InternetRIM Fixes BlackBerry Enterprise Server Vulnerability (TechWeb)

TechWeb - InformationWeek - The flaw could let malicious PDFs cause problems with the BlackBerry Enterprise Server.

Research In Motion has patched a critical vulnerability in its BlackBerry Enterprise Servers that left companies vulnerable to malicious PDFs. The bug was in the PDF distiller component of the BlackBerry Attachment Service, which runs on the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. It affected how the Adobe document format is processed, and could potentially give hackers a way into a company's network. Malicious PDFs attached to e-mail messages opened on a smartphone could cause problems on the computer that the BlackBerry Attachment Service runs on, according to RIM. The server, not the individual handset, was at risk. "If a BlackBerry smartphone user on BlackBerry Enterprise Server opens and views the specifically crafted PDF file attachment on the BlackBerry smartphone, the arbitrary code... [ Read more on www.yahoo.com ]

InternetPicture Leak: O2's Security Through Obscurity Can't Stop Google (TechWeb)

TechWeb - InformationWeek - Some O2 customers' private photos taken with their mobile phones are publicly accessible online.

InternetGoogle Reinforces Its Russian Front With Ad Company Acquisition (TechWeb)

TechWeb - InformationWeek - The deal to buy ZAO Begun, a Russian contextual advertising service, marks Google's first publicly disclosed acquisition since last October.