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That Damn PC

Archive for the ‘Security’ Category

June 18th, 2008

Smart password management right in your browser

I’ve been a big fan of Billeo for a long time and more recently Vidoop (with their cross-browser, online storage, secure password management system) for password management. I have over 150 different logins to sites and it’s easy to forget which one I used where. The “Forgot Your Password” link is a pain […]

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May 21st, 2008

Phishers target users of Apple Inc.’s iTunes

Phishers have started to target users of Apple Inc.’s iTunes music store with sophisticated identity theft attacks for the first time, a security company said Tuesday. People began receiving spammed messages Monday telling them that they must correct a problem with their iTunes account, said Andrew Lochart, an executive with e-mail security vendor Proofpoint Inc.
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May 14th, 2008

Comparison of Free Security Products

You may be surprised at how much protection you can get for your PC at practically no cost. As they say: The best things in Life are free. Sure, complete and full security suites are still encouraged but for true value, you cant beat some of these products especially for the everyday user.
The latest versions […]

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May 6th, 2008

Phishers Mimic Google Adwords

Google Adwords account holders are being targeted by criminals out to trick them into handing over credit card information using a clever URL spoof that has gained popularity in recent weeks.
On the face of it, the scam follows a traditional attack route involving the sending of spam e-mail to random Internet addresses in the hope […]

By Kiven -- 0 comments

May 5th, 2008

Software Attacks Software in Security Wars

Recent research is suggesting that Google’s audio capture is the latest in a string of CAPTCHAs to have been defeated by software.
A CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart), is the squiggly hard to read letters that many sites now have you enter to prove you are human.
Image CAPTCHAs for […]

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April 10th, 2008

Adobe Fixes Seven Flaws in its Flash Player

Adobe has recently upgraded its own Flash player to fix seven vulnerabilities in the graphics and video software that is widely used for interactive Web pages and banner advertisements. Adobe classifies the patches as “critical” and advises people upgrade to the latest version, 9.0.124.0. All of the vulnerabilities could allow a hacker to execute code […]

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April 6th, 2008

Microsoft to Announce Next-Gen Security Software

The world’s largest security conference will kick off next week in San Francisco with the public unveiling of Microsoft’s new next-generation of security software, codenamed: Stirling.
Over the past few months, Microsoft has quietly shown the software to a select group of users, but sources familiar with the company’s plans said that it will release a […]

By Kiven -- 0 comments

April 5th, 2008

Wanted: Behavior-Based Malware Detection Software

Start-up NovaShield says that in May it will release its first security product for the PC,: a behavior-based detection software designed to catch, quarantine and eradicate malware not ordinarily detected by signature-based antivirus products. Sounds good to be true for me. How efficient and effective would it be?
The Windows-based NovaShield software will recognize activity from […]

By Kiven -- 0 comments

April 5th, 2008

Symantec Software does have ActiveX Bugs

How ironic. Security firm Symantec has confirmed ActiveX flaws in its most popular consumer security software that could give attackers the means to hijack the Windows PCs that the programs are supposed to protect. The vulnerabilities are in an ActiveX control that ships with several products, including Norton AntiVirus, Norton Internet Security, Norton SystemWorks and […]

By Kiven -- 0 comments

March 11th, 2008

China based Hackers worry Pentagon

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China is developing weapons that would disable its enemies’ space technology such as satellites in a conflict, the Pentagon said in a report released last week.
The report also said “numerous” intrusions into computer networks around the world, including some owned by the U.S. government, in the past year seem to have originated […]

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