lojack for laptops

Apple today warned that its GarageBand software is leaking users’ Web activity to third parties and advertisers.The company shipped GarageBand 5.1 to plug the hole and advise users to tweak their Safari browser preferences to avoid data leakage.  Here’s the relevant information from Apple’s advisory:CVE-2009-2198: When GarageBand is opened, Safari’s preferences are changed to always [...]

LAS VEGAS — A popular laptop theft-recovery service that ships on notebooks made by HP, Dell, Lenovo, Toshiba, Gateway, Asus and Panasonic is actually a dangerous BIOS rootkit that can be hijacked and controlled by malicious hackers.The service — called Computrace LoJack for Laptops — contains design vulnerabilities and a lack of strong authentication  that [...]