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Patched or Not, Homeland Security Says You’re Still Better Off Without Java
CERT says the best patch for Java is to disable it entirely.
Oracle Patches Java Vulnerability
Yet another fix for yet another vulnerability.
Android Malware on the Rise
If you own an Android smartphone, you’re more than twice as likely to encounter malware today than you were six months ago.
News Byte
A 400 Percent Increase in Android Malware? Way to Capitalize on Today's I/O Keynote, Juniper.
Disturbing news from Juniper Networks on this first day of Google I/O: Mobile security vulnerabilities have hit an all-time high–particularly in the Android ecosystem. According to Juniper, Android malware attacks have increased 400 percent from the summer of 2010. An unsettling metric, and not just for Android fans. This surge in security threats is being driven largely by an increase in mobile application downloads, which seems to be the attack vector of choice. So really, anyone with a smartphone capable of running apps is a potential target.FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski at D8: Trying to Get U.S. Broadband Up to Speed
It has been a tough spring for Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski. In April, a federal appeals court found that the FCC had overstepped its bounds when it censured Comcast for violating its net neutrality principles and in so doing, called into question the agency’s authority to regulate the Internet. And in May, 282 members of Congress, from both political parties, petitioned Genachowski to suspend the FCC’s plans to reclassify broadband as a telecommunications service, a move that would put broadband under the agency’s purview and clarify its jurisdiction once and for all.
It’s a Botnet Party Vietnam, Redux
Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry has a message for the thousands of Vietnamese citizens reportedly targeted by politically motivated cyberattacks: There were no attacks.
It’s a Botnet Party Vietnam
East Asia obviously isn’t taking Google’s principled stand in China very seriously–not that you’d expect it to. Politically motivated cyberattacks in the region continue. The latest to be identified: A botnet intended to silence widespread opposition to a bauxite mining operation in Vietnam run by China’s state-owned mining group, Chinalco.
Chrome OS: “Turning On a PC Should Be Like Turning On Your TV”
Direct from Google headquarters, and liveblogged by John Paczkowski, Google’s Sundar Pichai, vice president of product management and Matthew Papakipos, engineering director for Google Chrome OS, explain some of the advantages of the operating system: Speed, simplicity and security.
A 40 Percent Drop in Spam? Too Bad It’s Temporary…
Wow. Global spam volumes plummeted today after two ISPs disconnected a Web hosting firm outed by the Washington Post as harboring some truly unsavory clients. Denied Internet access by Global Crossing and Hurricane Electric, bot hosting network McColo is clearly having trouble spewing out spam and malware. There has been a 41 percent drop in spam volume since the Washington Post story broke.
A 40 Percent Drop in Spam? Too Bad It's Temporary…
Wow. Global spam volumes plummeted today after two ISPs disconnected a Web hosting firm outed by the Washington Post as harboring some truly unsavory clients. Denied Internet access by Global Crossing and Hurricane Electric, bot hosting network McColo is clearly having trouble spewing out spam and malware. There has been a 41 percent drop in spam volume since the Washington Post story broke.