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Update Problems

Thursday, July 10th, 2008

For those of you using ZoneAlarm who installed the windows updatestoday, you probably already know that your internet connection hasdied. It appears that KB951748 made changes to the networking filesthat ZA doesn’t see/recognize.
After two hours of messingaround, I found an inelegant solution that will work temporarily …set the Internet Zone Security permission slider from high [...]

Dumb Scammers Hitting MCHSI mailboxes

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

Okay folks here is a e-mail that I got from some idiots that are so dumb they can not even set up a phishing e-mail right. But I include this copy so if you receive one you can forward it to Mchsi.
Dear Mchsi.com Subscriber,

This message is from Mchsi.com messaging center to all Mchsi.com [...]

200,000 sites spreading web malware, China’s hosting the most

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Yesterday, the Stopbadware.org initiative released a report entitled “May 2008 Badware Websites Report” summarizingBadware sites May 2008 the findings out of analyzing over 200,000 sites spreading malware. With recent data for malicious sites provided by Google’s Safe Browsing diagnostic, Stopbadware.org also received responses from affected parties such as Google itself, The Planet, SoftLayer and iEurop. [...]

Code execution vulnerability found in Firefox 3.0

Thursday, June 19th, 2008

It’s not all about world records for Firefox 3.0.
Just hours after the official release of the latest refresh of Mozilla’s flagship browser, an unnamed researcher has sold a critical code execution vulnerability that puts millions of Firefox3.0 users at risk of PC takeover attacks.
According to a note from TippingPoint’s Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) , a [...]

Adobe Flash zero-day exploit in the wild

Wednesday, May 28th, 2008

Malware hunters have spotted a previously unknown — and unpatched — Adobe Flash vulnerability being exploited in the wild.
The zero-day flaw has been added to the Chinese version of the MPack exploit kit and there are signs that the exploits are being injected into third-party sites to redirect targets to malware-laden servers.
Technical details on the [...]

After Debian’s epic SSL blunder, a world of hurt for security pros

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

It’s been more than a week since Debian patched a massive security hole in the library the operating system uses to create cryptographic keys for securing email, websites and administrative servers. Now the hard work begins, as legions of admins are saddled with the odious task of regenerating keys too numerous for anyone to estimate.
The [...]

Company claims Windows Vista less secure than Windows 2000

Monday, May 12th, 2008

A recent statement from anti-malware and threat-detection software manufacturer PC Tools claims that Windows 2000 is a more secure operating system than Windows Vista. The company’s claims, as covered by Infoworld, have attracted a good deal of coverage—no one wants to miss out on a good Microsoft bashing—but an examination of the company’s methodology raises [...]

Mozilla: Firefox plugin shipped with malicious code

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Mozilla warned Wednesday that a malicious program inserted adware code into a Firefox plugin that has been downloaded thousands of times over the past three months.
Because of a virus infection (Compare antivirus products), the Vietnamese language pack for Firefox 2 was polluted with adware, Mozilla security chief Window Snyder said in a blog posting. “Everyone [...]

The computer security paradox

Friday, May 9th, 2008

Here is a great article concerning your privacy and the fact that it seems to be fading into the dark pages of history, Baldy.
One of the most prized rights of any American is the right to privacy and security. It’s something people in some countries would kill for. Yet now there appears to [...]

Sophos: One Web page infected every five seconds

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Web threats have risen significantly in the first quarter of 2008, with one Web page being infected every five seconds, according to a new report from security vendor Sophos.
Released Wednesday, Sophos said in its Security Threat Report that an average of over 15,000 Web pages were compromised daily between January and March.
In contrast, the daily [...]

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