Security researcher warns over Dropbox authentication security flaw – The Register
Users will not be informed if a new computer is added to a synchronisation list. Newton blames designs flaws in the Windows version of Dropbox for what he argues is a security weakness. It is unclear whether or not Linux, Mac OS X or mobile Dropbox …
Malware baddies crank up Trojan production – The Register
Hackers and their virus-writing allies are increasingly targeting vulnerabilities in Java in their persistent attempts to break into computer systems, the net security giant warns. Attack toolkits, such as The Phoenix, automate Java-based attacks that work …
Shuttleworth sees fewer clouds in Ubuntu’s future (Gavin Clarke/The Register)
Gavin Clarke / The Register:Shuttleworth sees fewer clouds in Ubuntu’s future — ‘Firm decisions’ needed — There are some tough decisions ahead about which cloud open sourcers should support in the next major version of Ubuntu. — Canonical and Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth has said that “firm decisions” …
De-Finnistration: Nokia to shift HQ to US? (Andrew Orlowski/The Register)
Andrew Orlowski / The Register:De-Finnistration: Nokia to shift HQ to US? — Elop’s radical plan — Exclusive Well-placed sources at Nokia suggest Stephen Elop is considering shifting the executive centre of gravity to Silicon Valley, creating a virtual HQ in the United States. The move would be as radical …
Italy sues Microsoft for box-bundling bungling (John Oates/Channel Register)
John Oates / Channel Register:Italy sues Microsoft for box-bundling bungling — The Italian consumer watchdog is suing Microsoft over the “Windows Tax” – the near impossibility of an ordinary user getting a refund if they decide to delete Microsoft’s software from a new computer or laptop.
Google search index splits with MapReduce (Cade Metz/The Register)
Cade Metz / The Register:Google search index splits with MapReduce — Welds BigTable to file system ‘Colossus’ — Exclusive Google Caffeine — the remodeled search infrastructure rolled out across Google’s worldwide data center network earlier this year — is not based on MapReduce, the distributed number-crunching platform …
How could someone register my old internet security serial number?
The other day I got an email from my old internet security that a Shady computer had registered one of my old serial numbers. Did someone hack into my computer? Am I in danger? How did this happen?
Researchers spy on BitTorrent users in real-time (Dan Goodin/The Register)
Dan Goodin / The Register:Researchers spy on BitTorrent users in real-time — User uploads and downloads revealed — Researchers have devised a way to monitor BitTorrent users over long stretches of time, a feat that allows them to map the internet addresses of individuals and track the content they are sending and receiving.
Google Research head dubs holy PageRank ‘over-hyped’ (Cade Metz/The Register)
Cade Metz / The Register:Google Research head dubs holy PageRank ‘over-hyped’ — Norvig mum on ‘Caffeine’ search shot — Google research head Peter Norvig says that the search giant’s hallowed PageRank link analysis algorithm is overrated. And always has been. — “One thing that I think is still over-hyped is PageRank …
Hackers declare war on international forensics tool (Dan Goodin/The Register)
Dan Goodin / The Register:Hackers declare war on international forensics tool — Microsoft’s COFEE decaffeinated — Hackers have released software they say sabotages a suite of forensics utilities provided for free by Microsoft to hundreds of law enforcement agencies across the globe.
