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Nearly four in 10 (39 percent) web users aged 18 to 25 share passwords with friends and family, says AVG. Research by the security firm, which has been conducted as part of a campaign to educate students about "status jacking" and securing their social networking profiles, revealed that...

NicKnayme · NicKnayme

I hear about this now and then...and wonder if this is more for experimenters who run betas or the security paranoid? How does it effect performance? (Beetle, pls no jokes or cartoons about someone sitting in a sandbox with their PC.TY)

barney · barney

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barney · barney

Having an anti-virus on your computer systems is one of the standard best practices for every computer user, regardless of whether you are home user or a business. Although there are a lot of users (both corporate and home users) that consider the anti-virus a useless weapon, it still provides a very...

barney · barney

The attackers behind the recent Stuxnet worm attack used four different zero-day security vulnerabilities to burrow into — and spread around — Microsoft’s Windows operating system, according to a startling disclosure from the world’s largest software maker. Two of the four vulnerabilities ar...

barney · barney

A hacker who claims he was behind a fast-spreading e-mail worm that crippled corporate networks last week said that the worm was designed, in part, as a propaganda tool. The hacker, known as Iraq Resistance, responded to inquiries sent to an e-mail address associated with the "Here you have&q...

barney · barney

An e-mail virus, dubbed “Here You Have” because of its subject line, has reportedly infected corporate networks of major companies like AIG, Procter & Gamble, Comcast, Disney and even Google since Thursday. The virus is actually a mass-mailing worm reminiscent of old-school attacks from th...

barney · barney

Wouldn’t it be frustrating if you were trying to search for something on Google and clicking away on search results only ends you up on websites and web pages that have nothing to do with what you are searching for? We have some bad news for you, you probably ended up being infected with the Google Redire...

barney · barney

Microsoft is warning about a new piece of malware, Rogue:MSIL/Zeven, that auto-detects a user's browser and then imitates the relevant malware warning pages from Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Chrome. The fake warning pages are very similar to the real thing; you have to look closely to realize t...

barney · barney

Malicious hackers are using the Google Code repository to host Trojans horses, backdoors and password stealing keyloggers, according to researchers at Zscaler. The researchers found a malicious project hosted on the free Google Code site with about 50+ malware executables stored in the down...

barney · barney

If you still have the RealPlayer software on your machine, now might be a good time to uninstall it. If you really need to keep it (why?), it’s definitely time to apply the latest update to avoid malicious hacker attacks. RealNetworks has shipped a critical update to address multiple vulnerabiliti...

barney · barney

Seven of the 10 safest countries in which to surf the Internet are in Africa, with Sierra Leone rated the safest, according to a study by the Internet security firm AVG. Researchers compiled a list of virus and malware attacks by country picked up by AVG security software, with data from more than 127 m...

barney · barney

The internet is an unsafe place. Your data is at risk. Your right to privacy is being violated. Your identity is going to be stolen, your credit ruined, your career destroyed, your house burned down, your fields will be defiled and your women will be pillaged. Dogs and cats, living together! Mass hyst...

NicKnayme · NicKnayme

USB Devices Harbor 25% of All New Worms

barney · barney

Facebook on Friday afternoon was investigating what appeared to be a new spam scheme that results in users getting messages from friends over Facebook chat that have malicious links. The messages say "LOL is this you?" and are accompanied by a link that looks like it leads to a video on Fac...

barney · barney

Disclosed vulnerabilities surged in the first half of the year and more than 55 percent of them remained unpatched, according to a report from IBM. Big Blue’s X-Force report found the following: 4,396 new vulnerabilities were documented in the first half, up 36 percent from a year ago.55 percent of...

barney · barney

In my article Basic e-mail security tips, I discussed five steps everyone should employ to secure their email, regardless of the client they use. Here are five more recommendations. These tips focus on the ways users break their own security rather than on protecting against the predations of mali...

barney · barney

If you suspect you have been infected, there are a few steps you can do. First, run a regular virus scan. The simplest ones can be removed with the most up-to-date antivirus programs. The scans can be run in safe or regular mode, however true rootkits may not show up easily. A better option is to use speci...

barney · barney

Cameron Diaz is the most dangerous celebrity on the Web, antivirus company McAfee said Thursday. Search strings using Diaz's name have a one-in-ten chance of coming up with a site infected with or spreading malware, said Dave Marcus, McAfee's director of security research and communication. Sea...

