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Run Windows apps on your Mac for free?

Run Windows apps on your Mac for free?Where did you get that figure from?Making up numbers now? 99% of viruses from Active X controls... that's funny. Of course, you have to agree to an Active X control installing. So I suppose it does require user intervention afterall.RE:...

Tags: Web browsers, Construction, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Web site development, Run Windows app, Run window, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Apple Macintosh, window

Discussion threads 2008-10-27

Better bank security scares off users? Oh well.

Better bank security scares off users? Oh well.RE: Better bank security scares off users? Oh well.Too much security forces people to circumvent them. Users wil keep answers to security questions on their desktop in plain text, passwords in their email accounts so they can access them from everywhere, and...

Tags: Financial services, bank, security, bank security

Discussion threads 2007-11-13

SiteKey phish demonstrated against BofA

The use of images to assure a user that they are not being phished has started to become common. Yahoo! uses them. And BankofAmerica has been using Passmarks RSA technology in their SiteKey scheme to protect their online banking customers from being phished. The idea is that a cookie...

Tags: Security blog, Bank security

Blog posts 2007-04-12

Top Ten Threats for 2007

I had some time last week to think ahead a bit. I was on a twelve hour round trip flight to Maui just to get frequent flier points with Northwest. I know it sounds like a horrible waste but you do crazy things...

Tags: CyberCrime, Bank security, Security, distributed denial of service, attack

Blog posts 2006-12-27

Good old identity theft as practiced in Chicago

The only time I have been a victim of identity theft that I know of was the time I took a couple of visiting Japanese engineers out to dinner at ChiChi’s in Ann Arbor Michigan. It was 1983 and I discovered the theft when I...

Tags: Spyware, Bank security, CyberCrime, credit card

Blog posts 2006-11-12

Additional Resources

Chrome OS will rise or fall on the safety dance

Scare tactics against Chrome OSI can see Microsoft really did the 'safety dance' with Windows it has been so successful...Chrome_OS is an entirely different modular approach plus they are using Open_Source with NO limitation of how high they can reach. I find it amazing anyone with a straight face say...

Tags: Operating systems, operating system, Chrome, Chrome OS, ChromeOS, security, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Schiller: App Store isn't broken

The truth hurtsThe truth is consumer lacks the ability to make good decision regarding the security of their data. We are regularly tricked into click-installing things while surfing the web, download trojans and other malware, give out information over the phone that we shouldn't etc ... and we never...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, approval process, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

MyMoney 2.0.49 (Mac)

My Money is a high quality personal financial software written from ground up to work with online bank statements. Simply download your transactions from bank web site and they are automatically entered into electronic register. By bringing all of your important financial information together in one place, My Money helps...

Tags: Bank, Apple Macintosh, Financial, MTH Software, Data File, Financial Accounting, Financial Services, Finance

Software downloads 2009-11-20

xCellEncrypt 2.1.2 (Windows)

xCELLencrypt is a lightweight add-in for Microsoft Office Excel 2003 and Excel 2007 that allows you to encrypt the contents of individual cells within a worksheet. The software implements advanced encryption standard AES 256 bit encryption via Microsoft's cryptographic service provider CryptoAPI. xCELLencrypt is great for individuals or organizations that...

Tags: Bank, Microsoft Windows, FullScope Solutions, xCELLencrypt, Social Security, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Financial Services, Operational Accounting, Government, Office Suites, Software, Finance

Software downloads 2009-11-19

ID Vault Free Edition 5.5.514 (Windows)

ID Vault provides complete protection against identity theft and fraud for your online accounts. It encrypts your passwords, usernames and credit card information securely on your PC. ID Vault logs you in without typing so you don't have to remember any passwords, and creates a secure connection between your PC...

Tags: Account, Credit Card, Microsoft Windows, White Sky, Sales Channel, Financial Services, Identity Theft, Sales, Finance, Security

Software downloads 2009-11-19

Do former CEOs make better politicians than career diplomats?

