One-click workaround designed to prevent attackers from gaining control of vulnerable Web browsers. The company confirmed Saturday that it was investigating a remote code execution vulnerability in IE 6, IE 7, and IE 8 that could allow an attacker to use the corrupted PC to host a Web site designed to exploit the vulnerability with other users. Versions of the browser after IE 8 are unaffected, Microsoft said. … [Read more...] about Microsoft issues fix for IE flaw that could allow PC hijack
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Police raid software firm favored in computer project scam
Police in Vietnam searched Monday the offices of a software firm allegedly favored by officials arrested in an abortive national computerization project. They seized several important documents from the seven offices of the Hanoi-based ISA software firm, led by Nguyen Thuy Ha. ISA was reportedly favored by Luong Cao Son, the secretary of a government project to computerize the entire administrative system, to supply the software for several provinces. … [Read more...] about Police raid software firm favored in computer project scam
Vietnam man critically injured in mysterious computer explosion
A 22-year-old man was critically injured in the southern province of Tien Giang Thursday after a desktop computer he was working on exploded. Le Dang Quang, was trying to fix some technical problems with the computer when it's case blew off at around 7:30 p.m. said his family members. … [Read more...] about Vietnam man critically injured in mysterious computer explosion
Smartphones top computers for U.S. Facebook time
The average time spent accessing Facebook via smartphone in the United States was 441 minutes in March, compared with 391 minutes via computer, according to comScore, underscoring the increasingly high-profile role of mobile in social networking. comScore's new Mobile Metrix 2.0 report showed U.S. smartphone users spent 441 minutes per month, or 7 hours and 21 minutes, on Facebook in March. That compares with 391 minutes, or 6 hours and 31 minutes, for people who tapped into Facebook via a computer. In filing documents for its initial public offering, Facebook highlighted the importance of mobile while noting it does not generate meaningful revenue from mobile users. "If users increasingly access mobile products as a substitute for access through personal computers and if we are unable to successfully implement monetization strategies for our mobile users," the company writes in its filing documents, "our financial performance and ability to grow revenue would be negatively … [Read more...] about Smartphones top computers for U.S. Facebook time
Apple publishes support page for Flashback malware, is working on a fix
After the Flashback / Flashfake Mac trojan was exposed by Russian site Dr. Web, Apple has finally responded by publishing a support page about the issue and promising a fix. If you haven't heard by now, the malware exploits a flaw in the Java Virtual Machine, which Oracle pushed a fix for back in February, but Apple didn't patch until a botnet consisting of as many as 650,000 Macs was identified on March 4th. Antivirus maker Kaspersky has confirmed the earlier findings, and released a free tool affected users can run to remove the trojan from their computers. Other than the update already delivered for computers running OS 10.6 and 10.7 Apple recommends users on 10.5 and earlier disable Java in their browser preferences. What isn't mentioned however, is when its fix is incoming or any timetable on its efforts with international ISPs to cut off the IP addresses used by the network. This is not the first time Macs have fallen prey to malware and as their market share grows will … [Read more...] about Apple publishes support page for Flashback malware, is working on a fix