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Updates are being release today by Microsoft, Adobe, and Oracle. Probably the most important thing that you can do to keep yourself secure on the Internet is to keep your system up to date. And this means both the Operating System and the applications (Windows and Adobe Reader in this case).
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Twitter is sending out messages to a number of users requesting that they change their passwords.
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The patch for IE that fixes the flaw used in the Aurora attack from China has now been released.
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The Internet Explorer flaw that allowed recent attacks against Google, Adobe, and others has now been published. Until the flaw is fixed, you should be using Firefox or another alternate browser.
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Google has announced that their gmail service will now use secure https connections by default. Prior to this change, you had to select an option to enable https connections.
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Facebook is making changes to their privacy settings system. This means that it is time to review and set all your privacy options, including the options for your profile, search, newsfeed, and applications.
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Fake email messages are circulating pretending to be information about H1N1 vaccinations from the Centers for Disease Control.
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Watch for fake Flash Player upgrades arriving by email.
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Antivirus programs are not all the same — some do better than others at detecting known and new malware.
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Microsoft has confirmed another vulnerability in its Internet Explorer (IE) web browser.
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The bad guys are taking advantage of another cultural trend, this time the popularity of the Twilight movies.
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Apparently, there is spam email going around that claims to be a patch for the Conficker worm sent by Microsoft.
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Lots of operating system and application updates are being delivered this week.
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A worm is circulating in Australia between hacked versions of the iPhone. The worm changes the phone’s background image, and tries to send itself to other vulnerable iPhones on the same 3G network.
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There is a new version of Java out to fix some serious security flaws.
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This one is a little weird. It seems that Zach Gage has created a game for the Mac that has the side effect of deleting one of your files each time an alien is zapped.
Continue reading 'Malicious Mac Malware (or is it Art?)'»
The bad guys are targeting small businesses by installing malware on computers used for business banking. This bad software is able to steal the banking login information, which is then used to perform fraudulent transactions.
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Windows 7 is supposed to be the most secure operating system from Microsoft yet. To test just how secure it is, the folks at SophosLabs setup a fresh installation (without an anti-virus program) and then tried to run 10 programs with viruses from their collection of malware.
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Bad guys are always willing to follow the latest popular thing to launch their attacks. Google Wave, a collaboration service currently in invite-only mode, is the latest example.
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According to a recent report from Microsoft, computer worms are the most prevalent problem facing Windows users. And one worm, Conficker, has been found on more than 5 million computers.
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