Archive for October, 2009

MJ’s “This Is It” Premiere Triggers Spam Attacks

October 19, 2009 - A day before Michael Jackson’s new song, “This Is It,” was slated to premier on michaeljackson.com on October 12, a spam run promoting a 45-second preview on YouTube already made the rounds. The email below, purporting to be from CNN.com was (continue reading...) Read more

Cybercrime Organizations Turn to ‘Mafia-Style’ Structure

October 19, 2009 - In Las Vegas during this month’s McAfee FOCUS 09 conference, I listened to various speakers in the Threats and Trends track. They explained how cybercrime was now managed by individuals driving their groups according to highly professional business models. One of (continue reading...) Read more

Innovative Interactivity | Undercover provides vital anti-theft

October 19, 2009 - I recently had to write a software review for my Information Security course. After digging around sites for possible security software to review, I came across Orbicule, a Belgium company that provides anti-theft software for Mac OS X ... (continue reading...) Read more

SonicWall Updates Network and E-Mail Security Solutions | Security

October 19, 2009 - Best practices, strategies and technologies to help you use security information and event log management efficiently and effectively in order to get business value in terms of increased security, reduced risk, regulatory compliance and ... Security - (continue reading...) Read more

Kellep Charles Information Security Blog Space: W32.Exkowen

October 19, 2009 - This Information Security blog is about my views and experiences in the information security, computer forensics and incident response industry as a student, professional and educator. American Express ... Also, do not execute software that is downloaded from the Internet unless (continue reading...) Read more

Fake computer security software endangers millions of computers

October 19, 2009 - Symantec, maker of Norton computer security software, has issued a warning that tens of millions of computer users have unknowingly downloaded “security software” that in fact is endangering the security of their. HULIQ - Citizen News Review (continue reading...) Read more

AVG Internet Security Software Collection (2008-2009

October 19, 2009 - AVG Internet Security Software Collection (2008-2009) | 206MB AVG Internet Security - a powerful suite of applications Grisoft to help protect your computer from all sorts of online threats: DownArchive - Your Future Downloads - http://www.downarchive.com/ Read more

Fake Security Software in Millions of Computers

October 19, 2009 - Theyll take your credit card information, any personal information youve entered there and theyve got your machine. Some of the fake software has the capability of connecting users machines into a botnet, which is a network of machines ... (continue reading...) Read more

Remove Fake Antivirus Software Programs

October 19, 2009 - Fake antivirus software programs, also called rogue security software, are programs that seem to be antivirus programs when in fact they are not. They either. gHacks technology news - http://www.ghacks.net/ Read more

FTC settles latest charges against ChoicePoint | Office of

October 19, 2009 - The FTC alleged that if the security software tool had been working, ChoicePoint likely would have detected the intrusions much earlier and minimized the extent of the breach. The FTC also alleged that ChoicePoint's conduct violated a 2006 court order mandating (continue reading...) Read more

Prevalent Rogue Security Software Characteristics: Symantec Report on Rogue Security Software

October 19, 2009 - Given their financial motivations, the distributors of rogue security software scams need to affect a broad number of potential victims. Getting the program onto a victim’s computer is a critical step in rogue security software scams and the scammers use (continue reading...) Read more

Tenable Network Security Podcast – Episode 8

October 19, 2009 - Welcome to the Tenable Network Security Podcast - Episode 8 Announcements New blog post Microsoft "Patch Tuesday" - The Aftermath Tenable Appliance 1.0.3 is the latest appliance release. It supports VMware ESX versions 3.5 and older, vSphere/etc. 4.0 versions, and VMware Player, (continue reading...) Read more

ASCII Art Spam Strikes Back

October 19, 2009 - Spammers are always looking for techniques that can beat the spam filters. We have seen various techniques for spamming–like obfuscating words, embedding text in images, spoofing urls, abusing social networking sites, and many other techniques for spam to avoid getting (continue reading...) Read more

Microsoft “Patch Tuesday” – The Aftermath

October 19, 2009 - Black Tuesday This month Microsoft released 13 new security advisories. While 13 sounds like a moderate number, digging into each of the security advisories reveals that each one actually patches multiple vulnerabilities, bringing the grand total to 34 individual vulnerabilities. (continue reading...) Read more

Three Card Malware

October 19, 2009 - In the 80’s I lived in NYC. At the time, enterprising hustlers had re-introduced the old Three Card Monte con game to NYC streets. Like wide ties and frozen yogurt shops, Three Card Monte always seemed to come back (continue reading...) Read more

Document Trace Remover – Software Dungeon Downloads

October 19, 2009 - Protect your privacy and corporate security by automatically discovering all types of meta-information in Microsoft Office documents and removing any instances of hidden data from your workflow. Software Dungeon Latest Software... - http://www.software-dungeon.co.uk/ Read more

More Trick than Treat

October 19, 2009 - The most stressful thing about Halloween has always been deciding on a costume. Second place: making sure to have enough candy around for trick-or-treaters who may come a-knocking. All pretty straightforward stuff, right? This time around, though, it looks like (continue reading...) Read more

Bit Defender Total Security 2009 – V12.0.10 – 39 Years Valid

October 18, 2009 - Improved: Prevents personal information from leaking via e-mail, web or instant messaging. Guard your conversations with top-of-the line encryption. * NEWInstant Messaging Encryption * NEWFile Vault securely stores personal information or ... Manage the security of your home network from a (continue reading...) Read more

MSDN Blog Postings » Blog Archive » Scareware and Malvertising

October 18, 2009 - Rogue security software might report a virus, when the machine is actually clean. The software might also fail to report viruses when the computer is infected. This malicious software can also: Lure users into fraudulent transactions when upgrading to a “paid (continue reading...) Read more

Everest Ultimate Edition v4.60.1617 Beta

October 18, 2009 - Furthermore, complete software, operating system and security information makes EVEREST Ultimate Edition a comprehensive system diagnostics tool that offers a total of 100 pages of information about your PC. ... Free Serial Crack Keygen Blog. - http://arws.org/ Read more

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