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- Facebook password-reset spam is Bredolab botnet attack
- For haven sake ...Could we be a little bit more specific."...password-reset messages to trick PC users into downloading a dangerous piece of malware."Do "PC" means Windows? I'm guessing because I see the words "PC" and "malware" in the same sentence, oh, and your screen shot is Windows. ...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Operating systems, Facebook, trojan horse, malware, operating system, Microsoft Windows, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- Fake 'Conficker.B Infection Alert' spam campaign drops scareware
- Not much they can do.Not much they can do.Email was never designed for security, and it's HARD getting everybody on the same page with a solution that works, because basically every solution we know of pretty much requires everybody to use it. But, unfortunately, it's difficult convincing people running email...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Cyberthreats, Spam, Microsoft Corp., Conficker.B Infection Alert, spam campaign, sample message, Internet Service Provider, e-mail, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- Verizon unveils 30-second ad for Droid Android phone; slams iPhone
- Too bad it's another locked in carrier!I love Verizon for its reliable service, and fast internet. But, Verizon is just as guilty as ATT/Apple with locked in phones. vCast sucks terribly, and at times you are forced to use that. Verizon cripples the Bluetooth functionality so you...
- Tags: Smart phones, Handhelds, Verizon Smartphones, VCast, Verizon Communications Inc., advertisement, Apple iPhone, GPS, Apple Inc., phone
- Discussion threads 2009-10-18
- News to know: IDF; Skype; New neutrality; HP; Palm; Madoff
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. John Morris: Intel: 32nm is just the beginning Sam Diaz: Intel on laptop chips: Speed kills Mary Jo...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Hewlett-Packard Co., Twitter Inc., Palm Inc., Andrew Nusca, Skype Technologies S.A., Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Notebooks & Tablets, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-09-24
- From Gimmiv to Conficker: The lucrative MS08-067 flaw
- Danger Will Robinson, Danger.[i]By December 2009, a second variant appeared with new propagation techniques ? spreading via removable and mapped drives, and network shares with weak passwords. This updated worm also started blocking access to anti-virus and security-related sites.[/i]You either have a typo or a time machine. December...
- Tags: Linux, PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, Patches, Common-sense, Microsoft Corp., financial danger, computer
- Discussion threads 2009-09-23
- Windows 7, Vista exposed to 'teardrop attack'
- Vulnerable by default?[i]Exploit code for a remote reboot flaw in Microsoft's implementation of the SMB2 protocol has been posted on the internet, exposing users of Windows 7 and Windows Vista to the teardrop attacks that used to be popular on Windows 3.1 and Windows 95.[/i]I presume this attack is able...
- Tags: Firewalls, Network security, SECURITY, NETWORKING, Microsoft Windows Vista, firewall, Network Address Translation, Microsoft Windows, software firewall, Microsoft Windows 7, attack
- Discussion threads 2009-09-08
- If a flash drive infects a network, who's to blame?
- I think the answer could be both are to blame...More more data i could give a clear cut answer such as 1. was there a policy in place that addressed flash drive useage. 2. Did IT limit flash drive useage with admin tools. So who's to blame i cannot say...
- Tags: Flash memory, NETWORKING, Wtf, Network Access Control, USB flash drive, network
- Discussion threads 2009-09-04
- Highly exploitable Linux kernel bug found, patched
- BWAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHA! I have been saying for years that linux is insecure and here we have the proof. How do you linux fanboys feel now knowing that I was right and you were wrong? LOL!!! And its been there for years! Don't forget to start your compilers,...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, SECURITY, Linux kernel, Linux, vulnerability
- Discussion threads 2009-08-17
- Microsoft: Exploits likely for 'critical' Windows vulnerabilities
- Who cares if exploit code will be released in the futureAs long as it is patched before the exploits are out, the exploits no longer count. Or something like that.Cue the double standards...PS I wonder which one of these was labeled "Bulletin 3" in the pre-patch announcement? According to some...
- Tags: Patches, SECURITY, Microsoft Windows, exploit, patch, Microsoft Corp., LUA
- Discussion threads 2009-08-11
- Manchester City Council pays $2.4m in Conficker clean up costs
- Manchester City Council pays $2.4m in Conficker clean up costsMessage has been deletedMessage has been deletedAnd let us not forget the costs of people refraining from performingnecessary tasks because of fear. And the costs the USB drive ban.Incalculable costs really.The care they put into the systemis the output they'd get,...
- Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, Servers, Conficker, FAA, server, Apple Inc., operating system
- Discussion threads 2009-07-02
- Survey: 45% of IT departments will move to Windows 7; 43% refuse to migrate off Windows XP
- Survey: 45% of IT departments will move to Windows 7; 43% refuse to migrate off Windows XPPenny wise, pound foolish.XP is unsecurable. Enterprise AV, all the tools, etc, it is fundamentally broken. All these enterprises deal with constant and unrelenting security threats. It really has no place...
- Tags: Operating systems, survey, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2009-07-01
- Microsoft sets pointless 25-PC upgrade limit for Windows 7
- Microsoft sets pointless 25-PC upgrade limit for Windows 7Come on Adrian: Yet again another W7 limitation?Well that is what it looks like. There's the word right at the top of the page in the title of this story even.Can't wiggle out of this one Windows Folks.Of course, I will...
- Tags: KMS, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-06-29
- Getting your hands on Microsoft Security Essentials ...
- Getting your hands on Microsoft Security Essentials ...Microsoft: Security IS EssentialSo please if you must use a Windows product, please be sure to install some kind of Anti-Virus tool.You'll need it.Care for a Conficker? ;)Keep in mindIf I recall correctly these downloads will have a different build number than the...
- Tags: Operating systems, SECURITY, vulgarity, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-29
- Channel ambition is not a conspiracy
- Channel ambition is not a conspiracyI'm still trying to understand.......how people had their hopes dashed about Android at Computex. If you read any of the Android sites most were quite excited about what was being shown. I'm still not sure I understand your coverage of the event as opposed to...
- Tags: UNIX, Desktops, Operating systems, Linux, PC, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-22
- How good is Microsoft's free antivirus software?
- How good is Microsoft's free antivirus software?Question re: crucial measure ...[i]And on the crucial measure of delivering the fewest false positives, Microsoft stood far ahead of the pack, delivering the fewest false positives of any program tested.[/i]By false positive, do you mean files that tested positive in the AV as...
- Tags: Viruses and worms, SECURITY, free antivirus software, Microsoft Corp., antivirus software, OneCare, software
- Discussion threads 2009-06-18
- Gumblar attack worse than Conficker, experts warn
- Gumblar attack worse than Conficker, experts warn Someone will come up with...Microsoft doesn't supply patches for pirated software even though they do.True[i]If you run another OS then you will not get the Gumbar problem.[/i]And if you are talking about Linux then I say that's good. Moving to OS X to...
- Tags: Linux, Operating systems, SECURITY, Now Let, Gumblar, Gumbar, Conficker, attack, Gumblar attack, operating system, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-05-29
- Forget Moblin! Ubuntu Netbook Remix rocks on the Classmate
- Forget Moblin! Ubuntu Netbook Remix rocks on the ClassmateWhile I wholeheartedly agree with your accessmentI think it is very important to support up-and-coming Linux distros, because some of them, while they lag behind the more established distros overall, do have some redeeming qualities which underscore why they came about in...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, Linux Distro, Moblin, Ubuntu, NBR, Ubuntu Netbook Remix, netbook, Linux
- Discussion threads 2009-05-26
- Mysterious virus strikes FBI
- Mysterious virus strikes FBICan you please explain ...... what the FBI is doing wrong?thx^o^It's started!ye has just started another nonsense session and as usual it promises to be long, very looooooong.Malware that results from social engineeringDoesn't normally mass-infect computers in a single location. Odds are very good this is a...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Federal government, Operating systems, UNIX, Viruses and worms, virus, Linux, FBI, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-05-22
- Microsoft, Linux Foundation issue joint letter opposing proposed software-licensing principles
- Microsoft, Linux Foundation issue joint letter opposing proposed software-licensing principlesTranslationWe linux and MS know most of our software is crap, and if you make us warranty it, we're screwed.I find this very interesting!The amazing thing about software, if written correctly, is that you CAN guarantee it will do the same...
- Tags: Tools & Techniques, Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., software, operating system, hardware
- Discussion threads 2009-05-18
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