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By now most Internet users know what phishing stands for, or so they think. If you ask them to define phishing most will likely mention that it is about fake emails links that lead to look-a-like copies of popular websites. What most users do not know that their definition of phishing is not ent...

barney · barney

Attacks employing poisoned PDF files have leaped to the top of the threat list, according to statistics from major security companies. Symantec reports that suspicious PDF files skyrocketed in 2009 to represent 49 percent of Web-based attacks that the company detected, up from only 11 pe...

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Microsoft Corp. on Thursday urged SharePoint 2007 administrators to protect systems against a recently revealed zero-day vulnerability that could be exploited to steal company secrets. The bug, which was disclosed Wednesday by the Swiss security consultancy High-Tech Bridge, could...

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A Facebook malware attack is on the loose this weekend, enticing users to click a “Distracting Beach Babes” video on their Facebook Walls. The Wall message reads: “this is hilarious! lol :P :P :P Distracting Beach Babes [HQ] Length: 5:32″. If you see this video on Facebook today, do not c...

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Google announced today that it is extending its SSL offerings to Google search. Google has long provided SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) support for its Gmail and Google Docs products but this is the first time basic search has received SSL support. Most users recognize SSL connections by the...

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Criminals have found abundant opportunities to undertake stealthy attacks on ordinary Web users that can be hard to stop, experts say. Hackers are lacing Web sites — often legitimate ones — with so-called malware, which can silently infiltrate visiting PCs to steal sensitive personal in...

NicKnayme · NicKnayme

http://www.pcworld.com/article/196735/Facebook_Privacy.html?tk=rss_news Alan

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The security of Web-based e-mail is about to get a lot tighter. Microsoft gave the media a sneak peek on Tuesday at the new and improved version of its Hotmail service, which has gotten a major facelift and myriad new bells and whistles designed to make it more competitive. Among the changes...

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Microsoft today warned users of a vulnerability in the 64-bit versions of Wndows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 that could be used to hijack systems. The bug is in Windows' Canonical Display Driver, which blends the operating system's primary graphics interface, dubbed Graphics Device In...

barney · barney

A serious security vulnerability in Microsoft's newest operating system could expose users to code execution and denial-of-service attacks, the company warned in an advisory issued late Tuesday. The vulnerability, which only affects Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, was public...

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Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE), the software giant's free antimalware solution, is one of the few products that is not affected by the recently rediscovered method for disabling security software on Windows. MSE does not use SSDT hooks, so its real-time protection cannot be disabled via th...

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This screenshot shows the simple user interface the attack uses to launch attack. The attacker simply specifies which IP address to target, the length of time for the attack, and the port to target. The language at the bottom says 'don't use it on your friends' in Indonesian. (Credit: Screenshot by E...

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Microsoft issued two critical bulletins on Tuesday fixing holes in its e-mail programs and the Visual Basic for Applications programming language implementation built into Office. Bulletin MS10-030 resolves a vulnerability affecting Outlook Express, Windows Mail, and Windows Live Mail th...

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Interesting article..... Have we lost the battle for desktop security?

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Microsoft today said it would patch two critical vulnerabilities with two updates to Windows and Office next week. "It's the predictable off month for Microsoft," said Andrew Storms, the director of security operations with nCircle Security. "That's all within the p...

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While there was one similar rogue calling itself Security Essentials 2010, this one goes a step further and adds the suffix Microsoft too! This Russian rogue has a GUI identical to Microsoft Security Essentials GUI. It detect a fake infection and then ask for a SMS registration to clean th...

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Last week, McAfee pushed out a virus definition file update the company now admits did not meet an acceptable level of quality assurance. Users found this out the hard way when the update crippled their computers. While the damage to individual computer systems has been repairable, I reco...

NicKnayme · NicKnayme

I just finished working on a system for AFOAF that had the "Person Security" fake anti-virus inter-weaved in it. What removed it (finally) was "Safe Mode" and installing and running MalwareBytes. It found 229 areas of infiltration of this "Scamware"! This was on...

barney · barney

McAfee is in a bit of a panic, I think! McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.7i died on multiple machines! [url=http://www.msnbc...

barney · barney

Stating the obvious: In an ever changing world of Viruses, Trojans, Worms, and Root kits. It is always wise to just take a step back and evaluate how you are accessing the internet and our you interact with it. By changing just a few things in your routine you can prevent a few headaches in the future. H...

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Not good.... not good at all.. New malware opens back door to Mac OS

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Some of the latest security updates for Windows XP will not be installed on machines infected with a rootkit virus. A rootkit is sneaky malware that buries itself deep inside the Windows operating system to avoid detection. Microsoft said it had taken the action because similar update...

Hentai Virus Exposes User History to Web · Vindicated

[url=http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2362751,00.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]Hentai Virus...

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One of the main areas people seem to complain about the most is how fast an operating system works when it comes to moving files or moving around the Internet. Now this tweak is not necessarily related to how fast you can move around the Internet this tweak actually came about when I was download...

