University campuses are dealing with a spate of infections caused by a bot program that compromises computers running unpatched versions of Windows and an older version of Symantec’s antivirus software.
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Bot spreads through antivirus, Windows flaws
November 28th, 2006 · No Comments
Tags: Consumer Tech · Cybercrime · Flaws and vulnerabilities · Security · SecurityFocus · Viruses and worms
Viruses go virtual
November 22nd, 2006 · No Comments
Online worlds–from Second Life to the World of Warcraft–pave the way to a virtual future, replete with tailored viruses and digital diseases.
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Tags: Consumer Tech · Security · SecurityFocus · Virtual worlds · Viruses and worms
COLUMN: Browser Bashing
November 15th, 2006 · No Comments
With online miscreants attacking Internet Explorer and Firefox, you need to take steps to protect your browser.
PC Magazine
Tags: Column · Consumer Tech · Flaws and vulnerabilities · PC Magazine · Research · Security
Malware goes to the movies
November 15th, 2006 · No Comments
Online attackers start to experiment with embedding malicious code or links to such code in video files.
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Tags: Consumer Tech · Cybercrime · Security · SecurityFocus · Viruses and worms
Attackers end-run around IE security
November 7th, 2006 · No Comments
Microsoft shored up the security of its flagship browser with the latest release, but the software still lets through attacks on ActiveX flaws in other components of Windows.
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Tags: Consumer Tech · Flaws and vulnerabilities · Security · SecurityFocus
COLUMN: Watching the Watchmen
November 1st, 2006 · No Comments
Most companies monitor their employees in some way, but is corporate Big Brother going too far?
PC Magazine
Tags: Column · Consumer Tech · PC Magazine · Privacy · Security
COLUMN: New Ways to Nab Spam
October 11th, 2006 · No Comments
More than a third of all e-mail now carries digital markers to help prove where it came from, which helps reduce spam.
PC Magazine
Tags: Column · Consumer Tech · Cybercrime · PC Magazine · Security
Second Life Figures Get a Life
October 9th, 2006 · No Comments
A Virginia man offers to turn avatars from the digital world into tangible statuettes. Will they be the next must-have extras for committed players?
Wired News
Tags: Consumer Tech · Virtual worlds · Wired News
Coverage and the Patchguard controversy
October 9th, 2006 · No Comments
Readers of my personal site and SecurityFocus will not see a lot of coverage on the PatchGuard controversy. I wanted to explain why.
Tags: Blog · Consumer Tech · Security
Mozilla flaws more joke than jeopardy
October 3rd, 2006 · No Comments
Two ToorCon presenters razz the open-source browser group for an alleged flawed implementation of Javascript, but the lecture appears to be more stand-up comedy than substantiative research.
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Tags: Consumer Tech · Flaws and vulnerabilities · Open Source · Security · SecurityFocus