barney · barney

Not getting the range, speed or reliability you want from your wireless router? Well, you’re not alone. One of the most frequent complaints coming into our inboxes at PC Authority is about how routers aren’t doing the job they’re supposed to; they’re slow, unreliable or just plain incompatible wit...

barney · barney

Fascinating research by Florian Zumbiehl demonstrates the possibility of digital signature collisions in PDF files. PDF is synonymous to most people with Adobe and their Acrobat products, but the file format is an open ISO standard (ISO 32000-1:2008) and many software products implement it, fr...

barney · barney

A university network brought to its knees when someone inadvertently plugged two network cables into the wrong hub. An employee injured after an ill-timed entry into a data center. Overheated systems shut down after a worker changes a data center thermostat setting from Fahrenheit to Celsius. St...

Moh-Reza-rafat · Moh-Reza-rafat

HiI have registered a domain and own trademark for more than 3 years.but now, a company in Hong Kong ( I guess ) wants to own my domain name as " Network Brand Registration" ,Because network Brand takes open registration which is international registration principle. and I have not regis...

barney · barney

This DVD5 ISO image file contains the security updates for Windows. The image does not contain security updates for other Microsoft products. This DVD5 ISO image is intended for administrators that need to download multiple individual language versions of each security update and that do not use...

barney · barney

Multiple vendors are reporting on a currently ongoing scareware and client-side exploits serving, spam campaign, brand-jacking Best Buy, Chase, Macy’s, Target.com and Evite. The payments-themed campaign is enticing users into clicking on on a malicious link which attempts to exploit client...

barney · barney

Cisco is reporting "multiple vulnerabilities" in the firewall services module for its Catalyst 6500 switch and 7600 series router. Cisco issued a security advisory on the vulnerabilities here. The glitches may cause the firewall module to reload after processing crafted SunRPC or c...

barney · barney

Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system is vulnerable to a new zero-day vulnerability that exposes users to blue-screen crashes or code execution attacks. The flaw, could be exploited by local attackers to cause a denial-of-service or potentially gain elevated privileges, according to an adv...

barney · barney

Imperva has discovered a phishing kit that is hosted separately from the phishing websites. It said that unlike previously available phishing kits, this new approach lives in the cloud and relies on hackers exploiting other hackers and never goes away. The company's director of security strate...

barney · barney

It's security panics and deja vu all over again for Microsoft. Windows 7 is arguably one of Microsoft's greatest achievements to date. However, the company's OS is far from impervious, despite its free antivirus/malware protection suite, beefed up memory protections, and numerous security tw...

