Zombie King of 100,000 PC botnet taken down

Arrest of Zombie King in Brazil

International take down of 100,000 botnet (network of PC Zombies) in International cooperation. Botnets are the source of considerable spam, viruses, and computer attacks. A PC in a botnet is considered a "zombie" since the owner doesn’t have complete control over it.

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Another serious security Flaw in iPhone: Bypass Password Protection

Imagine "PC" on the Apple commercials rolling on the floor laughing. For all the grief Apple gives the PC platform (and Microsoft) about security holes, Apple takes a huge one between the eyes in this most recent gaft.

It seems that a password protected iPhone can be bypassed by pressing a series of keys in the correct order. Like any other hacker that just tries to denial of service, it would be easy for someone to change the password, read/send email or messages, make/receive phone calls, or anything else that the owner has. As fast as kids can type to send text messages on their phone, it would not take long to do any of this on an iPhone.

Reporting the key sequence would be contrary to what we try to accomplish with our blog efforts. So, we’re not going to.

In response, Apple reportedly commented by indicating they will make a fix available in September (which has 30 days in it).

In the meantime, keep track of your iPhone.