Vindicated · Vindicated

F1 Key Virus Warning

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Ransomware experienced an upsurge in March, propelled by an explosion in botnet activity, while a malicious Internet Explorer attack is spreading rapidly across the globe, according to a Fortinet Threatscape Report released Thursday. One of the biggest threats this month was the eme...

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Nifty little free tool for you to see all of your network traffic! Network Activity Indicator for Windows 7

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Apple on Tuesday issued its largest-ever security update, patching 92 vulnerabilities in OS X 10.5 Leopard and OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. Last week at the CanSecWest conference, hackers compromised both a non-jailbroken iPhone and Safari on Snow Leopard. Does this mean the honeymoon is ov...

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http://www.katonda.com/news/top-10-threats-windows-operating-system/967/2010

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Another nice security hack....... Hacker finds way to exploit PDF files

Topic		Started By	Replies	Views	Last Post
	Phishing concept called Tabjacking (Preview) By now most Internet users know what phishing stands for, or so they think. If you ask them to define phishing most will likely mention that it is about fake emails links that lead to look-a-like copies of popular websites. What most users do not know that their definition of phishing is not ent...	barney	1	242	May 26, 2010 by estraya_01
	Poisoned PDFs? Here's Your Antidote (Preview) Attacks employing poisoned PDF files have leaped to the top of the threat list, according to statistics from major security companies. Symantec reports that suspicious PDF files skyrocketed in 2009 to represent 49 percent of Web-based attacks that the company detected, up from only 11 pe...	barney	1	292	May 26, 2010 by estraya_01
	Microsoft issues work-around, advice for SharePoint zero-day (Preview) Microsoft Corp. on Thursday urged SharePoint 2007 administrators to protect systems against a recently revealed zero-day vulnerability that could be exploited to steal company secrets. The bug, which was disclosed Wednesday by the Swiss security consultancy High-Tech Bridge, could...	barney	4	332	May 24, 2010 by barney
	WARNING: Facebook Malware Attack Behind Distracting Beach Babes (Preview) A Facebook malware attack is on the loose this weekend, enticing users to click a “Distracting Beach Babes” video on their Facebook Walls. The Wall message reads: “this is hilarious! lol :P :P :P Distracting Beach Babes [HQ] Length: 5:32″. If you see this video on Facebook today, do not c...	barney	1	246	May 24, 2010 by Vindicated
	Shhhhh.... Google Launches Secure Search... (Preview) Google announced today that it is extending its SSL offerings to Google search. Google has long provided SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) support for its Gmail and Google Docs products but this is the first time basic search has received SSL support. Most users recognize SSL connections by the...	barney	1	355	May 22, 2010 by Vindicated
	Five Ways to Keep Online Criminals at Bay (Preview) Criminals have found abundant opportunities to undertake stealthy attacks on ordinary Web users that can be hard to stop, experts say. Hackers are lacing Web sites — often legitimate ones — with so-called malware, which can silently infiltrate visiting PCs to steal sensitive personal in...	barney	0	246	May 21, 2010 by barney
	Tools For Restoring Your Facebook Privacy (Preview) http://www.pcworld.com/article/196735/Facebook_Privacy.html?tk=rss_news Alan	NicKnayme	1	301	May 20, 2010 by Vindicated
	Hotmail’s New Security Features (Preview) The security of Web-based e-mail is about to get a lot tighter. Microsoft gave the media a sneak peek on Tuesday at the new and improved version of its Hotmail service, which has gotten a major facelift and myriad new bells and whistles designed to make it more competitive. Among the changes...	barney	1	290	May 20, 2010 by Vindicated
	Microsoft warns of bug in 64-bit Windows 7 (Preview) Microsoft today warned users of a vulnerability in the 64-bit versions of Wndows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 that could be used to hijack systems. The bug is in Windows' Canonical Display Driver, which blends the operating system's primary graphics interface, dubbed Graphics Device In...	barney	0	245	May 19, 2010 by barney
	Windows 7 Hit by Display Driver Security Hole (Preview) A serious security vulnerability in Microsoft's newest operating system could expose users to code execution and denial-of-service attacks, the company warned in an advisory issued late Tuesday. The vulnerability, which only affects Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, was public...	barney	0	237	May 19, 2010 by barney
	Microsoft: MSE safe from Windows kernel hook attack (Preview) Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE), the software giant's free antimalware solution, is one of the few products that is not affected by the recently rediscovered method for disabling security software on Windows. MSE does not use SSDT hooks, so its real-time protection cannot be disabled via th...	barney	4	321	May 14, 2010 by NicKnayme
