Some of the world’s most popular Windows programs are vulnerable to a major bug in how they load critical code libraries, according to sites tracking attack code. Among the Windows applications that can be exploited using a systemic bug that many have dubbed “DLL load hijacking,” are the Firefox, Chrome, Safari and Opera browsers; Microsoft’s Word 2007; Adobe’s Photoshop; Skype; and the uTorrent BitTorrent...

A sneaky new Trojan attempts to extort money from BitTorrent users under the guise of a fictitious copyright infringement lawsuit. Malicious pop-up messages (shown below) generated by the malware, which is being spread via fake files offered up for download through BitTorrent, seeks to bully victims into agreeing to pay out for a “pre-trial settlement” of $400 in order to avoid possible prosecution over supposed copyright ...

Well, its about time I had a personal blog, rather than just my Security one as I’m really only limited to security stuff there. So here I’m going to post stuff that interests me, makes me laugh, makes me angry or just some general cool stuff. This blog is work in progress, so please don’t message me moaning that things don’t work right, as a self hosted blog takes ages to get right. Either way, I hope you enjoy my...