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Security firm RSA attacked using Excel-Flash one-two sucker punch

admin — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 03:14:49 +0000

div style=text-align: center; a href=http://blogs.rsa.com/rivner/anatomy-of-an-attack/img alt=RSA attacked using Flash vulnerability src=http://www.blogcdn.com/downloadsquad.switched.com/media/2011/04/apt.jpg style=border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 4px; width: 600px; height: 426px; //a/div It has emerged that the a href=http://blogs.rsa.com/rivner/anatomy-of-an-attack/underlying cause of RSAs SecurID gaffe/a was the recently-reported zero-day vulnerability found in Adobes Flash Player.br / br / The exploit, which used specially-crafted Flash embedding in Excel spreadsheets, was a href=http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/03/15/flash-and-reader-zero-day-vulnerability-going-unfixed-for-a-week/first reported on March 15/a and has a href=http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/03/22/adobe-patches-latest-flash-reader-vulnerabilities/since been fixed/a. RSA was hacked sometime in the first half of March when an employee was successfully a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing#Social_responsesspear phished/a and opened an infected spreadsheet. As soon as the spreadsheet was opened, an advanced persistent threat (a href=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Packaging_ToolAPT/a) — a backdoor Trojan — called Poison Ivy was installed. From there, the attackers basically had free reign of RSAs internal network, which led to the eventual dissemination of data pertaining to RSAs two-factor authenticators.br / br / The attack is reminiscent of the APTs used in the a href=http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2010/02/04/jaw-dropping-and-life-changing-details-about-the-china-versus-go/China vs. Google/a attacks from last year — and indeed, Uri Rivner, the head of new technologies at RSA is quick to point out that that other big companies are being attacked, too: The number of enterprises hit by APTs grows by the month; and the range of APT targets includes just about every industry. Unofficial tallies number dozens of mega corporations attacked [...] These companies deploy any imaginable combination of state-of-the-art perimeter and end-point security controls, and use all imaginable combinations of security operations and security controls. Yet still the determined attackers find their way in.br / br / What wed like to know, though, is whether the attack on RSA was caused by Adobes lackadaisical approach to patching a href=http://downloadsquad.switched.com/tag/Flash/Flash/a — or was it the other way around? Was it the RSA attack that first brought the zero-day vulnerability to Adobes attention?p style=padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;a href=http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/04/06/security-firm-rsa-attacked-using-excel-flash-one-two-sucker-punc/Security firm RSA attacked using Excel-Flash one-two sucker punch/a originally appeared on a href=http://downloadsquad.switched.comDownload Squad/a on Wed, 06 Apr 2011 06:55:00 EST. Please see our a href=http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/terms for use of feeds/a./ppa href=http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/04/06/security-firm-rsa-attacked-using-excel-flash-one-two-sucker-punc/ rel=bookmark title=Permanent link to this entryPermalink/anbsp;|nbsp;a href=http://downloadsquad.switched.com/forward/19904458/ title=Send this entry to a friend via emailEmail this/anbsp;|nbsp;a href=http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/04/06/security-firm-rsa-attacked-using-excel-flash-one-two-sucker-punc/#comments title=View reader comments on this entryComments/a/ppSource: a href=http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/04/06/security-firm-rsa-attacked-using-excel-flash-one-two-sucker-punc/http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/04/06/security-firm-rsa-attacked-using-excel-flash-one-two-sucker-punc//a/ppa href=http://cnet.com/Giulianna Ramirez/a a href=http://wikipedia.org/Grace Park/a a href=http://www.apple.com/Gretha Cavazzoni/a /p

