I’ve recently encountered lots of annoying Ads in my iPhone and iPad. My initial impression is what an ‘Ad serving app’! But, this is the result when you allow or … Continue reading “Annoying ads coming from an iPad/iPhone app”
Ralph Cox
Safari users still vulnerable to “carpet-bombing” attack
Apple Safari carpet-bombing is a vulnerability that allows remote attacker via malicious website to silently download arbitrary files in users’ default download directory (~/Download). This issue became serious in Windows … Continue reading “Safari users still vulnerable to “carpet-bombing” attack”
“PremierOpinion” Spyware Now in Mac OS X
From Intego security advisory today: ——————————————————————————————————– Malware: OSX/OpinionSpy Risk: High Description: Intego has discovered a spyware application that is installed by a number of freely distributed Mac applications and screen … Continue reading ““PremierOpinion” Spyware Now in Mac OS X”
Window Shortcut – LNK File Format
Figure 01 – LNK Top Level File Structure A computer shortcut (shortcut) is a small file containing a target URI or the name of a target program file that the … Continue reading “Window Shortcut – LNK File Format”
CVE-2010-1120
DESCRIPTION: A vulnerability has been reported in Apple Mac OS X, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user’s system. The vulnerability is caused due to an … Continue reading “CVE-2010-1120”
Apple Safari Style Sheet Redirection vulnerability
There’s a 0-day vulnerability affecting Safari 4.x users, it’s not critical, but it is important to be aware of it. <link rel=”stylesheet” type=”text/css” href=”www.yahoo.com”> Hola <script language=”javascript”> setTimeout(“alert(document.styleSheets[0].href)”, 10000); //setTimeout … Continue reading “Apple Safari Style Sheet Redirection vulnerability”
Snow Leopard includes malware protection
An interesting news (it’s now all over the net) – Snow Leopard includes malware protection that detects two known threats, RSPlug and iServices. (Intego first spotted this anti-malware feature.) Now curious … Continue reading “Snow Leopard includes malware protection”
RAT ‘BlackHole’
‘BlackHole’ is the latest remote administration tool (RAT) and is available both in Windows and Mac. Hacktool such RAT employs client-server program that communicates to its victim’s machine through its … Continue reading “RAT ‘BlackHole’”
Analysis of OSX Starfield
When you download an application or installer from legitimate website, you establish a level of trust expecting not to be tricked or deceived. Distribution: The installer is distributed by Starfield … Continue reading “Analysis of OSX Starfield”
About Mac OS X v10.6.4 ‘XProtect’ Update
Pob of SophosLabs found this interesting update, please read this blog post Updated XProtect protects against OSX.HellRTS Apple Mac OS X Snow Leopard Anti-Malware signature file ‘XProtect.plist’ has new definition … Continue reading “About Mac OS X v10.6.4 ‘XProtect’ Update”