Well, The Poll is Evidence of the ProblemAt this point, those who think CEOs would not make good politicians outnumber those who do. But the original question was a comparison; do former CEOs make better diplomats than career politicians? Too many people have still been brainwashed into thinking that politicians...

Tags: Professional development, career, career diplomat, U.S. Congress

Discussion threads 2009-11-17

Friday Challenge: What's your take on OS/browser market share trends?

Firefox is taking over...With Firefox the days of vendor lock-in withIE required are over, like banking sites theyare cross-platform as they should be.I use CentOS/Fedora/RHEL and use I am able todo all of my job functions and use any applicationI want without the fear of security holes andthreats from a...

Tags: Web browsers, Operating systems, COMPANIES, Other Countries, Web browser, Friday Challenge, operating system, Mozilla Firefox, browser market share, security hole, security, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-13

Microsoft probing Windows 7 zero-day hole

I hope Jeremy got some sleep last nightbecause he probably won't be getting much in the near future.first of many zillionsis there anything worse than being MS security programmer?poor bastards.YesYeah, being a mindless repetitive troll.yeah, being a poor Mac user. yeah, being a poor Mac user....

Tags: Wireless LANs, Firewalls, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, zero-day hole, Wi-Fi, Microsoft Windows, firewall

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

AVG Internet Security 9.0.704 (Windows)

AVG Internet Security 9.0 is faster, safer and easier to use. This is a complete solution for all the things you do online. Multiple layers of protection mean you don't have to worry about identity theft, spam or viruses. AVG Internet Security 9.0 gives you two vital extra layers of...

Tags: Bank, Protection, Microsoft Windows, AVG Technologies USA, AVG Internet Security 9.0, Identity Theft, Financial Services, Cyberthreats, Security, Finance

Software downloads 2009-11-11

Worm inflicts Rick Astley wallpaper on jailbroken iPhones

But... but... but... OS X is Unix! It is immune!Hmm, guess not.Now, let's list the "attacks" and then cue the double standards...1. iPhone must have the [b]worst[/b] security model out there because hackers only go after the low hanging fruit.2. I don't care [b]why[/b] no one attacks Windows Mobile, all...

Tags: Smart phones, NonZealot, Apple iPhone, security

Discussion threads 2009-11-08

NBL Finance Tool 1.3.1 (Windows)

NBL Finance Tool is a Windows database-driven software designed for personal, soho, small and medium size company, to manage and monitor personal or organization money, expenses and cheque transaction include cheque printer. Includes features: Master Editor: Store Bank, Employee, Organization particular / contact and Account information. Issuing: Print and configure...

Tags: NBL Finance Tool, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Printers, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Hardware, Peripherals

Software downloads 2009-11-06

IronKey reveals new, ultra-secure D200 USB flash drives

Another bad designIf I can lose the cap and damage the connector, it's not secure. Why would anybody make a flash drive with a separate cap any more? I'll continue to wait for a secure drive with a good physical design that operates reliably with NO software installation on host...

Tags: Flash memory, IronKey, D200 USB flash drive, USB flash drive

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Google "attacking" developer community?

No.Improving their apps doesn't make them evil.Killing competition by giving away apps for "free" makes them evil.Isn't it a bit hypocritical to complain?After all Android developers are using Android which they didn't need to pay for because Google gave it to them. Where do they think those development funds...

Tags: Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-01

Facebook users targeted by Zeus banking Trojan

Is it safe to assumethat this threat can happen on any OS/Browser desktop or mobile?Yes but...various Stallman cultist and Job cultist will try to argue that either Linux or MacOSX are immune to this because of a so called superior BSD security model or something along this line.Windows only?The Trojan...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Viruses and worms, trojan horse, phishing, Facebook, Linux, malware, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-10-29

New LoroBot ransomware encrypts files, demands $100 for decryption

You forgot to mention....which OSs it affects! Or is it based on something multi-platform like Java?Look at the bigger size version of the screenshot, it's all in thereA lot of russian characters and...YES, you guessed it right, the word "windows" prominently displayed in red in the title.Who would ever thought...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, LoroBot, decryption, malware

Discussion threads 2009-10-27