http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5895 Giveaway of the Day Forums » Topic: Using software updates to spread malware bad & goodup dates en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 04:16:20 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/5895#post-61578 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:48:39 +0000 hotdoge3 61578@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ <p>Using software updates to spread malware</p> <p><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10301485-245.html" rel="nofollow">http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10301485-245.html</a></p> <p>LAS VEGAS--Two researchers from Israeli security firm Radware have figured out a way to trick computers into downloading malware or take over a computer by hijacking the communications during the update process for Skype and other applications.</p> <p><a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10304455-245.html" rel="nofollow">http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10304455-245.html</a></p> <p>Adobe "has a lot to learn from, of all places, Microsoft."-Mikko Hypponen, F-Secure<br /> If you're a criminal and you want to break into a network</p> <p><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9136017/Extra_in_Microsoft_development_code_gave_hackers_IE_exploit" rel="nofollow">http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9136017/Extra_in_Microsoft_development_code_gave_hackers_IE_exploit</a></p> <p> typo -- an errant "&#38;" character -- is the "core issue" in the ActiveX control. </p>