Line Grapefruit is a tricky Flash path game

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 23:16:00 +0000

div style=text-align: center; a href=http://www.arcadepanic.com/game.php?id=linegrapefruitimg align=middle alt=linegrapefruit border=0 hspace=4 src=http://www.blogcdn.com/downloadsquad.switched.com/media/2011/03/linegrapefruit-4832.jpg vspace=4 //a/div Okay, see that snaking line coming in from the right on the screenshot? Thats you. And see those large round circles? Those are supposedly grapefruits, only they wont sit still – they keep moving up and down and cutting across your path. And if you touch one, you die!br / br / Thats what you have to deal with in a href=http://www.arcadepanic.com/game.php?id=linegrapefruitLine Grapefruit/a. But thats not all – youre also on a time limit. In fact, you have a very limited amount of time to make it through the path (for lack of a better word). You need to snake your way through the winding trail without touching anything. The good news is that a grapefruit only kills you if it touches the emend/em of the line – once youve made it past the grapefruit, nothing happens if it crosses the path youve made.br / br / This is emnot/em an easy game, but its quite unique – I cant recall seeing another game quite like it.p style=padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;a href=http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/04/01/line-grapefruit-is-a-tricky-flash-path-game/Line Grapefruit is a tricky Flash path game/a originally appeared on a href=http://downloadsquad.switched.comDownload Squad/a on Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:00:00 EST. Please see our a href=http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/terms for use of feeds/a./ppa href=http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/04/01/line-grapefruit-is-a-tricky-flash-path-game/ rel=bookmark title=Permanent link to this entryPermalink/anbsp;|nbsp;a href=http://downloadsquad.switched.com/forward/19868842/ title=Send this entry to a friend via emailEmail this/anbsp;|nbsp;a href=http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/04/01/line-grapefruit-is-a-tricky-flash-path-game/#comments title=View reader comments on this entryComments/a/ppSource: a href=http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/04/01/line-grapefruit-is-a-tricky-flash-path-game/http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/04/01/line-grapefruit-is-a-tricky-flash-path-game//a/ppa href=http://www.amazon.com/Heidi Montag/a a href=https://www.paypal.com/Hilarie Burton/a a href=http://www.google.com/Hilary Duff/a /p

Japan Will Have a Space Elevator by 2050 [Space Elevators]

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:15:01 +0000

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It might the stuff of science fiction dreams, but a Japanese construction company has announced that it will have built a working space elevator by 2050. Where can I join the queue? a href=http://gizmodo.com/5887210/japan-will-have-a-space-elevator-by-2050 title=Click here to read more about Japan Will Have a Space Elevator by 2050 [Space Elevators]Morenbsp;raquo;/a
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Volunteers Needed to Eat Martian Space Food (in Hawaii!) [Mars]

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:15:08 +0000

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If the thought of calling volcanic rubble in Hawaii home for four months doesnt appeal to you, just wait, it gets better: youll be eating nothing but flour, sugar, beans, rice, olive oil, dehydrated meat and cheese. Mars a href=http://manoa.hawaii.edu/hi-seas/needs/a taste-testers! a href=http://gizmodo.com/5887091/volunteers-needed-to-eat-martian-space-food-in-hawaii title=Click here to read more about Volunteers Needed to Eat Martian Space Food (in Hawaii!) [Mars]Morenbsp;raquo;/a
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Love Paper All Over Again With Two Adorably Tiny Printers

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:15:28 +0000

London design firm BERG and New York open hardware shop Adafruit both trade in big and small ideas about the future, but their projects rarely converge. Until now — with impossibly tiny printers.pSource: a href=http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/02/love-paper-all-over-again-with-two-adorably-tiny-printers/http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/02/love-paper-all-over-again-with-two-adorably-tiny-printers//a/ppa href=http://www.foxnews.com/Amber Heard/a a href=http://www.facebook.com/Amber Valletta/a a href=http://www.yahoo.com/America Ferrera/a /p

Priceless Science: Striking Finds From a Rare-Book Fair

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 15:15:04 +0000

From Audubon?s emThe Birds of America/em, a first edition of which sold last month at auction for $7.9 million, to Copernicus? heliocentric sketch that changed the world, we?ve selected the most remarkable science tomes from this years San Francisco Antiquarian Book, Print and Paper Fair.pSource: a href=http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/02/rare-book-fair/http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/02/rare-book-fair//a/ppa href=http://www.cnbc.com/Ashanti/a a href=http://www.msn.com/Ashlee Simpson/a a href=http://www.microsoft.com/Ashley Greene/a /p

Mozilla Messaging reintegrates with Labs, unifies focus on Web-based communication

