Dec 17 2004
Adobe’s Version Cue could leave you open to local hackers
DrunkenBlog has an intriguing post about a local remote root exploit found for Adobe’s Version Cue which ships with Adobe’s Creative Suite of software. Version Cue is designed to help creative professionals find, share and track multiple versions of files and jobs in progress in a collaborative environment. The problem is, the system is insecure and “could permit a local malicious user to obtain root privileges on the target system”. Beware the freelancer!!
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Dec 22 2004
Dvorak foresees a helpless Mac community in the face of a spyware attack
In a recent online PC Magazine article “Panic Over Spyware” by everyone’s favorite curmudgeon, John C. Dvorak, the purposes and implications of spyware are explored. On the final page of the story, Mr. Dvorak writes,
I have a hard time disagreeing with the predicted outcome of John C’s “what if?” scenario: we probably aren’t prepared because we have yet to truly be challenged. But is a spyware attack on the Mac platform even likely?
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