Ironically we rather spend our hard-earned cash buying the most entertaining iPhone Apps out there but wouldn’t spend a dime on a yearly paid-subscription anti-virus software. If that’s the case, installing a free anti-virus is the only way huh or more specifically Avast! Free Antivirus 5.0, the company’s latest anti-virus software for home users. Read further for our simplistic review…
Just half-a-day ago, Apple posted up the download links for Mac OS X security update 2008-002 on their website. The patch deals with 46 vulnerabilities in applications like AFP, Apache, AppKit, Firewall, and Podcast Producer. Affected operating systems are Mac OS X v10.4.11, Mac OS X Server v10.4.11, Mac OS X v10.5.2, and Mac OS X Server v10.5.2.
To download the security update, head over to Apple Download Section.
The latest Apple Safari 3.1 web browser is now available for download on the Apple’s website. Apple Safari 3.1 was just released on 18 March 2008 to fix a couple of vulnerabilities affecting Safari. One of the major vulnerability affecting it was that the hidden password field will be revealed when a reverse conversion is done on the Kotoeri input(Japanese character keyboard input). The other usually seen vulnerabilities are javascript injection, buffer overflow and untrusted certificate appear as trusted. See detailed description of fixed Safari’s vulnerabilities here.
AVG introduced their latest AVG 8.0 on February 27, 2008 with a set of new improved features. Dr. Safemode is pleased to bring you the review for AVG’s latest security solution, AVG Internet Security 8.0. AVG was founded since 1991 and has been providing computer security solutions to home and business users. AVG made a global impact when they started offering free anti-virus solution for home users. To date, AVG Anti-virus is the most popular software on Download.com.
SANS Internet Storm Center made an alert on their website concerning a huge number of legitimate websites being hijacked by malicious iframe that will direct users to 2117966.net. Those who are using an unpatched Internet Explorer is vulnerable to this attack. According to McAfee, majority of the infected websites are running phpBB - a popular forum software. But now it seems that the attack is shifted towards .ASP pages. Further reading at SANS and McAfee.
How to protect from malicious iframe exploitation?
