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Harper's Island 2.0 (Mobile)

Welcome to Harper's Island. You are invited to witness the wedding of Trish Wellington and Henry Dunn. But be warned. Amidst this celebration of family and friends is a killer. Starting April 9, 2009, Harper's Island hosts a murder mystery even where a destination wedding turns into a terrifying struggle...

Tags: Mobile, Victim, CBS Corp., Corporate Communications, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-04-17

Can Phishing Be Foiled?

Phish e-mails are constructed by con artists to look like legitimate communications, often from familiar and reputable companies, and usually ask victims to take urgent action to avoid a consequence or receive a reward. The desired response typically involves logging in to a Web site or calling a phone number...

Tags: Victim, Scientific American, Phishing, Cyberthreats, E-mail, Spam, Productivity, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Online Communications

White papers 2008-12-01

SlideShare: Another DDoS victim surfaces

In an email to me, Dancho Danchev reported another victim of the same type of DDoS attack mentioned as hitting CNN.  We'll keep our ears open for other instances. The following links to the SlideShare blog which discusses the attack: http://blog.slideshare.net/2008/04/18/slideshare-experiencing-ddos-attack/ ...

Tags: Victim, Distributed Denial Of Service, Security, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-04-24

Defeating the Same Origin Policy part 1

The Same Origin Policy is one of the guiding principles that seek to protect our browsing experience. The Same Origin Policy was originally released with Netscape Navigator 2.0 and has been incorporated in one form or another in every major browser since. The concept has additionally been extended...

Tags: Concept, Attacker, Java, Victim, Applet, Attack, Same Origin Policy, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-03-14

66% of Americans believe their identity can be stolen while shopping online

57% of U.S. adults are concerned about being a victim of identity theft during the holiday season, and 66% believe they are more at risk when making purchases online, according to National Association of Insurance Commissioners. 32% of consumers were victims or knew someone who had been a victim of...

Tags: Victim, Identity, Identity Theft, Security, AM

Blog posts 2008-01-11

IE users beware: RealPlayer zero-day flaw under attack

See updates below with confirmation from RealNetworks and plans for an emergency RealPlayer patch Hackers are actively exploiting a zero-day hole in RealNetworks' RealPlayer media player, a software program installed on tens of millions of Windows computers worldwide. The in-the-wild attacks, which began...

Tags: Attacker, Victim, Microsoft Internet Explorer, RealNetworks RealPlayer, Attack, Flaw, Exploitation, Digital Music, Digital Media, Security, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2007-10-19

Bullseye on Google: Hackers expose holes in GMail, Blogspot, Search Appliance

[ UPDATE, October 1, 2007:  Google has issued a fix for this issue.  It's important that you check your filters to ensure your mailbox isn't compromised ] Google's security model is not holding up very well to scrutiny from hackers. In the past few...

Tags: Google Inc., Google Gmail, Search Appliance, Victim, XSS, Hacker, Attack Technique, E-mail Providers, E-mail, Internet, Online Communications, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2007-09-25

A Strange Message - Prank Program 1 (Windows)

Simply secretly install this harmless prank program on your victim's computer. When your victim starts and uses Windows, a weird error message will open in irregular intervals which can only be confirmed with OK. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Victim, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Productivity, Software

Software downloads 2007-05-22

10 ways to avoid being the victim of identity theft

Identity theft is on the increase, to the tune of 10 million victims in the U.S. and $50 billion in costs. Share this list of preventive measures with your end users, friends, and family members to help protect them from this escalating crime. The FTC reports that...

Tags: Victim, Identity Theft, Security

Download resources 2006-05-10

Additional Resources

House bill calls for ISPs to block some fake financial sites

Good grief!Now the BIG LETHARGIC Gov is going to tell people what sites they can go to and tell ISP's to block them???GOOD GRIEF! It is out of control, 2010 is coming and these socialist will be sent back home... AHHHH the sound of 1984 is very much alive..and well...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Government, Internet Service Provider, fake financial site, financial

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

iHacked: jailbroken iPhones compromised, $5 ransom demanded

... WHAT?Who in their right mind keep a server running with default usernames/passwords on the default port....I doubt that jailbroken iPhones are alone in this. It's possible, specially if iPhones have a ssh server running, that this could happen on non-jailbroken iPhones also.Just one question...Has this person been remanded yet?...