	New DoS attack uses Web servers as zombies (Preview) This screenshot shows the simple user interface the attack uses to launch attack. The attacker simply specifies which IP address to target, the length of time for the attack, and the port to target. The language at the bottom says 'don't use it on your friends' in Indonesian. (Credit: Screenshot by E...	barney	0	194	May 14, 2010 by barney
	Microsoft releases critical fixes for Windows, Office holes (Preview) Microsoft issued two critical bulletins on Tuesday fixing holes in its e-mail programs and the Visual Basic for Applications programming language implementation built into Office. Bulletin MS10-030 resolves a vulnerability affecting Outlook Express, Windows Mail, and Windows Live Mail th...	barney	0	233	May 14, 2010 by barney
	Have we lost the battle for desktop security? (Preview) Interesting article..... Have we lost the battle for desktop security?	barney	1	280	May 12, 2010 by estraya_01
	Microsoft's Next Patches: Small but Vital (Preview) Microsoft today said it would patch two critical vulnerabilities with two updates to Windows and Office next week. "It's the predictable off month for Microsoft," said Andrew Storms, the director of security operations with nCircle Security. "That's all within the p...	barney	1	321	May 12, 2010 by Vindicated
	Fake Microsoft Security Essentials from Russia (Preview) While there was one similar rogue calling itself Security Essentials 2010, this one goes a step further and adds the suffix Microsoft too! This Russian rogue has a GUI identical to Microsoft Security Essentials GUI. It detect a fake infection and then ask for a SMS registration to clean th...	barney	0	249	May 10, 2010 by barney
	Why it's time to move away from McAfee (Preview) Last week, McAfee pushed out a virus definition file update the company now admits did not meet an acceptable level of quality assurance. Users found this out the hard way when the update crippled their computers. While the damage to individual computer systems has been repairable, I reco...	barney	0	198	Apr 28, 2010 by barney
	Malwarebytes As A System Tool (Preview) I just finished working on a system for AFOAF that had the "Person Security" fake anti-virus inter-weaved in it. What removed it (finally) was "Safe Mode" and installing and running MalwareBytes. It found 229 areas of infiltration of this "Scamware"! This was on...	NicKnayme	3	285	Apr 23, 2010 by NicKnayme
	McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.7i died on multiple machines! (Preview) McAfee is in a bit of a panic, I think! McAfee VirusScan Enterprise 8.7i died on multiple machines! [url=http://www.msnbc...	barney	8	365	Apr 23, 2010 by Vindicated
	Basic Web Security 101 (Preview) Stating the obvious: In an ever changing world of Viruses, Trojans, Worms, and Root kits. It is always wise to just take a step back and evaluate how you are accessing the internet and our you interact with it. By changing just a few things in your routine you can prevent a few headaches in the future. H...	barney	0	177	Apr 21, 2010 by barney
	New malware opens back door to Mac OS (Preview) Not good.... not good at all.. New malware opens back door to Mac OS	barney	0	286	Apr 20, 2010 by barney
	Infected XP owners left unpatched (Preview) Some of the latest security updates for Windows XP will not be installed on machines infected with a rootkit virus. A rootkit is sneaky malware that buries itself deep inside the Windows operating system to avoid detection. Microsoft said it had taken the action because similar update...	barney	1	298	Apr 19, 2010 by Vindicated
	Hentai Virus Exposes User History to Web (Preview) [url=http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2362751,00.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]Hentai Virus...	Vindicated	1	318	Apr 18, 2010 by barney
	Networking Tweaks - Make Vista and Windows 7 FLY! (Preview) One of the main areas people seem to complain about the most is how fast an operating system works when it comes to moving files or moving around the Internet. Now this tweak is not necessarily related to how fast you can move around the Internet this tweak actually came about when I was download...	barney	0	184	Apr 10, 2010 by barney
	F1 Key Virus Warning (Preview) F1 Key Virus Warning	Vindicated	1	250	Apr 10, 2010 by barney
	Report: Ransomware, Botnets On The Rise (Preview) Ransomware experienced an upsurge in March, propelled by an explosion in botnet activity, while a malicious Internet Explorer attack is spreading rapidly across the globe, according to a Fortinet Threatscape Report released Thursday. One of the biggest threats this month was the eme...	barney	0	255	Apr 8, 2010 by barney
	Network Activity Indicator for Windows 7 (Preview) Nifty little free tool for you to see all of your network traffic! Network Activity Indicator for Windows 7	barney	0	226	Apr 8, 2010 by barney
	Apple Releases Largest OS X Security Update Ever (Preview) Apple on Tuesday issued its largest-ever security update, patching 92 vulnerabilities in OS X 10.5 Leopard and OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard. Last week at the CanSecWest conference, hackers compromised both a non-jailbroken iPhone and Safari on Snow Leopard. Does this mean the honeymoon is ov...	barney	1	302	Apr 6, 2010 by Vindicated
	Top 10 Threats To Windows Operating Systems (Preview) http://www.katonda.com/news/top-10-threats-windows-operating-system/967/2010	barney	0	188	Apr 5, 2010 by barney
	Hacker finds way to exploit PDF files without vulnerability (Preview) Another nice security hack....... Hacker finds way to exploit PDF files	barney	0	190	Apr 3, 2010 by barney
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