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Hack of Google, Adobe Conducted Through Zero-Day IE Flaw
Editor’s note: This story has been updated with a link to a Microsoft advisory about the new vulnerability as well as a Microsoft blog post discussing ways for users to reduce their risk of attack. The recent hack attack on Google, Adobe and other companies occurred through exploitation of a zero-day vulnerability that affects many versions of Internet Explorer, according to Microsoft and a security researcher with a leading anti-virus firm. Microsoft learned about the vulnerability only Wednesday evening, said the researcher, who asked not to be identified because he’s not authorized to speak with the press.
Continue reading »Zynga Mafia Wars spyware
I’m getting all kinds of Fa$ebook and Twitter messages to join various peoples’ Mafia families, I posted recently, going on: “Mafia Wars is from a company called Zynga. For me, there’s nothing amusing about the Mafia and there’s no way I’d join anything which bases itself on a deeply evil gang which depends for its existence on extortion and terror. “(Vivendi Universal, EMI, Warner Music and Sony Music’s RIAA, anyone?)” Now, “Zynga (the company that develops Mafia Wars) does not give a rats a** after injecting a spyware cookie into the game,” says i_hate_zyng’s Reddit post , suggesting: “Upvote and let the others know how a company can screw up your security for personal monetary gains!” Says Zynga’s VEE > > > A few weeks ago we rolled out a faster version of Mafia Wars however many of our players encountered issues unrelated to our game.
Continue reading »How to Rip Video from Facebook
Easy-to-use guide will show you how to rip, download, and convert video from Facebook or simply embed on other websites. Many times we see a video uploaded by a friend or family member to Facebook and would love to be able to embed it elsewhere or to simply download a copy to save for personal use. Facebook obviously doesn’t offer either of these options and so people have to figure out a way to do it on their own.
Continue reading »Machsend Offers Browser-Based File sharing
Today’s star is Machsend : a see browser-based file sharing service that takes the somewhat popular idea of mixing browser technology with p2p and uses it in its more unique way – employing Ruby and Yahoo's Browserplus extension. This extension (i.e. a plug-in) offers web apps file access and further desktop-like capabilities.
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