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:14:40 +0000

img src=http://www.blogcdn.com/downloadsquad.switched.com/media/2011/04/thunderbirdlogo.jpg style=border-width: 0px; border-style: solid; margin: 4px; width: 163px; height: 163px; float: right; /Mozilla Messaging, citing a href=http://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2011/04/04/increasing-mozilla-focus-on-messaging-and-communications-on-the-web-re-integration-of-mozilla-messaging/Mozillas increased focus on Web-borne communications/a, will be a href=http://ascher.ca/blog/2011/04/04/the-future-of-messaging/reintegrating with Mozilla Labs/a.br / br / The Messaging subsidiary was formed in 2008 to focus on a href=http://downloadsquad.switched.com/tag/Thunderbird/Thunderbird/a, but given Mozilla Labs current focus on identity and contact management, it now makes sense for the groups to be merged. Thunderbird will be unaffected by the change — some URLs might change, but thats it — and presumably Messagings a href=http://downloadsquad.switched.com/tag/F1/F1/a and a href=http://downloadsquad.switched.com/tag/Raindrop/Raindrop/a will thrive in the Labs playground.br / br / What this means for the end user — for the hundreds of millions of Firefox users — is that the next big additions will be communication- and messaging-oriented. a href=http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2010/10/29/firefox-mozilla-refuses-to-ban-firesheep-a-more-awesome-firefox-4/Contacts/a and a href=http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/03/11/mozilla-f1-adds-support-for-multiple-twitter-email-accounts/F1/a will be almost certainly be baked into Firefox 5 or 6, both of which will be released this year — and, who knows, there might be something else even more exciting up Mozilla Labs sleeve!p style=padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;a href=http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/04/05/mozilla-messaging-reintegrates-with-labs-unifies-focus-on-web-b/Mozilla Messaging reintegrates with Labs, unifies focus on Web-based communication/a originally appeared on a href=http://downloadsquad.switched.comDownload Squad/a on Tue, 05 Apr 2011 07:00:00 EST. Please see our a href=http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/terms for use of feeds/a./ppa href=http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/04/05/mozilla-messaging-reintegrates-with-labs-unifies-focus-on-web-b/ rel=bookmark title=Permanent link to this entryPermalink/anbsp;|nbsp;a href=http://downloadsquad.switched.com/forward/19903021/ title=Send this entry to a friend via emailEmail this/anbsp;|nbsp;a href=http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/04/05/mozilla-messaging-reintegrates-with-labs-unifies-focus-on-web-b/#comments title=View reader comments on this entryComments/a/ppSource: a href=http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/04/05/mozilla-messaging-reintegrates-with-labs-unifies-focus-on-web-b/http://downloadsquad.switched.com/2011/04/05/mozilla-messaging-reintegrates-with-labs-unifies-focus-on-web-b//a/ppa href=http://cnet.com/Zooey Deschanel/a a href=http://wikipedia.org/Aaliyah/a a href=http://www.apple.com/Abbie Cornish/a /p

Toy Fair 2012: Toys for GeekTots

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:14:33 +0000

Every year I begin Toy Fair the same way, strolling the aisle searching for the big trends and narratives of the show, and every year I end up gravitating to the same things: toys that I would buy for my kids right now. All my six-year-old wanted was news about Skylanders, so I found myself [...]pSource: a href=http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/toy-fair-2012-toys-for-geektots/http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/toy-fair-2012-toys-for-geektots//a/ppa href=http://www.amazon.com/Izabella Miko/a a href=https://www.paypal.com/Izabella Scorupco/a a href=http://www.google.com/Jaime King/a /p

Top 10 iPad/iPhone Gaming Peripherals

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:14:43 +0000

#160; The iPad#8217;s touch screen is a wonderful thing. Sometimes though I wish it had a few face buttons #8212; maybe it#8217;s just because of my gaming history. Over the last few months I#8217;ve invested in a few gadgets that have added this physical element to various games and applications I use on the device. [...]pSource: a href=http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/top-10-ipadiphone-gaming-peripherals/http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/top-10-ipadiphone-gaming-peripherals//a/ppa href=http://www.ups.com/Izabella Scorupco/a a href=http://www.intel.com/Jaime King/a a href=http://www.answers.com/Jaime Pressly/a /p

Karateka Remake Marks Jordan Mechner?s Return to Games

admin — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:14:54 +0000

Nearly a decade since his last videogame, Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner is returning to his roots with a remake of the celebrated hit that launched his career: Karateka. Mechner told Wired.com that he would release the Karateka reboot as a downloadable game for Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 later this year. He designed [...]pSource: a href=http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/02/karateka-remake/http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2012/02/karateka-remake//a/ppa href=http://twitter.com/Zooey Deschanel/a a href=http://www.youtube.com/Aaliyah/a a href=http://www.cnn.com/Abbie Cornish/a /p