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Linden Lab alerts third-party viewer developers to active security exploit

May 12 2011

That breed can turn on you For some time it has been known that there was a security flaw in the Ogg Vorbis library that the Second Life viewer uses for decoding some audio data. It isnâ€™t a new problem, as developers have known about the flaw since about 2009 but never gave it much mind as there was no real opportunity to exploit the flaw.

However, yesterday things changed, when Linden Lab’s Oz Linden sent an email out to third-party viewer developers.

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Another alt-detector on the Second Life Marketplace 8 views
Just how do you identify an alt online? 6 views
Gaia Online joins in virtual-world fund-raising for Japan disaster victims 6 views
Qarl turns back on Lab rejection, “the code is open” 3 views
So, there’s that. 3 views
Linden Lab shuts down viewing of Second Life bug reports 2 views
Qarl contributes alignment tool to Linden Lab 2 views
Linden Lab to return to ‘gamified’ new Second Life user experience? 2 views
The effects of the Mesh content-type on Second Life 2 views
Say goodbye to the side-bar. Rhett Linden talks Second Life UI redesign goals 2 views

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When did you last change your Second Life password?

Mar 13 2011

The older a password gets, the more chance there is that it is compromised.

Passwords can be brute-forced, keylogged, exposed through exploits, phished and occasionally accidentally entered on the wrong Web-site, or tapped into an IM Window. Passwords have many predators in the wild.

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London mugging scams continue

Jan 10 2011

You may recall that â€“ not too long ago – some Facebook users have had their accounts hijacked by scammers. The scammers then pretended to be that person, stuck in London without means after a mugging. The scammers used this to divert funds from friends and family.

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