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Storm Worm variant ignites e-mail virus activity

Storm Worm variant ignites e-mail virus activityStorm Worm variant ignites e-mail virus activityMore hype over nothing. Keep spreading the FUD ZDNet. Look, this threat is minimal at best. Corporations strip out the zip files from emails as well as other files with given extensions. Home users have...

Tags: Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Patches, AVG, e-mail, virus, e-mail virus, e-mail virus activity, Storm Worm variant

Discussion threads 2007-04-13

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Could diabetes fight the obesity epidemic?

Nice one, Dana.When are you going to write something relevant - like IT - on this site?There is no IT in this blog. Just pointing out the obvious.When will you learn to use google?This is among the worst medically releated post you have written. And please stop quoting the...

Tags: Exenatide, diabetes, GLP-1, secretion

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

Modern banker malware undermines two-factor authentication

Once pitched as an additional layer of security for E-banking transactions, two-factor authentication is slowly becoming an easy to bypass authentication process, to which cybercriminals have successfully adapted throughout the last couple of years. Modern banker malware, also known as crimeware, is now fully capable of bypassing...

Tags: Bank, Two-factor Authentication, Antivirus, Malware, SMS, Cybercriminal, Banker Malware, Zeus, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Security Administration, Financial Services, Viruses And Worms, Security, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-09-23

Podcast: Why ZDNet AU loves Linux desktops

Since you ask, noI have long ago left Windows behind when I got tired of running all the spyware/malware/defrag/registry cleaner jobs just to keep it running resonably well. I find that my computer runs better with Linux and i don't have the annoying jobs to run just about every...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux desktop, desktop, podcast, Linux, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-08-14

Conficker tracking - all's quiet, so far

Conficker tracking - all's quiet, so farInteresting...... since the amount of spam I've received today is much greater than it has been in the past. Somebody has ramped up the effort on the bad guys' side.RE: Conficker tracking - all's quiet, so farHrmmm well no duh! Did you...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Linux, E-mail, Viruses and worms, Conficker, quiet, computer

Discussion threads 2009-04-01

Sensitive government e-mails leak through Tor exit nodes

Sensitive government e-mails leak through Tor exit nodesAnd that is why you never send unencrypted emails....I don't get it, the government security folks apparently do not train their users on the weakness's of sending unencrypted emails.I don't know what TOR is, but ...I don't know what TOR is, but is...

Tags: E-mail, Tor, HTTP, government e-mail, Sensitive government e-mail, I-don't-know-what TOR

Discussion threads 2007-09-10

Homeland Security CIO comes under attack for security weakness

Centralizing various government security agencies under the umbrella of the Department of Homeland Security hasn't quelled concerns about cybersecurity flaws - and at least one congressional Democrat questioned whether the agency's CIO is up for the task, reports CNET News.Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.), chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee...

Tags: IT Management, Homeland security

Blog posts 2007-06-21

A good outbound firewall in Windows Vista wouldn't replace the need for layered security

A good outbound firewall in Windows Vista wouldn't replace the need for layered securityt_mohajir has a pointThe average user is bad enough. The below average user of which there are lots and lots is eithera) terrified by their computer, orb) is invicible (in THEIR humble opinion!), orc) permanently baffled, ord)...

Tags: Firewalls, Network security, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), t_mohajir, firewall, legitimate component, outbound firewall, rogue, Microsoft Windows Vista, security, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-02-07

PDF security risk greater than originally thought

PDF security risk greater than originally thoughtdoes this flaw work with Evince document reader?It also reads PostScript files, pdf, djvu, etc, etc, so I suppose it would be mo vulnerable? btw it came preinstalled with my free Ubuntu cd, thats why I never found out how to install Adobe Acrobat...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Acrobat Reader, Adobe PDF

Discussion threads 2007-01-05

McAfee knocks Microsoft over Vista roadblocks

McAfee knocks Microsoft over Vista roadblocksThat undeniable scent of a lawsuit is unfurling here .All hell is going to break lose in the upcoming months . Watch the Microsoft fanboys flair up , this could get interesting .I suspect there's a lot more to this story.......only time will tell. ...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Corp., McAfee Inc., operating system, Microsoft Windows Vista, security

Discussion threads 2006-10-02

AntiHook Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server 2.6 build 14 (Windows)

AntiHook is a real-time Intrusion Detection and Prevention IDP system that dynamically protects users from malicious software such as unseen viruses, Spyware, Rootkits, Keyloggers, Code Injection, and Trojans. AntiHook detects and prevents attacks in real-time. AntiHook can operate as a standalone module, relying on its local database only and not...

