September 20, 2009 9:54 PM
Posted by: Ken Harthun
Browsers,
Firefox,
Malware,
Phishing,
Security,
Security management,
Security toolsThanks to Google, there’s a tool you can use to check any site and see if Google lists it as hosting any suspicious files or acting as a malware intermediary. Yes, I know there’s a Firefox extension and that the Google Toolbar for Firefox incorporates the tool, but what if you’re out in the...
September 19, 2009 3:05 PM
Posted by: Ken Harthun
Anti-malware,
Cybercrime,
Firefox,
Fraud,
Malware,
Microsoft Windows,
Scam,
Scareware,
Secure Computing,
SecurityAs if we don’t already have enough to deal with, it seems that malvertising--a technique where malicious code is placed in an online ad to either mislead the user or infect their computer—is on the rise. Microsoft recently filed five lawsuits against unnamed individuals accusing them of posting...
August 24, 2009 2:18 AM
Posted by: Ken Harthun
Browsers,
Firefox,
Internet Explorer,
Password,
password manager,
Security,
Security managementOMG! I just opened that box that Pandora gave me. I have often said that I don’t like password managers because I don’t consider them secure. That goes double for the password managers built into the browsers. I don’t like anything to reside directly on my system, so that leaves a remote...
May 31, 2009 6:56 PM
Posted by: Ken Harthun
Browsers,
Firefox,
Internet Explorer,
Malware,
Microsoft,
Microsoft Windows,
Opinion,
Secure Computing,
SecurityEnter “screensavers” into any major search engine and there’s better than a fifty percent chance that any result you click on will land you on a malicious website. According to McAfee’s recently released report “
March 27, 2009 5:32 PM
Posted by: Ken Harthun
Browsers,
Exploits,
Firefox,
NoScript,
Scripting,
Secure Computing,
Security,
Security management,
VulnerabilitiesGot NoScript? If not, get it--the latest Firefox bug, an XML tag remote memory corruption vulnerability released on Wednesday, is mitigated by having the NoScript addon installed.
The bug can be exploited by a malicious...
