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Groups ask FCC to investigate AT&T broadband caps
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The U.S. Federal Communications Commission should investigate AT&T's new broadband caps and ask questions about why the company needs them, two broadband advocacy groups said. AT&T's broadband-use caps went into effect Monday, with a 150 gigabyte-per-month limit for DSL (digital su...
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Report: Skype's Mac Client Has Dangerous Exploit
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he Skype client for Apple Mac computers has a zero-day vulnerability that allows an attacker to gain remote control of a victim's Mac, according to a security researcher. Skype was alerted to the vulnerability about a month ago but has yet to issue a fix, Gordon Maddern reported Friday on the Pure Hac...
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What a Mac malware attack looks like
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Well, that didn’t take long. After I posted my analysis of why the time is right for bad guys to begin attacking the Mac in earnest, I heard from two readers who had encountered in-the-wild attacks on Macs in their respective workplaces. In both cases, the results showed up via Google Image Search. (Th...
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'Do Not Track' Legislation Is On the Move
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[url=http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2385045,00.asp?kc=PCRSS03069TX1K0001121&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ziffdavis%2Fpcmag%2Fbreakingnews+%28PCMag.com+Breaking+News%29&utm_content=My+MSN]'Do Not Track...
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Researcher identifies Skype 5 for Mac security flaw
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The Mac version of Skype has a security vulnerability that allows remote chatters to gain control of a system, an Australian security firm announced Friday. Article HERE!
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Are ISP Data Caps Bad for Consumers?
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[url=http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2385040,00.asp?kc=PCRSS03069TX1K0001121&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ziffdavis%2Fpcmag%2Fbreakingnews+%28PCMag.com+Breaking+News%29&utm_content=My+MSN]Are ISP Data C...
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LastPass Password Manager
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I'm thinking about installing LastPass but would appreciate opinions on it before 'taking the plunge'.Sounds good to me and comes highly regarded from several big names in Internet Technology.
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We're Being Spied on, Thanks to Facebook
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We're Being Spied on, Thanks to FacebookI wouldn't touch Facebook with YOUR mouse!!
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Beware Bin Laden Photo Scam
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Beware Bin Laden Photo ScamIf you get an email or happen across a Web link promising secret photographs or video footage of the shooting of Osama bin Laden,...
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BitDefender Releases Free Tool to Block AutoRun Malware
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Adobe patches Reader bug early as PDF attacks begin
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Adobe on Thursday patched a critical bug in Adobe Reader, its popular PDF viewer, beating its self-imposed deadline by several days. Hackers have already begun exploiting the bug in malicious PDF files, Adobe confirmed. Adobe owned up to a Flash Player flaw last week after an independent research...
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Password Security Questions Suck
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Password Security Questions Suck
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Norton 2012 Public Betas Launched
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[url=http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2383462,00.asp?kc=PCRSS03069TX1K0001121&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ziffdavis%2Fpcmag%2Fbreakingnews+%28PCMag.com+Breaking+News%29&utm_content=My+MSN]Norton 2012 P...
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AV-Comparatives Releases Latest Antivirus Test Results
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[url=http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2383615,00.asp?kc=PCRSS03069TX1K0001121&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ziffdavis%2Fpcmag%2Fbreakingnews+%28PCMag.com+Breaking+News%29&utm_content=My+MSN]AV-Comparat...
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Patch Tuesday: whopping 64 vulnerabilities, 17 bulletins
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Microsoft is set to release a record breaking Patch Tuesday that contains 17 bulletins, fixing 64 vulnerabilities, according to the advanced notification. Microsoft patches security holes and vulnerabilities in all of their software products on the second Tuesday of each month. This month Mic...
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Kerry, McCain offer bill to protect Web users’ privacy rights
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New fake antivirus accepts SMS payments
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There's a new twist with some fake antivirus scareware that has cropped up. It accepts payment via SMS, according to antivirus firm CyberDefender. Typical rogue security programs infect the system first, then display pop ups warning that the computer is infected, and request payment to clean it...
