Serious vulnerability in Apple iMessage

A number of users messaging Apple iMessage victims previously unknown hacker attacks, when their systems iMessage were filled with hundreds of random messages from unknown senders. Attack runs on Mac OS X and iOS. Security experts say Flooding works as long as the program is simply not "fall" in the system.

According to the website The Next Web, the attack is not widespread and has affected a relatively small group of developers of Apple, which reported that they had received thousands of junk messages. According to unconfirmed reports, the problem lies with the Flooding of a hacked version of Jailbreak iOS, which offer a number of data needed to send messages to other users through the service transfer Apple. Get open access to the system, a malicious user can spoof the sender's email address to make it impossible to establish the sender and block it in the future.

Apple has released an update that covers the vulnerability in the operating systems

Apple has released a security update - 2013-001. It is intended to close 21 vulnerabilities and solve the problem of the intermediate copy of the certificate issued by mistake TURKTRUST. Pack 2013-001 closes vulnerabilities in operating systems: Mac OS X 10.6.8, OS X Lion 10.7-10.7.5, OS X Mountain Lion 10.8-10.8.2, Mac OS X Server 10.6.8 and OS X Lion Server 10.7 -10.7.5.

Among the closed holes: two vulnerabilities Wiki Server, allowing remote code execution. A vulnerability in the Profile Manager, one in the Podcast Producer server and one in PDFKit.

Were closed vulnerabilities that allow attackers, under certain conditions, arbitrary code execution by exploiting a vulnerability in the ImageIO, with a malicious TIFF file or a memory corruption problem in IOAcceleratorFamily.

Apple has blocked Java in Mac OS X

Apple has blocked Java in Mac OS X due to the fact that Oracle is still not fix the vulnerability.

January 25, Saturday, the Mac OS X users suddenly faced with the fact that programs written in the programming language Java, stopped working. So, Apple has blocked Java because of security problems.

Java enables programmers to develop many web-based applications and cross-platform applications that are installed on different operating systems, including Mac OS X also from Apple. Recall that in early January, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security recommended to disable Java in the web-browser to prevent possible hackers. Oracle has released updates for known vulnerabilities in Java, however, ministry officials believe that Java still has gaps.

Apple eliminated nine critical vulnerabilities in QuickTime

Apple Inc. has released a new version of QuickTime for Windows, which eliminated nine vulnerabilities.

Apple Inc. has released QuickTime version 7.7.3 for Windows, which eliminated nine vulnerabilities multimedia player. All underlying vulnerability can cause denial-of-service application or execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Among the flaws are fixed numerous bugs can be noted in the processing and TeXML PICT files that allows you to call and memory corruption and buffer overflow. For the exploitation of these vulnerabilities an attacker must entice the victim to open a specially crafted file or visit the web-page containing the exploit.

The new version of QuickTime supports Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7. Users of the player as soon as possible is recommended to install the update from the manufacturer.

A detailed description of vulnerabilities can be found at:
http://malwarelist.wordpress.com/.../vulnerabilities-in-apple-quicktime/

Sale of Samsung Galaxy S III in the U.S.

Apple calls to ban the sale of Samsung Galaxy S III in the U.S.

The list of devices Samsung, in which Apple finds a violation of its patents were added to the latest smartphones

Apple will need to ban sales in the U.S. flagship smartphone South Korean manufacturer Samsung - Galaxy S III. The suit, Apple representatives were sent to the federal court in San Jose on Friday, writes The Wall Street Journal.

Only in the lawsuit are four smartphone Samsung - Galaxy S III and Verizon Galaxy S III, Galaxy Note and Galaxy Note 10.1. Thus, the number of products the South Korean company, which Apple finds a violation of its patents, reached 21. Among them are several versions of the smartphone Samsung Galaxy S II. Consideration of the petition to ban U.S. sales of gadgets Samsung is scheduled for September 20.

Apple Vs Samsung, Jury finds in favour of Apple

Samsung was ordered to pay Apple $1.05-billion (U.S.)

Federal court in San Jose, California, awarded by Samsung to pay 1.05 billion dollars to Apple for illegal use of its software patents and design of smartphones.

The conflict between Apple and Samsung in the mobile phone industry is the most resonant as the sum of the claims, and as a legal precedent.

U.S. court in San Jose, Calif., to disassemble the patent dispute between Samsung and Apple, ruled that the South Korean company copied the technology used to create the iPhone and iPad. Coglasno court, Samsung will have to pay compensation in the Apple 1.05 billion.