NicKnayme · NicKnayme

How to Avoid Prying Eyes On The Internet

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Most Students too Quickly Share Passwords (Preview) Nearly four in 10 (39 percent) web users aged 18 to 25 share passwords with friends and family, says AVG. Research by the security firm, which has been conducted as part of a campaign to educate students about "status jacking" and securing their social networking profiles, revealed that...	barney	0	159	Sep 26, 2010 by barney
	Any Opinions On Running In A Sandbox? (Preview) I hear about this now and then...and wonder if this is more for experimenters who run betas or the security paranoid? How does it effect performance? (Beetle, pls no jokes or cartoons about someone sitting in a sandbox with their PC.TY)	NicKnayme	11	314	Sep 22, 2010 by NicKnayme
	Twitter fixes major scripting vulnerability (Preview) http://twitter.com/[yoururl]#@"style="background-color:white;color:white"onmouseover="alert(insert	barney	0	152	Sep 22, 2010 by barney
	Managing Antivirus Software - Keep the reinstall away (Preview) Having an anti-virus on your computer systems is one of the standard best practices for every computer user, regardless of whether you are home user or a business. Although there are a lot of users (both corporate and home users) that consider the anti-virus a useless weapon, it still provides a very...	barney	0	174	Sep 19, 2010 by barney
	Stuxnet attackers used 4 Windows zero-day exploits (Preview) The attackers behind the recent Stuxnet worm attack used four different zero-day security vulnerabilities to burrow into — and spread around — Microsoft’s Windows operating system, according to a startling disclosure from the world’s largest software maker. Two of the four vulnerabilities ar...	barney	0	144	Sep 15, 2010 by barney
	Anti-US hacker takes credit for 'Here you have' worm (Preview) A hacker who claims he was behind a fast-spreading e-mail worm that crippled corporate networks last week said that the worm was designed, in part, as a propaganda tool. The hacker, known as Iraq Resistance, responded to inquiries sent to an e-mail address associated with the "Here you have&q...	barney	0	149	Sep 13, 2010 by barney
	“Here You Have” E-mail Virus Clogs Corporate Inboxes (Preview) An e-mail virus, dubbed “Here You Have” because of its subject line, has reportedly infected corporate networks of major companies like AIG, Procter & Gamble, Comcast, Disney and even Google since Thursday. The virus is actually a mass-mailing worm reminiscent of old-school attacks from th...	barney	0	161	Sep 11, 2010 by barney
	How to Remove Google Redirect Virus (Preview) Wouldn’t it be frustrating if you were trying to search for something on Google and clicking away on search results only ends you up on websites and web pages that have nothing to do with what you are searching for? We have some bad news for you, you probably ended up being infected with the Google Redire...	barney	2	248	Sep 6, 2010 by NicKnayme
	New malware detects browser, shows fake malware warning page (Preview) Microsoft is warning about a new piece of malware, Rogue:MSIL/Zeven, that auto-detects a user's browser and then imitates the relevant malware warning pages from Internet Explorer, Firefox, or Chrome. The fake warning pages are very similar to the real thing; you have to look closely to realize t...	barney	0	162	Sep 3, 2010 by barney
	Malware hosted on Google Code project site (Preview) Malicious hackers are using the Google Code repository to host Trojans horses, backdoors and password stealing keyloggers, according to researchers at Zscaler. The researchers found a malicious project hosted on the free Google Code site with about 50+ malware executables stored in the down...	barney	0	167	Sep 2, 2010 by barney
	RealPlayer haunted by 'critical' security holes (Preview) If you still have the RealPlayer software on your machine, now might be a good time to uninstall it. If you really need to keep it (why?), it’s definitely time to apply the latest update to avoid malicious hacker attacks. RealNetworks has shipped a critical update to address multiple vulnerabiliti...	barney	1	211	Sep 2, 2010 by Vindicated
	Which Countries Have the Safest Web Access? (Preview) Seven of the 10 safest countries in which to surf the Internet are in Africa, with Sierra Leone rated the safest, according to a study by the Internet security firm AVG. Researchers compiled a list of virus and malware attacks by country picked up by AVG security software, with data from more than 127 m...	barney	0	166	Aug 30, 2010 by barney
	Personal Computer Security: Using Uncommon Sense (Preview) The internet is an unsafe place. Your data is at risk. Your right to privacy is being violated. Your identity is going to be stolen, your credit ruined, your career destroyed, your house burned down, your fields will be defiled and your women will be pillaged. Dogs and cats, living together! Mass hyst...	barney	0	168	Aug 29, 2010 by barney
	USB Devices Harbor 25% of All New Worms (Preview) USB Devices Harbor 25% of All New Worms	NicKnayme	0	196	Aug 28, 2010 by NicKnayme
	'LOL is this you?' spam spreading via Facebook chat (Preview) Facebook on Friday afternoon was investigating what appeared to be a new spam scheme that results in users getting messages from friends over Facebook chat that have malicious links. The messages say "LOL is this you?" and are accompanied by a link that looks like it leads to a video on Fac...	barney	1	221	Aug 28, 2010 by Vindicated
