P Zeus Variant Targets Popular Sites with Bogus Offers

Facebook, Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail users should beware of rogue rebate offers and new secure payment options aimed at getting them to part with their debit card information. Earlier this week Amit Klein, CTO of Trusteer, announced the discovery of a peer-to-peer variant of the Zeus platform that...

Twitter Implements Do Not Track

Twitter has implemented the Do Not Track header on its site, giving users the option of telling the site that they do not want to be tracked across other sites on the Web. The implementation is being done through the DNT technology in the Firefox browser. Firefox, like other major browsers, allow...