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- TA10-238A: Microsoft Windows Insecurely Loads Dynamic Libraries
- TA10-231A: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Vulnerabilities
- TA10-223A: Adobe Flash and AIR Vulnerabilities
[Courtesy of US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alerts]
- PriceGong
The PriceGong adware sells itself as a legitimate way to find good deals online, and maybe a few people have found ... - Win7 AV
The Win7 AV virus continues the trend in fake antispyware programs of looking more Windows 7-y, and the polish is ... - Badware Scammers Set Sights on Apple
Remember when Apple computers were regarded as the “secure” option? Actually, most people apparently still th ...
[Courtesy of Faster, PC! Clean! Clean! (411-Spyware.com Has a N ...]
- Nigerian man gets 12 years for $1.3m 419 scam
- Spammers latch onto Ping to pump iPhone survey scams
- Symantec Snoop Dogg rap contest site rickrolled
[Courtesy of The Register - Security]
- Black hole discovery could boost quantum computers
String theory of gravity connected to entanglementBritish scientists have noticed an eerie similarity between the m ... - Onapsis to launch ERP vulnerability testing suite
The software searches for vulnerabilities, looks for compliance problems and creates reportsAn information security ... - Women are better at protecting corporate secrets
Defcon social engineering contest finds most people give up secrets to strangersOf the 135 people Fortune 500 emplo ...
[Courtesy of Techworld.com Security]
- Rap Contest Being Held by Snoop Dogg and Internet Security Firm Symantec
If you think that politics makes for strange bedfellows, take a look at the effort to raise public awareness about ... - Gmail’s New “Gmail Priority Inbox” Feature
Some Gmail users are finding a new link in their Gmail interface, for a new beta Gmail service, in which Gmail sort ... - Fatal Commerical Airplane Crash Caused by Computer Malware
Two years ago, almost to the day, a Spanish airliner belonging to Spanair crashed just after takeoff. Of the 172 p ...
[Courtesy of The Internet Patrol]
- Are virus scanners putting you at risk?
- New worms could be born from Samy.
- Anti Spam Software Provider Targets the Spam Bull’s-Eye
[Courtesy of Anti Spam Software & Internet Filters Blog - Secur ...]
- Microsoft security updates for July 2009
- Microsoft security updates for June 2009
- Microsoft security updates for May 2009
[Courtesy of Recent Security at Home information]
[Courtesy of Enterprise email security for Exchange Server, Dom ...]
- Tell the FTC: How I lost 100 pounds in 30 days EATING DIRT!
On December 1, 2009 the NEW FTC Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising are effec ... - Twitter SUCKS? Twitter ROCKS? I can’t decide.
For the last few months I’ve been monitoring a number of Twitter accounts for my friends and associates. I can’ ... - Twitter ABUSE: Eliminate Direct Message SPAM automatically!
Twitter SUCKS! It has no way to automatically eliminate the huge amounts of Direct Message Spam that is sent. Yes, ...
[Courtesy of StopScum]
- SB10-242: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of August 23, 2010
- SB10-235: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of August 16, 2010
- SB10-228: Vulnerability Summary for the Week of August 9, 2010
[Courtesy of US-CERT Cyber Security Bulletins]
- Microsoft schedules patch for Windows Shell flaw
Update planned for Monday to fix zero-day vulnerability in wake of increased attacks. Microsoft - ... - Open source software: The future, tools, news and how-to's
Get in-depth news on open source development, testing and application management tools, practices and strategies in ... - Clientless SSL VPN vulnerability and Web browser protection
In a recent US-CERT advisory, clientless SSL VPN vulnerabilities were listed as posing serious threats to Web brows ...
[Courtesy of SearchSecurity: Threat Monitor]
- Facebook Becomes A Favorite Target Of Phishers
Due to widespread concerns about its thoughts on users' privacy, Facebook has been under all sorts of fire lately, ... - Google Goes After Impersonator Scammers
As huge corporations go, Google's a pretty cuddly one, but according to the search giant itself, everyone should be ... - Senate Uncovers Online Credit Card Tricks
A report issued by a U.S. Senate committee only uses the word "scam" when quoting different consumers; the report's ...
[Courtesy of Internet Security News]
- HACKERS TARGET WORD FLAW
HACKERS TARGET WORD FLAW A newly discovered flaw in Word is being exploited by hackers. The hole could allow an at ... - Media Motor Shut Down
Media Motor Shut Down A U.S. district court has shut down an operation that secretly downloaded multiple malevolen ... - Trojan Installs Anti-virus Software To Boot Competition Off Computer
Trojan Installs Anti-virus Software To Boot Competition Off Computer A Trojan horse now making the rounds takes th ...
[Courtesy of Spyware, Adware, Malware, Scumware Information And ...]
- Apple's Ping dinged by spam
The new iTunes-based social network is getting hit by comment spam since Apple apparently left it vulnerable throug ... - U.N. exec: Cyberwar could be 'worse than tsunami'
Proposal for a global "cyberpeace" treaty has met "a lot of resistance" from industrialized nations, says head of U ... - Facebook adds new remote log-out security feature
Facebook users who log in from multiple devices will soon have a way to make sure they are only logged in on the co ...
[Courtesy of CNET News.com]
- Prescott urges phone hack review
Lord Prescott has said he is prepared to take legal action to find out whether News of The World journalists hacked ... - Twitter crackdown on hackers posting links to viruses with launch of URL shortening service
Twitter is launching its own URL shortening service to increase the transparency of links posted on its social netw ... - network security
May 4, 2007 ... Improving the security of our nation's drinking water and wastewater infrastructures has become a t ...
[Courtesy of Computer Security News]
- Women perform well on Defcon social engineering test
Of the 135 people Fortune 500 employees targeted by social engineering hackers in a recent contest only five of the ... - Secunia security program automatically tracks down, applies patches
Secunia has updated its Personal Software Inspector (PSI) with the ability to silently download and apply patches f ... - Skyrocketing viruses, less danger?
In 2008, antivirus firm Sophos processed about 20,000 "new" pieces of malware every day.
[Courtesy of Security Central - Infoworld]
- Spammers Take Over Apple's New Ping Social Network
(NewsFactor)
NewsFactor - Apple launched iTunes 10 with Ping, a new music-oriented social network, on Wednesday. Within hours, t ... - Germany to Launch Antibotnet Program for Consumers
(PC World)
PC World - Germany will soon launch a service to help consumers remove malicious software from their computers in a ... - Apple's Ping a Scammer's Haven? Security Experts Say Watch Out
(PC World)
PC World - Apple's music-focused social network, Ping is only a few days old, and already the iTunes-based feature ...
[Courtesy of Yahoo! News: Security News]
- Microsoft Patch Day LiveSecurity alerts delayed due to technical issues
Technical difficulties have prevented us from sending our typical Microsoft LiveSecurity alerts. We hope to send th ... - Microsoft Black Tuesday: Tons of updates for Windows, Office, and IE
It's time to dust off Group Policy Manager, or whatever patch management framework you use, and get to patching.As ... - Record MS Patch Day will deliver 14 security bulletins tomorrow
Microsoft plans a record Patch Day on Tuesday, August 10, with 14 security bulletins to fix 34 vulnerabilities in W ...
[Courtesy of WatchGuard Wire]