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IM worm squirming through Skype

IM worm squirming through Skypeencountered thisI encountered this or similar a couple of weeks ago. I was able to regain sanity through the use of Acronis True Image.

Tags: Instant messaging, IM Worm, Skype Technologies S.A., IM

Discussion threads 2007-09-10

IM worm installs 'safe' Web browser

IM worm installs 'safe' Web browserIM worm installs 'safe' Web browserThis worm is a waste of time. The user has to click on a link then agree to install the software. That just won't happen especially now that the IM's have a big warning stating to only click on...

Tags: Instant messaging, Web browsers, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Yahoo! Inc., IM Worm, IM, Web browser

Discussion threads 2006-05-22

IM worm speaks your language

IM worm speaks your languageRE: IM worm speaks your languageBut what about Linux and Macintosh systems that are running MS Messenger clients as well?Oh never mind I know better! Just wanted to tweak the MS crowd today!]:)This Is Beginning To Get A Bit FrighteningI spoke in 1999 of viruses and...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Operating systems, virus, Microsoft Corp., IM Worm, Microsoft Windows, operating system, IM, worm

Discussion threads 2005-08-24

E-mail worm graduates to IM

E-mail worm graduates to IMHow many times to we have to worry about Worms/VirusesThis is ridiculous. You don't have to worry about any viruses/worms in Linux. After switching our systems to Linux, Network performance and security was immediatly improved.From on insecure MS application to another..!Thank goodness their one trick pony...

Tags: Cyberthreats, UNIX, Instant messaging, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Viruses and worms, IM Worm, e-mail, e-mail worm, Linux, virus, IM

Discussion threads 2005-04-04

IM Worms Next Big Thing?

At least three new worms were reported this weekend that use IM to spread. Is IM the "next big thing" in vectors? I think not. So far most of these IM worms all spreading over MSN Messenger this weekend rely on social engineering to spread. In other words they...

Tags: IM Worm, IM, worm

Blog posts 2005-03-07

Additional Resources

Nokia and Sun confirm S40, J2ME vulnerabilities

According to published reports, Nokia and Sun have both confirmed the existence of serious security problems in the Series 40 and Java 2 Platform Micro Edition (J2ME), giving instant credibility to the claims by Polish hacker Adam Gowdiak. Gowdiak left, one of the four LSD researchers who discovered...

Tags: Nokia Corp., J2ME, Sun Microsystems Inc., Vulnerability, Java, Security, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-08-21

Identity theft for the hip blogger on-the-go?

Xpenser allows users to send their expense information to a hosted spreadsheet using SMS, IM, Twitter and Jott. Security risk, anyone? by Jennifer Leggio

Tags: Financial, IM, SMS, Twitter, Blogger, Xpenser, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, E-mail, Financial Management, Financial Accounting, Identity Theft, Instant Messaging, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Financial Planning, Finance, Security, Internet, Jennifer Leggio

Blog posts 2008-08-20

From Metasploit to Microsoft: Skape goes to Redmond

Metasploit developer Matt Miller, who for years frustrated Microsoft officials with the public release of Windows exploits, is heading to Redmond to join Microsoft's Security Science team. Miller, who uses the hacker moniker Skape,will work on improved ways to find security vulnerabilities and better software defenses through...

Tags: Developer, Microsoft Corp., Matt Miller, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-08-18

Maintain an automated networked database? GraphOn wants to sue you

Maintain an automated networked database? GraphOn wants to sue youLitigious Theft. Where does it end?People/Companies like mosquitos, stealing a living by sucking the life blood of others. HEY the internet was my idea, you all owe me billions of dollars. They need to get in line behind...

Tags: Litigation, database, patent, GraphOn, prior art, software patent, settlement, Google Inc., software

Discussion threads 2008-08-18

12 early warning signs of IT failure

12 early warning signs of IT failure"Nepal Airlines’ risk mitigation practices"Huh? Seems like a hyperlink is in order there.Another one...not sure how to categorize itProject managers have accountability but not enough authority to make team members work on the project. Team members often come from different departments, and...

