Robert Lemos

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Entries Tagged as 'Consumer Tech'

Bot spreads through antivirus, Windows flaws

November 28th, 2006 · No Comments

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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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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.
SecurityFocus

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Tags: Consumer Tech · Flaws and vulnerabilities · Open Source · Security · SecurityFocus