Cybercrime, Fraud, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Online banking fraud, Secure Computing, Security, security awareness
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Microsoft Windows, Security bulletin, VulnerabilitiesMicrosoft Security Response Center's October 2009 Bulletin Release Advance Notification:
For October we are releasing 13 bulletins...
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Anti-malware, Anti-virus, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Rootkit, SecurityMicrosoft’s Security Essentials (MSE), released last week amidst
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Anti-malware, Anti-virus, Microsoft, microsoft security essentials, Security, Security managementMicrosoft Security Essentials is now out of beta and ready for download.
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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...
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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...
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Ethical hacking, Hacking, Malware, Microsoft Windows, Scareware, Security
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Critical update, insecure, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Patch management, Patch Tuesday, Remote Code Execution, Security, Security bulletin, Vulnerabilities, Wireless securityAll of them are critical, but not a single one of them affects Windows 7, scheduled for release on October 22.
The most dangerous flaw covered by this month’s batch of patches is a remote code execution vulnerability in the way that the JScript scripting engine decodes script in Web...
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Anti-malware, Anti-virus, Browsers, Critical update, Firewalls, Malware, Microsoft Windows, NAT, Patch management, Routers, SecurityI received some good feedback on my “14 Golden Rules of Computer Security” list, in particular, this comment from Michael: “…you encourage people to go through...
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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...
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