Google and Mozilla both throw up a malware warning for AOL’s Chinese portal, and Google even warns people who run a search for ‘AOL China’ that the site may harm their computer. But on the other hand, Bing and Yahoo don’t flag anything out of the ordinary with the website. Neither does AOL Search, which is powered by Google.
Looking at the Safe Browsing Diagnostics page for chinese.aol.com reports the domain name tq121.com.cn to function as intermediary for distributing malware hosted at xzgfgh.8866.org. But what worry me the most, is that Google and Mozilla both raise warning flags while big guys like Microsoft and Yahoo consider everything to be perfectly safe. It is really wierd…
The latest security update from Microsoft will patch a bug in Windows that has existed for 17 years. It first appeared in Windows NT 3.1 and has been incorporated into most versions of Windows since then. The security update will also fix 25 other holes, five of which are critical. The bug was discovered by a Google Security Researcher and the old bug involves with a utility that allows newer versions of Windows to run programs that date from the DOS era. He was able to exploit the same utility in Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and 2008 as well as Windows Vista and Windows 7.
Microsoft also has recently released a patch for a vulnerability in Internet Explorer that is thought to have led to the attacks on Google in China. Well, it’s about time they do something right. They should force auto-update on all old Internet Explorer.
Video blog Tinkernut give us a tutorial with a step-by-step video of the process. But before you start hacking your neighbor Wi-Fi, here some reminder for you.
Knowledge is power, but power doesn’t mean you should be a jerk, or do anything illegal. Knowing how to pick a lock doesn’t make you a thief. Consider this post educational, or a proof-of-concept intellectual exercise.
If you are a Facebook user and today you spot a group called “WE’RE AGAINST THE 4.99 A MONTH CHARGE FOR FACEBOOK FROM JUNE 30TH 2010″, please avoid joining them or even visit them. If you don’t – instead of finding a friendly group, you could potentially end up with loads of malware garbage on your computer.
Ben Pieratt who found this fraudulent group said, the group already reach 133,000 members but with zero wall post. The group page however contain a link to URL with reportedly malware and porn, but also attempts to download 25 items to your hard drive. Talk about real panic. With any luck Facebook will remove the group as soon as possible but how it’s managed to reach 133,000 members without anyone taking notice is beyond imagination.
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