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 Omid Farhang ― http://techblog.omidfarhang.com

Omid's TechBlog help you keep with latest security news from digital world, sometimes you will find general IT news too.

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Microsoft warns of Facebook-hijacking extensions

Omid's TechBlog! ― Malicious browser extensions are trying to hijack Facebook profiles, according to a warning from Microsoft’s Malware Protection Center. The extensions, first discovered in Brazil and dubbed JS/Febipos.A by Microsoft, are targeted at Chrome ...

Tags: Microsoft

Omid Farhang ― 1 week 14 hr ago

Name.com domain registrar hacked

Omid's TechBlog! ― US domain registrar and web hosting service Name.com has fallen victim to a hacker attack. In a recent email, the company informed its customers of an incident that potentially enabled unknown attackers to gain access to “email addresses,...

Tags: News

Omid Farhang ― 1 week 14 hr ago

Internet Explorer 8 0-Day Update CVE-2013-1347

Internet Explorer 8 0-Day Update CVE-2013-1347

Omid's TechBlog! ― Microsoft has confirmed a bug in Internet Explorer 8, CVE-2013-1347, which exposes user machines to remote code execution. In an advisory, Microsoft says the vulnerability “exists in the way that Internet Explorer [accesses] an object in ...

Tags: Microsoft, 0-Day, Browsers, Internet Explorer

Omid Farhang ― 2 weeks ago

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Omid Farhang ― 2 weeks 2 days ago

Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail is out, What’s new?

Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail is out, What’s new?

Omid's TechBlog! ― Canonical has released Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail, most likely the last release of Ubuntu that will primarily cater for laptop and desktop users. For Ubuntu 13.04, Canonical focused on tightening up the core of the OS and polishing the Unity...

Tags: News, Announcement, Ubuntu, Updates

Omid Farhang ― 3 weeks 4 days ago

Symantec vs AV-Comparatives, Which one do you trust?

Symantec vs AV-Comparatives, Which one do you trust?

Omid's TechBlog! ― Cross-posted from PCMag SecurityWatch: Last week independent antivirus lab AV-Comparatives released the results of an on-demand antivirus detection test. The fact that Microsoft came in near the bottom wasn’t big news; the fact that Symantec...

Tags: News, Av-comparatives, Security, Symantec

Omid Farhang ― 3 weeks 4 days ago

Microsoft patches the security update 2823324

Microsoft patches the security update 2823324

Omid's TechBlog! ― Microsoft is making another attempt to close the privilege elevation hole in the NTFS filesystem’s kernel driver for Windows 7 and Server 2008, including R2. The new patch, 2840149, supersedes security update 2823324, which Microsoft ...

Tags: Microsoft, Patch Tuesday, Updates

Omid Farhang ― 3 weeks 5 days ago

China accounts for 41 percent of global computer attack traffic

China accounts for 41 percent of global computer attack traffic

Omid's TechBlog! ― A new security report points the finger at China as the main source of malicious computer attacks — and puts the United States in second. In a report due to be released today by Akamai Technologies, the security firm says that the Asian ...

Tags: Uncategorized, China

Omid Farhang ― 3 weeks 6 days ago

New Java security hole affects desktops and servers

New Java security hole affects desktops and servers

Omid's TechBlog! ― Adam Gowdiak, who has made a name for himself by finding flaws in Java, has reported a new vulnerability. Security issue 61, according to Gowdiak’s tally, affects current versions of Java SE 7, including the very latest release version...

Tags: Uncategorized, Java, Oracle, Security Hole

Omid Farhang ― 3 weeks 6 days ago

Facebook closes cross-site scripting holes

Facebook closes cross-site scripting holes

Omid's TechBlog! ― Facebook has closed various cross-site scripting (XSS) holes that were discovered by security firm Break Security and which have now been described in greater detail. Break Security’s CEO, Nir Goldshlager, explains that the social network ...

Tags: Uncategorized, Facebook, XSS

Omid Farhang ― 4 weeks 1 day ago

LulzSec Hacker Gets A Year For Sony Hack

Omid's TechBlog! ― A former LulzSec hacker has been jailed for a year for ransacking Sony Pictures Entertainment’s computer systems. Cody Kretsinger, 25, from Decatur, Illinois – better known to his fellow LulzSec cohorts as “Recursion” ...

Tags: Uncategorized, Hack, Hollywood, LulzSec, Sony

Omid Farhang ― 4 weeks 2 days ago

Java 8 release schedule delayed for renewed focus on security

Java 8 release schedule delayed for renewed focus on security

Omid's TechBlog! ― ISC Handler Rob V pointed out a blog post from Oracle’s Mark Reinhold stating that Oracle has “mounted an intense effort to address those issues in a series of critical-patch update releases” and that they’ve also upgraded...

Tags: Oracle, Java, Release

Omid Farhang ― 4 weeks 2 days ago

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