Serial nuisance fails to defend case
MySpace has won a lawsuit against notorious spammer Sanford (Spamford) Wallace. The social networking website gained a default judgment against Wallace after he failed to turn over documents or appear in court, CNet reports.…
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John Lewis Partnership site rather too open for comfort
HSBC has finally fixed a bug that allowed web surfers to browse the directory structure of a supposedly secure website it helps to run.…
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Doesn’t seem to care
Over the past three days, Yahoo has been exposing visitors to banner ads that try to trick them into installing malware, and there’s no indication anyone at the company is even aware of the problem.…
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The makers of Foxit Reader — a free alternative application to Adobe’s software for viewing portable document format (PDF) files — has issued an update that plugs several security holes. Hats off to Foxit Software, which turned around a patched version of its program about 24 hours after a security researcher published information about the vulnerabilities. The latest build, available from this link, brings the current, patched version to 2.3 Build 2825. The “what’s new?” page describing the new features in Foxit 2.3 is largely devoid of any information about security updates. But a post to the Foxit user forum indicates the security flaws disclosed last week have indeed been addressed in this latest version.
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Race to Zero intolerance
Security firms have split over the merits of a hacking contest aimed against anti-virus packages planned for August’s Defcon conference.…
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