Month: April 2014

U.S. Government: STOP USING INTERNET EXPLORER

Dan Uff April 28, 2014 0

The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) is aware of active exploitation of a use-after-free vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer. This vulnerability affects IE versions 6 through 11 and could lead to the complete compromise of an affected system.

US-CERT recommends that users and administrators enable Microsoft EMET where possible and consider employing an alternative web browser until an official update is available.

Note that this vulnerability is being exploited in the wild. Although no Adobe Flash vulnerability appears to be at play here, the Internet Explorer vulnerability is used to corrupt Flash content in a way that allows ASLR to be bypassed via a memory address leak. This is made possible with Internet Explorer because Flash runs within the same process space as the browser. Note that exploitation without the use of Flash may be possible.

By convincing a user to view a specially crafted HTML document (e.g., a web page or an HTML email message or attachment), an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code.

We are currently unaware of a practical solution to this problem.

Read more in the full article here.

Apple adds replacement program for iPhone 5 power button

Dan Uff April 28, 2014 0

If you've gotten an iPhone 5 and the power/sleep, wake buttons don't work, Apple has created a program that the company will replace it for free.

This problem cropped up during the early sales of the device. Customers need to take the device to their local Apple Store and notify them of the issue.

The Weather Channel app updated for iOS 7

Dan Uff April 28, 2014 0

The Weather Channel app for iPhone has received an update, offering a redesign for iOS 7 and new features. Its previous all-in-one overview layout has been replaced by various information displayed each on a separate page that can be swiped though. The Weather Channel app has added a new airport mode that provides users with information about flight delays and cancellations due to weather. A new social component allows users to submit weather reports and photos of their own. The Weather Channel app is free to download through iTunes.

Via: MacNN.com

 Apple, Inc.

MS Word for iPad flops with users – 500 one-star reviews (and counting)

Dan Uff April 25, 2014 0

“Microsoft’s Word app for the iPad has proved something of a flop with users in the first month since it was made available, with an average user rating of just two and a half stars from more than 1,000 reviews,” Dan Worth reports for V3.

“Of 1,028 ratings for the Word app on iTunes, 500 users have rated it at just one star,” Worth reports. “This is contrasted with 303 five-star reviews, while the rest of the votes are split evenly between four stars (77), three stars (72) and two stars (76).”

“The bulk of the negative reviews cite the fact that using the Word app to any useful degree requires a full Office 365 subscription,” Worth reports. “The lack of printer support from within the app was another cause of irritation.”

Read more in the full article here.