Espionage network exploiting Adobe Reader flaw
Adobe warned users of its Reader software earlier this week that hackers were using a critical vulnerability in the program to enable "limited, targeted attacks." Today security firm Symantec provided details of the compromise, which appear to have been we
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DOJ tells judge there's no active AT&T deal with T-Mobile
The U.S. Department of Justice will file a motion to stay or dismiss its lawsuit to block AT&T's acquisition of T-Mobile USA because the agency believes there's no deal pending, a lawyer for the DOJ said Friday.
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Google deploys IPv6 for internal network
In a project that has taken longer than company engineers anticipated, Google is rolling out IPv6 across its entire internal employee network.
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Xamarin expands Android, iPhone cross-platform development kit
On Thursday, Xamarin added an API (application programming interface) for contacts to its new cross-platform Mobile development kit, with which the company aims to make it easier for C# users to develop applications for Android and iOS at the same time.
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Two zero-day vulnerabilities found in Flash Player
Two newly discovered vulnerabilities in Adobe's Flash Player can be exploited to execute arbitrary code remotely, according to advisories from the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) and various security research companies. The security flaws were discovered by Russian vulnerability research firm Intevydis, which integrated exploits for them in its Vulndisco module for Immunity Canvas, a popular penetration-testing application.
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Thailand floods mean 3.8 million fewer PCs to ship in Q1 2012
The monsoonal flooding in Thailand that closed down a dozen or more hard drive manufacturing and supply plants will mean millions of fewer PC shipments in the first quarter of 2012. According to market research firm IHS iSuppli, the floods will result in a 3.8 million-unit shortfall compared to the previous IHS forecast issued in August.
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Microsoft plans 20 patches next week
Microsoft announced Thursday it will issue 14 security bulletins next week to patch 20 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Office, and Windows Media Player. Among the patches will likely be ones to plug the hole used by the Duqu intelligence-gathering Trojan, and to fix the SSL (secure socket layer) 3.0 and TLS (transport layer security) 1.0 bug popularized three months ago by the BEAST, for "Browser Exploit Against SSL/TLS," hacking tool, security experts said.
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ZTE to launch high-end smartphones in the U.S. next year
ZTE plans to launch high-end smartphones in the U.S. next year, according to a company spokeswoman, breaking out of its mold as primarily a player in the low-end phone market. The Chinese handset maker is currently the world's fourth largest handset vendor by sales, with year-over-year growth in the third quarter at 58 percent, according to research firm IDC. But it has largely specialized in producing lower-end mobile handsets, including basic feature phones.
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Coming next year: 802.11ac for faster Wi-Fi
Gigabit-speed wireless LAN products based on the emerging IEEE 802.11ac standard will start shipping next year and usher Wi-Fi into its next era of high speed and long range, communications chip maker Broadcom said Thursday.
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Google, Microsoft teams work to keep pace with privacy laws
Executives from Microsoft and Google on Thursday gave a glimpse into the size of their privacy organizations, which are required for the companies to try to avoid running foul of complicated U.S. privacy regulations and prepare for changes coming to privacy laws around the globe. Microsoft has 40 people fully dedicated to working on privacy issues and another 400 who might spend some time on privacy, said Michael Hintze, associate general counsel at Microsoft. He spoke Thursday during a Law Seminars conference in Seattle.
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Microsoft, HP unveil joint cloud offering
Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard, hardly strangers to joint product efforts, are now teaming up to sell cloud services. The two companies said Thursday that they are engineering a variety of private, public, and hybrid cloud services to deliver Microsoft's business applications. The services will be available later this month.
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Feds launch cloud security standards program
Federal agencies will soon have a government-wide security standard for assessing, authorizing and monitoring cloud products and services. Federal CIO Steven VanRoekel Thursday unveiled the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP), which establishes a set of baseline security and privacy standards that all cloud service providers will need to meet in order to sell their products to government agencies.
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Microsoft: We can remotely delete Windows 8 apps
Microsoft will be able to throw a "kill switch" to disable or even remove an app from users' Windows 8 devices, the company revealed in documentation released earlier this week for its upcoming Windows Store. Kill switches -- so called because a simple command can deactivate or delete an app -- are common in mobile app stores. Both Apple and Google can flip such a switch for apps distributed by the iOS App Store and Android Market, respectively.
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