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Mozilla re-patches Firefox 3.6 to fix plug-in problem

July 26, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

For the second time in two months, Mozilla on Friday rushed out a fix for Firefox to patch a problem with a browser update issued just days before.

Mozilla shipped Firefox 3.6.8 on Friday to patch a single security problem and deal with what Mike Beltzner, director of Firefox, called “a stability problem that affected some pages with embedded plug-ins.”

The company had released Firefox 3.6.7 two days earlier .

Mozilla patched one critical security bug in the newest update, according to an advisory also published Friday. “In certain circumstances, properties in the plug-in instance’s parameter array could be freed prematurely, leaving a dangling pointer that the plug-in could execute, potentially calling into attacker-controlled memory,” the warning read.

The bug surfaced in one of the 16 patches that Mozilla applied to Firefox earlier in the week.

Details of that vulnerability, and the stability problem that Beltzner mentioned, were not available to the public as of Saturday.

Several Firefox users, however, had filed numerous reports to the browser’s support forum of problems with Adobe’s Flash Player plug-in after updating to Firefox 3.6.7.

“I updated Firefox from 3.6.2 to 3.6.7 and I REGRET IT!,” wrote a user identified only as “Steve” in a support forum message posted Friday morning. “I can’t watch YouTube. Every time the video is about to start Firefox freezes and I can’t do nothing besides going into Task Manager and killing it from there. THIS SUCKS!”

Friday’s patch-and-release was the second in two months for Mozilla. Just three days after updating Firefox to version 3.6.4 in late June, Mozilla delivered another update because people playing Farmville complained that their browser was shutting down the Facebook game. The company said that a new “out of process plug-ins” feature, designed to keep the browser running when a plug-in crashed, was kicking in too quickly.

The older Firefox 3.5 browser, which was upgraded to version 3.5.11 last Tuesday, is not affected by the security bug or the plug-in stability problem.

Users can update to Firefox 3.6.8 by downloading the new edition or by selecting “Check for Updates” from the Help menu in the browser.

Read more about browsers in Computerworld’s Browsers Topic Center.

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Chinese man sentenced to death for knifing 16 kids

June 11, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

New Delhi, June 11 (ANI): A Chinese man was sentenced to death for knifing 16 children and a teacher in a primary school.

Chen, a teacher of Hongfu Primary School, entered Leicheng No.1 Primary School in Leizhou City with a 40-cm knife and attacked children on the fifth and sixth floors of the school building on April 28.

The victims, who suffered injuries in their heads, backs and arms, were students of the fourth and fifth grades.

A court in south China’s Guangdong Province sentenced the 33-year-old mentally unstable man.

Although none of the children died, Chen Kangbing was charged with and convicted of murder in a first-instance trial at the Intermediary People’s Court of Zhanjiang City.

“Chen hacked at the children and teacher in a very cruel manner, causing great harm,” Xinhua quoted the verdict, as saying.

The attacker was suffering from mental disorders and had been on sick leave since February 2006.

Chen admitted the charges. It is not immediately known whether he will make an appeal. (ANI)

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I forgive the attacker, says Sri Sri Ravishankar

May 31, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

A day after an attempt was made on his life by an unidentified gunman, spiritual guru Sri Sri Ravishankar on Monday said he was happy with the existing security and has forgiven the attacker, whom the police are yet to identify.

Speaking to the press at his ashram this morning, Ravishankar said, “I heard a loud noise. But I was in my usual calm self. My driver had a premonition that there could be some kind of attack on me”.

The spiritual leader on Sunday escaped a bid on his life when an unidentified gunman shot at his car when he was returning after delivering a discourse.

Ravishankar said, “I do not have enemies. However, whoever has done this, I forgive him. I give him amnesty. I invite him to join our satsang course. I will teach him meditation and Sudarshan Kriya”.

The 54-year-old Art of Living founder said he was happy with the existing security cover, which police stepped up after last evening’s incident.

The shell fired by the fire arm has been recovered, police said.

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Three dead, four hurt in Bosnia knife attack

May 15, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Sarajevo, May 15 (DPA) A knife-wielding Bosnian man ran amok, killing three people and badly wounding four others, including three children, Bosnian TV stations reported Saturday.

The attacker, reportedly a psychiatric patient, went on a stabbing spree in Visoko, a town 20 km northwest of Sarajevo, Friday night.

The children, with abdominal stab wounds, were in critical condition in a Sarajevo clinic.

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Chinese court sentences attacker who knifed 29 kids to death

May 15, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

New Delhi, May 15 (ANI): A court in China has sentenced Xu Yuyuan, the man who knifed 29 nursery kids and three teachers, to death.

The Taixing Intermediate Court found Xu guilty of intentional homicide after a half-day open trial, which was attended by 300 people, the Xinhua news agency reports.

Xu told the court that his motive his rage against society. It is not known whether he would appeal the sentencing.

He said he wanted revenge for various business and personal humiliations that he had suffered over the years.

The ruling has sent out a strong statement of zero-tolerance for people who target vulnerable school children.

Xu�s attack was followed by another horrific case of stabbing in China�s Shaanxi province that left several children dead. The attacker committed suicide after the incident. (ANI)

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Pak origin acid ‘honour’ attacker jailed for 30 years in UK

May 12, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

London, May 12 (ANI): A court here has jailed a sadistic Brit Muslim for 30 years for trying to pour acid down the throat of his married sister””s lover.

Mohammed Vakas, 26, carried out the attack to protect the family””s “honour”.

It left Awais Akram, 24, horribly disfigured.

