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A new KOOBFACE variant is again making the rounds in the social-networking scene. According to Trend Micro researcher, Norman Ingal, the malware employs Facebook’s Private Message feature to proliferate. The threat arrives as a Facebook private message that does not bear a subject but contains a supposed link to a YouTube video. Taking a closer…
Oops! Selena and Bieber’s hidden camera bedroom video Facebook scam
Oops indeed. At least if you were one of the Facebook users who believed that a hidden camera video had leaked onto the net of Justin Bieber sharing some intimate moments with his girlfriend Selena Gomez. Of course, Bieber’s typical fans – or those who would delight in his public humiliation by a hungry paparazzi…
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Concurrency in modern software development is not just a luxury but a necessity. As applications grow more complex and user expectations for responsiveness increase, developers need to harness the power of concurrent programming to build efficient and scalable systems. Rust, with its unique ownership model, safety guarantees, and powerful concurrency primitives, provides an excellent foundation…
Internet Explorer 8 0-Day Update CVE-2013-1347
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 memory that has been deleted or has not been properly allocated.” That, in turn, opens the door to memory…
A technical analysis of Adobe Flash Player CVE-2012-0779 Vulnerability
Microsoft Malware Protection Center wrote: Recently, we’ve seen a few attacks in the wild targeting a patched Adobe Flash Player vulnerability. The vulnerability related to this malware was addressed with a recent patch released by Adobe on May 4th. On the Windows platform, Flash Player 11.2.202.233 and earlier is vulnerable. If you’re using vulnerable version,…
