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I was searching for the term “Reno 911 cast” and I noticed a somewhat weird looking link. As I suspected the link turned out to be a malicious one.
The link redirects to another site that requires Flash Player 11. Flash Player 11? There is no Flash Player 11 yet.
It is possible that MyArtsOnline.com is set up for the purpose of spreading malware. It is also possible that the site has been compromised.
This is nothing new, but they are still trying hard. Malware sites are luring potential victims by pretending to offer TV shows streams or downloads. South Park is set to premier its Season 13 tonight, and some sites are offering the episodes online even before it airs. Well, those sites are linking to another sites pretending to be your own Windows XP Desktop and telling you that you have been infected.
I discovered the linking site through a back-track on WordPress dashboard. It is pretty easy to spot if a site is legitimate or not. In the past, many malware “suppliers” had been opening tons of WordPress accounts to posts malicious links disguised as video links.
I guess I’ll be hunting down those malicious WordPress blogs again.
WordPress 2.7.1 is released. It is available for download and through WordPress 2.7 automatic upgrade.
You can read more about WordPress 2.7.1 at WordPress.org blog.
The automatic upgrade process took less than 30 seconds to upgrade my self-hosted WordPress blog.
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6 is now available for download through Mozilla.org, Mozilla.com and Firefox autoupdate.
Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6 fixes severeal issues found in version 3.0.5, read the Release Notes here.
Mozilla Firefox is available for multiple Operating Systems including Linux, Mac OS X, and Windows.
Tuesday afternoon, Apple releases iPhone Software 2.2.1 with bug fixes and improvements including:
This update is available for both iPhone and iPhone 3G.
By convention, iPod touch Software 2.2.1 should also be released today. I don’t have any iPod touch with me as of this moment.
Apple posts QuickTime 7.6 to address security and performance of the application.
QuickTime 7.6 is available for Mac OS X (Leopard and Tiger) and Windows (XP and Vista).
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MacRumors: “MacRumorsLive Hacked”
Tuesday January 06, 2009 01:29 PM EST
Written by arn
Our MacRumorsLive keynote coverage was hacked today, inserting inappropriate content into the text and photo feeds. We apologize for the inconvenience and are working to restore our services. The hack appears to be limited to the MacRumorsLive servers so forum accounts should be safe.We’ll continue Macworld Expo coverage on an ongoing basis this week, and will report on Apple’s announcements shortly.
Reddit shows how MacRumorsLive got hacked.
m.atthew.net has made a statement: “I did not hack macrumors”
Another (long) Screenshot (found through Digg)
During Phil Schiller’s MacWorld San Francisco 2009, MacRumorsLive.com was hacked. MacRumors shut down the page minutes after. A line that said “Steve Jobs just died” was inserted into the feed. One message also carried 4CHAN.ORG badge.
Check the screenshot out.
