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Monday, July 30, 2012

Plugin Ubisoft leaves computers vulnerable, says Google engineer

  The information security engineer at Google, Tavis Ormandy noticed a security flaw in Uplay, plugin Ubisoft that comes along with various securities of the company. The extension allows you to embed malicious code on any site, causing the charge by the page able to install software on a victim's PC without asking permission. In Seclists , discussion forum about security, Ormandy noticed the account that failed to install "Assassin's...