Mohammed Adeel, 20, the woman””s cousin, and Fabion Kuci, 17, got 14 years and eight years for the revenge plot.

According to The Sun, Shakeel Abassi recruited them after he discovered the affair between his wife of five years Sadia Khatoon, 24, and Akram.

The victim was lured from his flat before the masked gang pounced. He survived by covering his mouth with his hand. But he was left looking like “a zombie from a horror film” after the acid caused 47 per cent burns to his skin. (ANI)

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Pak’s latest flip-flop, says it never demanded Kasab’s extradition

May 7, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Islamabad, May 7 (ANI): In yet another flip-flop, Pakistan has denied asking India to handover the lone November 2008 Mumbai attacker Ajmal Amir Kasab to it.

Talking to reporters after a special anti-terror court in Mumbai awarded death sentence to Kasab, Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said Islamabad had never asked for his extradition.

When asked about Kasab’s death penalty, Basit said Pakistan maintains that it was important to bring the perpetrators of the dastardly act to justice.

“Pakistan has strongly condemned the horrific attack. It’s important that the culprits are brought to justice,” The Daily Times quoted Basit, as saying.

“We would appreciate that our legal experts go through the detailed judgement,” he added.

It is worth mentioning here that days ago Pakistan had handed over six dossiers to India regarding developments made in the 26/11 probe and sought the extradition of Kasab, and Fahim Ansari, an Indian accused of conducting recce of places targeted by terrorists.

Interior Minister Rehman Malik had also said India should give Pakistan access to Kasab to facilitate the trial of seven terrorists arrested in the country in connection with the Mumbai attacks.

“Kasab’s statement is of paramount importance in the Mumbai attack case… it is an important document for the court and we need it,” Malik had said earlier.

During a meeting with Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan Sharat Sabharwal last month, Malik had stressed that Kasab should be extradited to Pakistan after his trial in India is over, as his statement would prove to be of great importance in the prosecution of the seven suspects, including Lashkar-e-Taiba’s (LeT) operations commander Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi. (ANI)

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Chinese man kills self after attacking kindergarten class

April 30, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Beijing, Apr 30 (ANI): A Chinese man immolated himself after attacking five kindergarten class children and a teacher at a school in China”s Shandong province on Friday.

Wielding the iron hammer, the man reportedly injured five children and struck the foot of one teacher, who tried to block him.

The man soaked himself in gasoline and grabbed two children in his arms before setting himself on fire at Shangzhuang Primary School in Weifang City, Shandong Province, said a spokesman for the city government.

“All the five injured children had been taken to hospital, where doctors said their conditions were all stable and not life-threatening,” he added.

“The attacker, Wang Yonglai, a farmer from Shangzhuang Village, of Jiulong Community in the city”s Fangzi District, broke down a side gate of the school with his motorcycle at 7:40 a.m., said the police,” reports The Xinhua.

The police are further investigating the attack. (ANI)

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Execute a cyber attack with kits for just $700!

April 20, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

Washington, Apr 20 (ANI): Cybercrimes are no longer the domain of the tech-savvy—just splash out 700 dollars and one can buy an attack kit online, reveals an internet security report.

Symantec, which monitors one-third of the Internet through its software, has discovered a marked increase in sales of crimeware – or attack kits – in the past 12 months.

Attack kits automatically create customised malicious code designed to steal any type of information.

An attack kit, Zeus, can be purchased online for 700 dollars in an underground economy forum.

The kit allows the user to access infected computers and steal email and banking details and passwords.

Last year, it sent out phishing messages to 1.5 million Facebook users and nine million phishing emails.

“The kits have lowered the entry point into cybercrime,” Fox News quoted said Symantec vice president and managing director Craig Scroggie as saying.

“They make it easier for an unskilled attacker to compromise a computer and steal information, whereas in the past you needed to have the skill to write these things.”

Scroggie said “tens of thousands” of the attack kits had been sold, helping create 90,000 unique variations of the Zeus toolkit.

Other known crimeware tools include the Fragus Exploit Kit and the Spyeye. (ANI)

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Brit girl risks Dubai jail by telling cops she was raped after boozy night out

April 20, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment

London, April 19 (ANI): A British girl is said to have risked being jailed in Dubai by telling cops that she was raped after a boozy night out.

The 24-year-old trading company executive, who has been identified only as Lucy, said that the 30-year-old Arab man insisted on giving her a lift home after a night out drinking with pals at the Dubai Marina.

And then he allegedly drove her to the remote area and attacked her, before taking her back to her flat and raping her again on her bed.

The accused man told police that she agreed to sleep with him, and now if her account of what happened is not believed, she could face prison for drinking and having sex outside marriage in the strict Muslim state.

“She told police she screamed and cried out begging him to stop during both attacks which were entirely against her will,” the Sun quoted a Dubai court source as saying.

“She went straight to the nearest police station and reported the sex attack at 3.20am the same day,” the source said.

Cops were immediately able to find the alleged attacker, named only as Saif, as the woman had saved his mobile number when they were introduced earlier in the night.

“The case will be heard in full before a judge who will decide who is telling the truth, but the girl may face difficulties if her story is not believed,” the source revealed.

“She is still regarded as the victim at this stage, though she has already admitted being drunk, which is itself an offence in Dubai.

“And if the court finds in the man”s favour, she could face a charge of having unlawful sex as well which might land her in jail for a year followed by deportation,” the source added.

The alleged rape in January is the latest to spark anxiety among ex-pats in Dubai.

A date for the rape trial will be set later this year. (ANI)

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Brit girl risks Dubai jail by telling cops she was raped after boozy night out

April 19, 2010 By vani Leave a Comment