Microsoft issues 'critical' patch
Microsoft has issued a "critical" security update to fix a flaw in the way Windows handles shortcuts, writes the BBC.
The bug allowed attackers to craft booby-trapped shortcuts that allow them to take over a target computer.
Many users set up shortcuts to get to programs and places in Windows that they use regularly.
Botnet cracked wide open
Researchers have cracked open a botnet that amassed more than 60GB of passwords and other stolen data, even as it cloaked itself using a state-of-the-art technique known as fast flux, reveals The Register.
When its command-and-control server was infiltrated, the Mumba botnet had snagged more than 55 000 PCs, according to researchers from anti-virus provider AVG.
The data-stealing operation is the work of the notorious Avalanche Group, a criminal operation that was responsible for two-thirds of all phishing attacks in the second half of 2009, according to a report earlier this year from the Anti-Phishing Working Group.
BA introduces iPhone app
British Airways (BA) has unveiled a version of its iPhone app that allows customers to save time and check in on their smartphones, says Computing.co.uk.
Users can download the app by registering online free of charge to become a BA Executive Club iPhone user.
The new version of the app allows passengers to use mobile boarding passes on their phones, which can be scanned at check-in to speed up and enhance the boarding process.
Wikileaks draws criticism, censorship threats
A week after Wikileaks' 100MB disclosure of Afghan war files appeared, anger in US political circles continues to grow, with some commentators calling for the US government to find a way to pull the plug on the group's Web site, reports News.com.com.
On Fox News Sunday, conservative commentator Liz Cheney said Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange clearly has "blood on his hands" and that Wikileaks.org should be taken offline.
"I would really like to see president Obama move to ask the government of Iceland to shut that Web site down," Cheney said. "I'd like to see him move to shut it down ourselves if Iceland won't do it." Wikileaks.org is hosted on a server in Sweden.
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