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Tag: AOL

  • The problems with cache servers

    Networkworld brings us this report that exploit code removed from websites can live on for quite a while in caching servers. Which, in a way is NOT news, but it’s worth remembering. Many times when someone visits a website, their really visiting a caching proxy server that has previously grabbed a copy of data from the original website. Many networks use cache servers to improve network performance. (i.e…. we have 20 people an hour hitting cnn.com why shouldn’t we just be able to download the page once?)

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  • Firefox zero-day vulnerability (or is it?)

    I saw a comment somewhere else that zero-day was overused and in essense ANY previously unknown vulnerability in open source software is technically zero day… the intent here though is to use the word in this context…. “vulnerability has been released without giving the vendor an opportunity to patch…” Yes, the fun vulnerability weekend seems to be continuing – there’s a javascript zdnet has coverage it’s “impossible to patch” (?) from the individuals that have publicized it. The announcement came at Toorcon.

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  • ICQ client and toolbar vulnerabilities

    Sans brings this from AOL, advising of vulnerabilities in the ICQ client and the ICQ toolbar for IE. The latest version of ICQ client is 5.1 and is claimed to not be vulnerable. (Toolbar version 1.3 is said to be vulnerable as well. No more recent version of that is available – you might consider disabling the toolbar.)

  • Urgent AOL update

    This sounds like a serious vulnerability. The SecurityFix is reporting on a very serious vulnerability in AOL.

    The problem affects AOL version 8.0, AOL version 8.0+, and AOL version 9.0 Classic.

    The vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to take control of a users PC. Basically, all that would be needed is for the AOL user to visit a specially crafted web page.

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  • AOL purchases wireless company

    AOL has purchased Wildseed according to The Register. Wildseed provides wireless “accessories” such as ring tones, video downloads, backgrounds, etc. AOL recently bought a company involved in online storage of files, Xdrive.