Le più vulnerabilità hanno trovato; Più piattaforme hanno interessato

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26 ottobre 2007

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Lunedì il 22 ottobre, abbiamo pubblicato allarme circa una vulnerabilità seria che interessa il beta funzionamento di RealPlayer 10.5 e di RealPlayer 11 su Windows. Attraendo uno dei vostri utenti ad un Web site cattivo, un attacker può sfruttare questa vulnerabilità per eseguire il codice sul calcolatore del vostro utente, con i privilegi del vostro utente. Nel piano d'azione nel peggiore dei casi, il attacker ha potuto guadagnare il controllo totale del pc della vittima. RealNetworks ha liberato una zona alla difficoltà che problema. Tuttavia, sembra che l'aggiornamento abbia contrassegnato appena l'inizio dei fori di sicurezza di RealNetwork.

L'ieri tardo, RealNetwork ha liberato la seconda serie di aggiornamenti di sicurezza questa settimana, questo volta che ripara le sei vulnerabilità serie nella loro serie di prodotti del lettore multimediale. Qui è che cosa dovete conoscere circa i nuovi difetti.

I nuovi difetti interessano molti altri prodotti che il difetto più in anticipo, compreso i prodotti che funzionano nell'OS X e in Linux. I prodotti affected ora includono:

• RealPlayer 8, 10, 10.5, 11 per Windows, Mac e Linux
• Giocatore v1 e v2 di RealOne per Windows e giocatore di RealOne per il Mac
• Impresa di RealPlayer
• Giocatore 10.0.x dell'elica per Linux.

Benchè questi nuovi difetti differiscano da tecnicamente l'uno dall'altro, ripartiscono molte somiglianze. Per esempio, tutti e sei i difetti coinvolgono vulnerabilità di trabocco dell'amplificatore innescato quando RealPlayer

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They are sleek, they are powerful, and they are a wish list standard.  Smartphones, like iPhone and BlackBerry, are creating a collective buzz that can be heard worldwide.

The hype is well deserved.  Mobile devices have matured and with their coming of age we now have capabilities that seemed far-fetched only a few years ago.  For employees and executives the world over, smartphones make corporate data and applications available anytime, anywhere.

But just as a smartphone is now capable of downloading data and applications wirelessly, so can it download viruses, spyware, even pornographic content, without a user’s consent.  The use of flash memory cards on some phones opens yet another door for malware to spread to these devices.

The threat is real and growing.  A recent PC World article reports that malware writers are ramping up their activity in the mobile arena, learning from proof-of-concept threats and fine-tuning the amount of user interaction required to propagate the damage.

According to SMobile Systems, a company that specializes in mobile security, there are over 400 wireless threats currently, and more are predicted to arise by year’s end.  The threats can take many forms.  Among the attacks are those that attempt to delete data, those that record a user’s phone calls, and those that send SMS text messages with links to malicious web sites.

It is a simple equation:  greater use equals greater exposure.  The explosion in smartphone use and the productivity gains that come with it have increased the security risks for corporations.  Given their functionality,

“We suspect an unauthorized transaction on your account.  To ensure that your account is not compromised, please click the link below and confirm your identity.�

An e-mail communication that reads like this has probably appeared in your inbox recently.  Sounds official, doesn’t it?  Judging from the header on the e-mail, a trusted source has sent it – a government agency, your bank, your Internet service provider.

What will you do?

Anytime you receive an online request for personal information, you should treat it with a healthy dose of suspicion.  What appears to be a trusted source may, in fact, not be what it claims to be.  Chances are high that you have become a target of a highly individualized and persuasive attempt to steal your personal information for malicious purposes.  Phishing, as this type of attack is called, has become increasingly common.

A phishing attack can originate when personal data is stolen. Not much is required.  Bits of data can be simple enough, such as your e-mail address, telephone number and birthday. But those bits hold the potential for creating a profile of you that can be easily expanded through access to other sources of online information.

Resumes and CVs are a reservoir of useful data.  As recently as August of this year, resumes and CVs were the target of an attack on Monster, a popular employment website.  The attack, which began with stolen login credentials, enabled hackers to gain access to the Monster site and gather the personal information of over a million