Tags: Smart phones, extortion, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite 2010 9.1.008 (Windows)

ZoneAlarm Internet Security Suite is an essential antivirus, anti-spyware, and firewall protection for your PC. The OSFirewall monitors changes within your computer to spot and stop new attacks that bypass traditional anti-virus protection. The Advanced Download Protection analyzes browser downloads in three unique ways before they can infect your PC...

Tags: ZoneAlarm Internet Security, ZoneAlarm, Antivirus, Microsoft Windows, Advanced Download Protection, Two-way Firewall, Viruses And Worms, Phishing, Security, Spam And Phishing

Software downloads 2009-11-02

Microsoft partners to allow Eclipse interop on Win7, WinServer 2008 R2, Azure

Eclipse should decline the 'plug ins'M$ only ries to extend and extinguish here folks!Self interests always......Isn't that what most things revolve around? I'm sure that if Linux had a chance to extend and draw to its platform by working with Microsoft it would, unless they are too stupid to...

Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Eclipse, Linux, Mircosoft, Azure, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

Malware ads served from Gizmodo

Popular gadget blog Gizmodo has acknowledged falling victim to an "elaborate scam" that served malicious ads for scareware (fake anti-virus) to its readers. by Ryan Naraine

Tags: Advertisement, Malware, Gizmodo, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-10-27

Is the cloud a better place for our data?

As consumers, we have two options of storing our digital data: locally or elsewhere in the cloud. IntraLinks' Mushegh Hakhinian says it's like storing your savings in a mattress or a bank. Commentary- Data loss is an all too common a theme in the news these days. The recent...

Tags: Bank, Password, Data Loss, cloud, storage, Mushegh Hakhinian IntraLinks, Special to ZDNet, Mushegh Hakhinian IntraLinks, Special to ZDNet

News items 2009-10-26

Google's Schmidt: Mimicking Office completely not 'a good use of our time'

Commonsense! Please get rid of MS Office!Please do NOT copy anything MS Office has leavethis lethargic conglomeration of software vendorsMS purchased and created the 2G office suitethat is full of security holes.I hope they go their own route and NO one needsa office suite that cost $400+$700 for a companyseat...

Tags: Microsoft Office, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-22

Attackers could steal crypto keys from mobile devices

Security researchers have discovered a way to steal cryptographic keys that are used to encrypt communications and authenticate users on mobile devices. Security researchers have discovered a way to steal cryptographic keys that are used to encrypt communications and authenticate users on mobile devices by measuring the amount of...

Tags: Cryptography Research, Attacker, Mobile, Radio Frequency, Radio, Mobile Device, Advertising & Promotion, Network Technology, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing, Networking, security, crypto, Elinor Mills CNET News

News items 2009-10-21

Verizon Droid ad attacks iPhone on features

I'm really interested in this phone. I hear it won't drop 30% of its callsThe ad is pure genius and truly highlights how terrible the iPhone is. The iPhone also has the dubious distinction of being the only modern cell phone to drop 30% of its calls, as admitted by...

Tags: Smart phones, advertisement, Verizon Communications Inc., Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

'Evil Maid' USB stick attack keylogs TrueCrypt passphrases

Security researcher Joanna Rutkowska has released a PoC proof of concept of a keylogger that is capable of logging TrueCrypt's disk encryption passphrase enabling the attacker to successfully decrypt the hard drive's content. Dubbed, the 'evil maid' attack due to its 'plug-and-exploit' functionality requiring 1-2 minutes for...

Tags: Disk, Passphrase, USB, Laptop Computer, Attack, TrueCrypt, Hotel Room, Mobile Proximity Alarm, Notebooks, Security, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-10-19

Mozilla blocks dangerous MS .NET Firefox add-on

RE: Mozilla blocks dangerous MS .NET Firefox add-onIf it had to be blacklisted or not I really don't care now. Implementing code without end user permission is enough reason. We all know MS ways so I am glad Mozilla people used this way and hope they keep doing it in...

Tags: Web browsers, .NET, Linux Distro, Mozilla Corp., Microsoft Corp., MS .NET Firefox add-on, MS .NET, vunerability, plug-in

Discussion threads 2009-10-19