For a couple of days now, we are not only celebrating Christmas but also ‘LulzXmas’. The virtual Santa Claus here consists of the hacker and hacktivists groups LulzSec, TeaMp0isoN, Anonymous and every other hacker-related group which sees itself within the framework of Anti-Sec. Anti-Sec functions as an umbrella term for…
Microsoft to patch 20 vulnerabilities just in time for X’mas
Microsoft will issue 14 security bulletins next week to patch 20 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer (IE), Office, and Windows Media Player. Among the patches will likely be ones to plug the hole used by the Duqu intelligence-gathering Trojan, and to fix the SSL (secure socket layer) 3.0 and TLS…