Anonymous Launches Cyberattack Salvo on China |
- Anonymous Launches Cyberattack Salvo on China
- Flashback Infection Hits 700,000 Mac Users
- Making the Most of Chrome in the Cloud
- EU Commish: Don't Act on ACTA
| Anonymous Launches Cyberattack Salvo on China Posted: 05 Apr 2012 11:54 AM PDT  Hackers purporting to be members of the nebulous online hacker community Anonymous have reportedly hit almost 400 websites in China. The attacks have apparently been going on since March 30. They are listed on the Anonymous China Twitter page. "China is seen by many as a repressive regime that severely restricts human rights and suffers from governmental corruption on a multitude of levels," said Randy Abrams, an independent security consultant. "This sounds exactly like the type of target that Anonymous historically professes to engage in hacktivism against." |
| Flashback Infection Hits 700,000 Mac Users Posted: 05 Apr 2012 03:16 PM PDT  More than 700,000 Macintosh computers have been infected with malware that exploits a flaw in Java, and the number keeps growing. The Flashback Trojan, which plants an executable file on a Mac that fetches additional malware, was uncovered earlier this week by Doctor Web. The infection has reached 700,000 computers, but its growth has slowed down, said Doctor Web CEO Boris Sharov. "If the current numbers are correct, this would be largest infection on the Mac we've ever seen before," Symantec Researcher Liam O Murchu told MacNewsWorld |
| Making the Most of Chrome in the Cloud Posted: 05 Apr 2012 05:00 AM PDT  The more devices that I accumulate, the more I'd like to move seamlessly from one to another. I'm finding more and more that I'm hopping from one device to another, and one Web browser to another. I've got a mini-laptop hooked up to my TV, a larger laptop on my desk, a 7-inch tablet in my back pocket for reading at coffee shops, a 10-incher that floats around the loft and rarely goes outside, and a 4.3-inch smartphone that works well on crowded transportation systems -- all lacking in synchronicity. |
| Posted: 05 Apr 2012 08:42 AM PDT  The European Commission, the executive body of the European Union, asked the European Parliament not to vote on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA. ACTA, which is designed to harmonize international copyright regulations and enforcement, is scheduled for a vote in June. But on Wednesday, EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht said that there was too much ambiguity and discontent surrounding ACTA to go through with the vote. President Obama signed off on ACTA in January, but it has yet to be ratified in the U.S. or anywhere else. |
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