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Net Neutrality Rules Overturned? Not So Fast
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The House on Friday voted to overturn the Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules, but the measure is largely a symbolic gesture. It's unlikely to get through the Senate, and President Obama has pledged to veto the bill if it ever makes it to his desk. The House passed H.J. Res. 37 wi...
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FCC adopts rules to drive wireless competition
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Federal regulators adopted rules Thursday to drive more competition in wireless broadband as more people access the Internet using iPhones and other popular mobile devices. The Federal Communications Commission voted 3-2 on Thursday to require big wireless carriers to open their data network...
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The Scoop on Epsilon's Security Breach
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[url=http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2383085,00.asp?kc=PCRSS03069TX1K0001121&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ziffdavis%2Fpcmag%2Fbreakingnews+%28PCMag.com+Breaking+News%29&utm_content=My+MSN]The
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House Democrats, GOP Spar Over Net Neutrality During Debate
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[url=http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2383121,00.asp?kc=PCRSS03069TX1K0001121&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ziffdavis%2Fpcmag%2Fbreakingnews+%28PCMag.com+Breaking+News%29&utm_content=My+MSN]House Democr...
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Massive SQL injection attack making the rounds—694K URLs so far
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Hundreds of thousands of URLs have been compromised—at the time of writing, 694,000—in an enormous and indiscriminate SQL injection attack. The attack has modified text stored in databases, with the result that pages served up by the attacked systems include within each page one or more referenc...
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Solve Four Common Wi-Fi Annoyances
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1. Forgotten WEP or WPA Security Key or Passphrase Are you trying to connect another Wi-Fi computer or device, but don't remember the security key or passphrase set on your router? Don't worry: It's easy to find your WEP key or WPA/WPA2 passphrase. If you have a computer with Windows Vista or 7 that is c...
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New Protocol Turbocharges the Web
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Over the past 15 years, Web-based applications have gradually replaced those based on other networking protocols for everything from personal communications to home electricity meters. But there's a major shortcoming in the hypertext transfer protocol—HTTP—the system used to communicate o...
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SQL injection attack successfully used on MySQL.com
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MySQL.com, home of the popular database software used to power much of the web, was hacked by a SQL injection attack over the weekend. The hackers were able to use the exploit to extract usernames and password hashes from the site. Shortly after extracting the information they posted it on pastebin....
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Adobe patches critical zero-day Flash flaw
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Adobe has issued an out-of-cycle patch for its Flash, Reader, and Acrobat applications which it recommends all users upgrade to immediately. The fix will close a security hole in the Authplay component, which allows for the use of Flash within PDF files. Code to exploit the vulnerability was out in...
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Microsoft urges Office users to block Flash Player attacks
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Microsoft yesterday urged users of older Office suites to install and run a complicated tool to protect themselves against ongoing attacks exploiting an unpatched bug in Adobe's Flash Player. "For users of Office prior to 2010, the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET) can help,&...
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Patch Tuesday: Gaping security hole in Windows Media Player
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Microsoft today warned that the Windows Media Player that ships with every copy of its Windows operating system contains a critical vulnerability that could allow remote code execution if a user is tricked into opening a video file. The disclosure forms part of this month’s Patch Tuesday release w...
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Patch Tuesday: March 2011 edition
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Microsoft has issued an advanced security notification for the month of March 2011. Patch Tuesday, as nicknamed by Microsoft, where the company releases the latest security patches for Windows, Office, Internet Explorer and other Microsoft branded software on the second Tuesday of every month...
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Avast! Free Antivirus 6.0.1000
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It’s been a long wait, but version 6 of avast! has finally been released. This antivirus program is best known for the hefty set of security features it makes available to the user absolutely free of charge. This edition makes no exception and pushes protection a step further, adding technologies ma...
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