Out of nowhere Oracle has released an emergency update to address the zero-day vulnerabilities being exploited by many different criminal groups. Surprisingly they included some previously unknown vulnerabilities that we can only assume may also have been in use in the wild. The good news is customers who require Java in their environments can now deploy […]
ForHacSec.com published an article earlier this month about Popular UK-based biking site ChainReactionCycles.com who’s website appears, according to mountain bike forums, to have been breached and customers credit card data made vulnerable. Today, it has been confirmed that a security breach on its systems led to fraud against its customers. Some of the cyclists who […]
UPDATE AVAILABLE HERE A pattern is being seen in Newcastle City Centre by Vodafone UK customers. More and more people are taking to Vodafone’s eforum to voice their upset at the fact that none business customers are unable to get a reliable 3G data connection, particularly during business hours. Various customers of Vodafone with various […]
In only a few short weeks, Firesheep has captured the attention and interest of hundreds of thousands of people around the world, and has spurred a lot of great discussion. This is the third in a series of posts highlighting and responding to topics I found most interesting. Previous post in series: Idiot Shepherds This […]
In only one week, Firesheep has captured the attention and interest of hundreds of thousands of people around the world, and has spurred a lot of great discussion. This is the second in a series of posts highlighting and responding to topics I found most interesting. Previous post in series: Ethics and Legality In addition […]
In only one week, Firesheep has captured the attention and interest of hundreds of thousands of people around the world, and has spurred a lot of great discussion. This is the first in a series of posts highlighting and responding to topics I found most interesting. I’ve received hundreds of messages from people who are […]
This was certainly an interesting day. As I told TechCrunch: I went back and forth trying to predict what the reaction might be. Initially before Firesheep was completed I thought there might be moderate interest, but then after doing more research found a lot of one-off articles discussing this same issue that were essentially ignored. […]
Vodafone UK finally issued a formal response of some use today by issuing the below statement – Posted 20th August 2010: “HTC Desire: Firmware Over The Air (FOTA) Update to Android 2.2 The Android 2.2 update for HTC Desire will start to be available to Vodafone customers from Monday 23 August. Our priority has been […]
Vodafone released an update for HTC Desire owners this morning, who were expecting it to be the imminent upgrade to Android 2.2, or Froyo as it’s also known. Froyo, which was rolled out on the Nexus One back in June in the UK, comes with a considerable speed boost, full Flash support, and device tethering […]