Tags: Strategy, information technology, goat, IT Failure

Discussion threads 2008-08-18

eBooks, volume 2: What's the bridge document that would drive ebook reader adoption?

eBooks, volume 2: What's the bridge document that would drive ebook reader adoption?How about none of those?The selection is not wide enough. I don't want anything but books on my eboook reader, assuming there's one good enough to buy (which there isn't).None of the aboveFor crying out loud, the...

Tags: E-books, BIGGEST PROBLEM, e-book

Discussion threads 2008-08-12

The kids are all right with Linux

The kids are all right with LinuxThe kids are all right with Linux...well maybe.Let's see. You say "The new system should be more rugged than the old, the terminals are cheaper to replace, and the central system is physically inaccessible, so there will be less mischief. Before any kid can...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Ubuntu

Discussion threads 2008-08-11

Google says AOL is a lemon, regretting $1 billion investment

Google says AOL is a lemon, regretting $1 billion investmentGoogle says AOL is a LemonYou would think that they would have done a bit more research on the company before making an investment. With all of the knowledge that Google has of the world, even with the ability to predict...

Tags: Social networking, America Online Inc., Google Inc., Google says AOL, investment

Discussion threads 2008-08-08

Facebook and MySpace: Walking the security-social networking line

Security--actually insecurity--is a very social thing. Get a cute malware infested email and forward it along to your contact list. See a site that's interesting--but is really just a phishing expedition--and you get hit with a virus/worm/rootkit. Social engineering makes the security world go around. So what do you do...

Tags: facebook, network, myspace, defcon, phishing, web site development, security, viruses and worms, spam and phishing, internet, larry dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-08

90ò0of Americans 18-28-year-old own a PC

90ò0of Americans 18-28-year-old own a PCid sayyoure about 7% low based on this;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_YGeneration Y and technologyIn their recent book, Connecting to the Net.Generation: What Higher Education Professionals Need to Know About Today's Students, Reynol Junco and Jeanna Mastrodicasa[15] found that in a survey of 7,705 college students in the US:...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Instant messaging, Blogging, music, PC

Discussion threads 2008-08-07

The Microsoft middle ground

The Microsoft middle groundYes, but the current perceived credit crunchshould get rid of a lot of the "me-too" fat from the system.Only the genuine knowledgeable IT lovers will be left ....Price vs TCOYour piece fails to mention the well-documented costs of owning MS-based desktops and servers. The delta in...

Tags: Printers, Operating systems, PRODUCTIVITY, lock-in, Microsoft Corp., Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-08-07

The Cablevision decision, part 1: Buffering is not copying

The Cablevision decision, part 1: Buffering is not copyinghearing is not a copyright infringement. Listening Is.This ruling is really dumb.Any data transmission which is duplicated for a short time in transit or stored is a copy of the original and bears the onus on the messenger to be honest.Sound Analogy...

Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Listening

Discussion threads 2008-08-07

FDA fake ad to test real ones

FDA fake ad to test real onesPrescription Drugs should not be marketed to the massesPeriod.Prescription drugs can not be directly legally purchased by the general population. They should not be allowed to be marketed to the masses. This marketing is not in the interest of our healthcare. It merely serves...

Tags: Federal government, physician, patient, FDA, advertisement

Discussion threads 2008-08-06

Twitter being used to distribute malware

Twitter being used to distribute malwareInterestingI'm wondering when a fully automated, "send a message to all your contacts pointing to a rogue URL" style attack (in the manner of an IM infection, say) is going to appear on Twitter. It happens to all the social networking sites eventually, from Orkut...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Social networking, SECURITY, Twitter, malware

Discussion threads 2008-08-06

IBM should spend another $1B to sell its Symphony OpenOffice-Linux desktop to the masses

IBM is enlisting the help of the top three Linux distributors to help its desktop Office and messaging software gain ground. It's a small step forward but Big Blue must reach out to the masses to win this game. At LinuxWorld, IBM announced that Canonical/Ubuntu, Novell and Red...

Tags: Microsoft Office, IBM Corp., Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-08-06