Tags: InfoProcess, AntiHook, Microsoft Windows, Rootkits, Operating Systems, Viruses And Worms, Security, Software, Spyware, Adware & Malware

Software downloads 2006-08-31

Stopping fraud by blackballing PCs

Stopping fraud by blackballing PCsEasy workaroundSame as most other things (such as C.R.A.P. installed without your knowledge, ala Sony) - Don't run as admin. Code, what code?another root kit?I agree with earlier respondent. I would be looking for a root kit smasher or whatever. Can't site just keep a machine...

Tags: Litigation, PCI, fraud, PC, IP, IP address

Discussion threads 2006-07-28

Why SaaS pricing won't add up

Why SaaS pricing won't add upPennies per transaction works for us...Phil - you are right on the money.We have been doing just what you describe - pennies per transaction, not per seat or plug-in.In our model, we charge per transaction, whether that be a task that is reported on a...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), per-transaction, revenue, software-as-a-service

Discussion threads 2006-03-07

Responding to Readers

Responding to ReadersIt is a myth, and I can prove itIn a review of over 1,000 nist vulnerabiity listings for each side, I discovered that exploits for Unix and exploits for Windows are drawn from statistically different populations - i.e. you don't have a hacker community whose members decide whether...

Tags: Operating systems, Linux, Unix, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2006-02-06

Skype 2.0 looks like a virus

Skype 2.0 looks like a virusSad, this shows Skype developers are using obsolete processorsIf they used Athlon 64, they would know their software had this bug.http://sharikou.blogspot.comAlternate testingGlad to see that you've done some testing and gotten useful results. Now don't install any 3rd party image viewing sofware. d^8[>From:http://www.viruslist.com/en/weblog?weblogid=17677104:We've tested...

Tags: Cyberthreats, virus, Skype Technologies S.A., data execution prevention

Discussion threads 2006-01-16

Adware's second act

Adware's second actNo way dudeNO ONE would EVER agree to have adware on their machine! These guys survive by being sneaky. I fail to see just WHAT a "legitimate" adware company would look like. Congress should act and put them ALL out of business for GOOD.Huckster with mannersIt would be...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, advertisement, adware

Discussion threads 2005-07-12

Spying on the spyware makers

Spying on the spyware makersLooks to me like . . .public executions are in order. Perhaps, only perhaps, that would slow the parasites down.Message has been deleted.break and entryIf my computer was my home which in many ways it is I would have the right to remove anywone from my...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, PRODUCTIVITY, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, police department, spyware, computer, registry, tool

Discussion threads 2005-05-04

Microsoft selling new Windows at cut-rate price

Microsoft selling new Windows at cut-rate priceMicrosoft selling new Windows at cut-rate priceAre there any advantages to using a PC, not just a windows based one but any PC, as opposed to getting one of them PVR/DVR things from the cable company? I'd think the PC would be louder...

Tags: Media Center PCs, Desktops, DVR, Microsoft Windows, Now IT, TiVo Inc., Media Center PC, PC, MCE, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-10-13

Kazaa, eDonkey brace for attack

Kazaa, eDonkey brace for attackIts proably the RIAAThose bastards!IF it's legal, I'm all for it !!!Not sure if it's legal to spread this virus, but if I were law enforcement, I'd be looking REAL closely at using this to stop illegal file sharing. The authorities should have the legal right...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, music industry, Kazaa, denial, RIAA, file-sharing, virus, Scum, eDonkey, attack, scum

Discussion threads 2004-04-06

Code attacks Windows vulnerability

Code attacks Windows vulnerabilityusing m$ wares raises fearsas per the opening statement of the story:"A piece of code that exploits a critical vulnerability that Microsoft issued a patch for only last week has been posted online, raising fears of an imminent MSBlast-style attack."Why dont they just get it over with??You...

Tags: Patches, Aerospace & Defense, PRODUCTIVITY, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, patch management, radar, computer, worm, attack, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2004-02-17