	IBM: Vulnerabilities surge in first half, but majority remained unpatched (Preview) Disclosed vulnerabilities surged in the first half of the year and more than 55 percent of them remained unpatched, according to a report from IBM. Big Blue’s X-Force report found the following: 4,396 new vulnerabilities were documented in the first half, up 36 percent from a year ago.55 percent of...	barney	0	174	Aug 27, 2010 by barney
	Five tips for avoiding self-inflicted email security breaches (Preview) In my article Basic e-mail security tips, I discussed five steps everyone should employ to secure their email, regardless of the client they use. Here are five more recommendations. These tips focus on the ways users break their own security rather than on protecting against the predations of mali...	barney	0	175	Aug 22, 2010 by barney
	Top 3 Tools To Remove Rootkits and Prevent Them from Infecting Your PC (Preview) If you suspect you have been infected, there are a few steps you can do. First, run a regular virus scan. The simplest ones can be removed with the most up-to-date antivirus programs. The scans can be run in safe or regular mode, however true rootkits may not show up easily. A better option is to use speci...	barney	1	201	Aug 22, 2010 by NicKnayme
	Cameron Diaz tops malware bait list (Preview) Cameron Diaz is the most dangerous celebrity on the Web, antivirus company McAfee said Thursday. Search strings using Diaz's name have a one-in-ten chance of coming up with a site infected with or spreading malware, said Dave Marcus, McAfee's director of security research and communication. Sea...	barney	1	174	Aug 22, 2010 by NicKnayme
	Time for faster wireless? 12 latest 802.11n routers reviewed (Preview) Not getting the range, speed or reliability you want from your wireless router? Well, you’re not alone. One of the most frequent complaints coming into our inboxes at PC Authority is about how routers aren’t doing the job they’re supposed to; they’re slow, unreliable or just plain incompatible wit...	barney	0	159	Aug 21, 2010 by barney
	PDF Flaw Could Lead To Identity Theft (Preview) Fascinating research by Florian Zumbiehl demonstrates the possibility of digital signature collisions in PDF files. PDF is synonymous to most people with Adobe and their Acrobat products, but the file format is an open ISO standard (ISO 32000-1:2008) and many software products implement it, fr...	barney	0	162	Aug 18, 2010 by barney
	Stupid Data Center Tricks (Preview) A university network brought to its knees when someone inadvertently plugged two network cables into the wrong hub. An employee injured after an ill-timed entry into a data center. Overheated systems shut down after a worker changes a data center thermostat setting from Fahrenheit to Celsius. St...	barney	0	163	Aug 14, 2010 by barney
	Network Brand registration (Preview) HiI have registered a domain and own trademark for more than 3 years.but now, a company in Hong Kong ( I guess ) wants to own my domain name as " Network Brand Registration" ,Because network Brand takes open registration which is international registration principle. and I have not regis...	Moh-Reza-rafat	13	4651	Aug 12, 2010 by Vindicated
	Microsoft Security Releases ISO Image - Aug. 2010 (Preview) This DVD5 ISO image file contains the security updates for Windows. The image does not contain security updates for other Microsoft products. This DVD5 ISO image is intended for administrators that need to download multiple individual language versions of each security update and that do not use...	barney	0	158	Aug 12, 2010 by barney
	Popular brands impersonated in latest malware campaign (Preview) Multiple vendors are reporting on a currently ongoing scareware and client-side exploits serving, spam campaign, brand-jacking Best Buy, Chase, Macy’s, Target.com and Evite. The payments-themed campaign is enticing users into clicking on on a malicious link which attempts to exploit client...	barney	0	178	Aug 10, 2010 by barney
	Cisco firewalls hit again by DoS condition (Preview) Cisco is reporting "multiple vulnerabilities" in the firewall services module for its Catalyst 6500 switch and 7600 series router. Cisco issued a security advisory on the vulnerabilities here. The glitches may cause the firewall module to reload after processing crafted SunRPC or c...	barney	0	167	Aug 8, 2010 by barney
	Windows 7 dinged by new zero-day vulnerability (Preview) Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system is vulnerable to a new zero-day vulnerability that exposes users to blue-screen crashes or code execution attacks. The flaw, could be exploited by local attackers to cause a denial-of-service or potentially gain elevated privileges, according to an adv...	barney	0	163	Aug 8, 2010 by barney
	Phishing tactic uses proxy hackers to harvest hundreds of thousands of credentials (Preview) Imperva has discovered a phishing kit that is hosted separately from the phishing websites. It said that unlike previously available phishing kits, this new approach lives in the cloud and relies on hackers exploiting other hackers and never goes away. The company's director of security strate...	barney	1	173	Aug 3, 2010 by estraya_01
	Microsoft to Release Emergency Windows 7 Patch, Windows 7 Passes Vista (Preview) It's security panics and deja vu all over again for Microsoft. Windows 7 is arguably one of Microsoft's greatest achievements to date. However, the company's OS is far from impervious, despite its free antivirus/malware protection suite, beefed up memory protections, and numerous security tw...	barney	0	163	Aug 3, 2010 by barney
	How to Avoid the Prying Eyes (Preview) How to Avoid Prying Eyes On The Internet	NicKnayme	2	389	Aug 1, 2010 by NicKnayme
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