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  • Untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1 available for download
    • Absinthe 2.0, the jailbreak for iOS 5.1.1, is ready and available for download, the Jailbreak Dream Team announced at the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam on Friday.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/computerworld/s/feed/topic/85/~4/cKbT2xdv-lI" height="1" width="1"/>
  • Security researcher urges IT to keep up with SAP patches
    • More than 95 percent of over 600 SAP systems tested by security firm Onapsis were vulnerable to espionage, sabotage and fraud, mainly because patches had not been applied, according to a researcher.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/computerworld/s/feed/topic/85/~4/zTpJy7q1GZo" height="1" width="1"/>
  • Bounty hunters find 8 Google services bugs
    • Security researchers unveiled eight vulnerabilities in Google services during the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam on Thursday -- but they claim to have discovered more than 100 such bugs over the past few months.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/computerworld/s/feed/topic/85/~4/5MuCQ01uCUE" height="1" width="1"/>
  • McAfee reports big spike in malware
    • PC malware had its &quot;busiest quarter in recent history,&quot; according to McAfee&#39;s quarterly security report released Wednesday.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/computerworld/s/feed/topic/85/~4/BBh0A9nrmLQ" height="1" width="1"/>
  • Pwnium hacking contest winners exploited 16 Chrome zero-days
    • Google yesterday revealed that the two researchers who cracked Chrome in March at the company's inaugural "Pwnium" hacking contest used a total of 16 zero-day vulnerabilities to win $60,000 each.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/computerworld/s/feed/topic/85/~4/JIn9H9qrfU8" height="1" width="1"/>
  • Google warns users infected with DNSChanger as Web outage nears
    • Google on Tuesday hauled out a tool it last used nearly a year ago to warn users infected with the "DNSChanger" malware.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/computerworld/s/feed/topic/85/~4/3P5gwAzIl68" height="1" width="1"/>
  • More Malware and Vulnerabilities News
    • View more Malware and Vulnerabilities news and analysis from Computerworld.com<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/computerworld/s/feed/topic/85/~4/Pk8GxBGJqNg" height="1" width="1"/>