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- Conficker infected critical hospital equipment
- Conficker infected critical hospital equipmentAnd still there are people pushing windows to areas other than gamingWindoze is good for gaming, that's all.Something as serious as hospital equipment needs a secure, reliable OS. One that has a UNIX basis.Laser Hair Removal - Windows based.Don't ask how I know...Awesome MS Software! ;)It...
- Tags: Linux, HEALTHCARE, Operating systems, UNIX, SECURITY, Most IT department, hospital equipment, hospital, Conficker-infected, IT Skills
- Discussion threads 2009-04-24
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- Spooky Halloween - scareware or crimeware?
- Who's to be scared?Which platforms are affected by the things that you mentioned Conficker and rogue AV scareware? Please let us know the whole picture so it is clear who needs to be concerned about this and who doesn't!Thank you in advance.I cosign n/t.While you're...
- Tags: Crimeware, Scareware
- Discussion threads 2009-10-29
- Spooky Halloween - scareware or crimeware?
- With all the "spooky" cybercrime trends taking place on a monthly basis, such as the death of CAPTCHA, the suspicious idleness of the Conficker botnet, the clear presence of government-tolerated and upcoming government-sponsored botnets, the inevitable migration from using malicious infrastructure to entirely relying on legitimate one, followed by the...
- Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Campaign, Cybercriminal, Search, Marketing Research, Strategy, Security, Marketing, Management, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-10-29
- 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
- CyberThreats: Complacency abounds
- Gartner security guru John Pescatore gave his 2010 cyberthreat assessment Tuesday and not a lot has changed---other than the complacency levels of companies that are supposed to be protecting your data. Threats have become more targeted, but the bulk of attacks are using the same techniques found...
- Tags: Technique, Cyberthreats, Attack, Productivity, Security, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-21
- 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
- Does software piracy lead to higher malware infection rates?
- Yes it does, at least according to a recently released report by the Business Software Alliance BSA which basically correlates data on the known piracy rates for particular countries and their malware infection rates, using public sources. The rationale behind their claims is fairly simple - users...
- Tags: Software Piracy, Patch Management, Malware, Malware Infection Rate, Infection Rate, Patches, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-10-14
- Spyware Terminator 2.6.4.165 (Windows)
- Spyware Terminator includes Real-Time Protection, HIPS, and antivirus. Effectively remove spyware, adware, trojans, keyloggers, home page hijackers, and malware threats even dangerous threats like Conficker, Mail Skinner or Trojan Vundo. Spyware Terminator is easy-to-use, requires minimal PC resources, and performs ultra fast scans. Protect your computer with powerful real-time protection...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Spyware Terminator, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Spyware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security
- Software downloads 2009-10-14
- Monster Patch Tuesday on tap: 13 bulletins, 34 vulnerabilities
- Wow, FTP and SMBv2 vulnerabilities sound serious!!!I presume that by default, both of these services are on, accepting connections, and that the firewall is configured to let all of this traffic through?Not that serious -- 1. ftp is not on by default one must enable it2. smbv2 is on by...
- Tags: Patches, SECURITY, Monster, SMBv2, patch management, vulnerability
- Discussion threads 2009-10-08
- The state of open source integrity is pretty good
- Open_Source is growing...Since the $9 Billion from Conficker it was hard for Microsoft to say, oops it was not our fault.Open_Source has more developers not closed lethargic old 20G MS technologies...Does coverity...Get a chance to peek inside the proprietary world? I think they did, but don't know.I'm wondering how Adobe,...
- Tags: open source
- Discussion threads 2009-09-24
- 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
- Open source does not work well for bad guys
- Open_Source is the futureOpen_Source 'Linux distro' driven appliances are the future, such as the many companies already doing extremely well.Closed source is a huge lethargic insecure monopoly trying to license/patent everything, however it is failing miserably. Look at the exploits of Windows, $9 Billion in damages last year just from...
- Tags: open source, bad guy, Conficker, Linux, Closed Source
- Discussion threads 2009-09-21
- Patch Tuesday heads-up: 9 bulletins, 5 critical
- Patch Tuesday heads-up: 9 bulletins, 5 criticalI'm sorry, don't you mean..."Microsoft Warns of Critical Vulnerabilities?"RE: Patch Tuesday heads-up: 9 bulletins, 5 criticalI am sure that all these patches, after all the patches last month, the month before, etc. are for XP only.We have been assured repeatedly on this forum that...
- Tags: Operating systems, Construction, Patches, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Patch Tuesday heads-up, heads-up, Patch Tuesday, critical vulnerability, OSX, Microsoft Windows, Linux, window, Microsoft Corp., patch management
- Discussion threads 2009-08-06
- News to know: IBM, Open Cloud Manifesto, Web 2.0 Expo, Conficker, Microsoft ad
- News to know: IBM, Open Cloud Manifesto, Web 2.0 Expo, Conficker, Microsoft addeeplow Blue ray DVD Ripper///Blu ray DVD Burner
- Tags: Open Cloud Manifesto, Microsoft AD, Conficker, advertisement, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-07-28
- News to know: Conficker; TomTom vs. Microsoft; Intel; Google
- News to know: Conficker; TomTom vs. Microsoft; Intel; Googledeeplow Blue ray DVD Ripper///Blu ray DVD Burner
- Tags: Blu-ray, DVD, Conficker, TomTom, Intel Corp., Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-07-28
- A Good Year for Security Collaboration
- Guest Editorial by George Stathakopoulos It seems like just yesterday when I was at Black Hat. Now as I get ready to fly to Las Vegas again, I look forward to seeing a lot of security researchers, hearing their latest exploits and how they fared over the...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Conficker Working Group, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-07-27
- Microsoft to release "out-of-band" patches this Tuesday
- Microsoft to release "out-of-band" patches this TuesdayI say kudos to Microsoftfor making the unpopular but correct decision to protect their users at the cost of convenience. I wish they did it more often, not just when they know for sure it would be catastrophic if they didn't.It will be interesting...
- Tags: Patches, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Windows Folk, Microsoft Corp., security, Microsoft Windows Vista, Protected Mode, user right, Linux, patch management
- Discussion threads 2009-07-27
- ImageShack hacked by anti-full disclosure movement
- During the weekend, ImageShack, among the Web's top ten most popular free image hosting services got compromised, with the millions of images hosted on it redirected to a single one explaining why it was hacked. The anti-sec group responsible for the compromise describes itself as a "movement...
- Tags: Web, Malware, Exploit, Zero-day Bug, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Channel Management, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Marketing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-07-13
- Internet Special Ops - Stalking Badness Through Data Mining
- Today's Internet threats are global in nature. Identifying, enumerating and mitigating these incidents require the collection and analysis of unprecedented amounts of data, which is only possible through data mining techniques. The paper will provide an overview of what data mining is, and provide several examples of how it is...
- Tags: Consortium, Internet, Data Mining, Business Intelligence, Marketing Research, Productivity, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing
- White papers 2009-07-11
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