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TWiT.TV Hacked, Contains Malicious Code Linking To Java Trojan

Posted 09/15/2011 at 11:33am | by Brad Chacos

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The Maximum PC Podcast keeps BS to a minimum while simultaneously supplying maxed-out levels of hijinks and information, but for you media-addicted types out there, one podcast a week might not fulfill your quota for listening pleasure. We understand if you turn to the excellent lineup of broadcasts put together by Leo Laporte and the awesome TWiT.tv team to catch up on your tech news, too, but you might want to pass on your regular visit to the TWiT.tv site this week; hackers have managed to slip some malicious code onto the site.

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Rogue Flash Drive Compromised Key US Military Network in 2008

Posted 08/25/2010 at 2:04pm | by Pulkit Chandna

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The greatest adversary that the U.S. military has faced in the cyber realm was an enemy-supplied piece of malicious code that hitched a ride on a USB flash drive to sneak into a network operated by the military's central command. The breach occurred on a military base in the Middle East in 2008, Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III has revealed.

The revelation is part of a Foreign Affairs article in which Lynn discusses Pentagon's cyberstrategy. A foreign intelligence agency is said to have orchestrated the cyberattack, which affected both “classified and unclassified systems.” A military laptop was the first to be compromised and there was no stopping the rogue code from there on.

"That code spread undetected on both classified and unclassified systems, establishing what amounted to a digital beachhead, from which data could be transferred to servers under foreign control," Lynn writes in the Foreign Affairs article.

A Los Angeles Times report published in 2008 had blamed the Russians for a “widespread electronic attack on Defense Department computers.” The paper had obtained the information from unnamed defense officials. This is the first time the incident has been acknowledged openly.

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Mozilla Fesses Up to a Critical Vulnerability in Firefox 3.5

Posted 07/15/2009 at 5:21pm | by Pulkit Chandna

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Mozilla has confirmed the presence of a critical vulnerability in Firefox 3.5. The vulnerability is nestled in the browser’s Just-in-time (JIT) JavaScript compiler – part of the new TraceMonkey engine – and can be used to execute malicious code. Hackers may lure gullible Firefox 3.5 users to websites containing code meant to exploit the flaw. While Mozilla burns the midnight lamp in finding a solution, you can simply disable the JIT. However, it must be noted that disabling the JIT will have an adverse effect on JavaScript performance.

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