Oh boy…. they were hacked two years ago and they say it was a “state sponsored attack”. What the hack is that ?! How do you differentiate a hack done by an employee from a state sponsored attack? Let’s take it step by step: Yahoo has started to write to all affected customers this email: https://s.yimg.com/sf/support/en-us-security-notice-content.pdf Below […]
Yahoo Issues Security Sitrep By Richard Adhikari TechNewsWorld 04/03/14 2:05 PM PT Yahoo “should have done this earlier,” Sorin Mustaca, IT security expert at Avira, told TechNewsWorld, “but they were tackling other problems — losing users, revenue issues, losing market share — so security, as a nonfunctional requirement, was left to the end.” […]
I was prompted today to update the Java framework on my laptop. I said, yes, update it and then I’ve seen the picture below: So, I ask, what the hack has Yahoo to do with Sun ? Why a stupid, useless and nerving toolbar is being installed with the Java framework ? Did Sun buy […]
This time together with Dirk : Spam through Yahoo Groups
Immediately after I started my laptop today, I got a popup announcing me that I have to install a Java update. Well, knowing that it has vulnerabilities, I said… OK, do it. And then I continued to work … After a couple of seconds, I see the following popup : So, now the legitimate question: […]
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