Jan 23 2013
Dawson College in Quebec has expelled a computer science student for a “serious professional conduct issue.” Ahmed Al-Khabaz and another student found a security problem in a mobile application used by the school to manage and allow access to student information. When Al-Khabaz initially informed Dawson of the issue, he was told that the problem…..
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Jan 23 2013
Spear phishing is the starting point for many attacks against the computers run by power companies. A recent test of the resiliency of power systems to social engineering showed 26 percent of employees who work closely with industrial control systems fell victim to the social engineering attack. Among their job titles were: a control room…..
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Jan 19 2013
Foxit has released an updated version of its Foxit Reader PDF viewer plug-in that fixes a critical remote code execution flaw. The vulnerability affected the browser plug-in for Firefox, Chrome, Opera, and Safari. Users are urged to upgrade to Foxit Reader version 5.4.5. Fixed a security issue where attackers can exploit a web browser plugin…..
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