Content Tagged ‘Security Software’

New Koobface Variant Asks for CAPTCHA, Offers Anti-Koobface Advice

November 30, 2009 - McAfee Labs is reporting a new and versatile variant of the Koobface worm. Like some other recent malware, this attack uses Google Reader to host the malware. The user sees a (continue reading...) Read more

Top Web Sites Moving to Mitigate SSL/TLS Bug

November 30, 2009 - Netcraft reports that 24 of the top 100 HTTPS sites have disabled renegotiation, blocking a recently-revealed flaw in the SSL3/TLS protocols. There is some controversy over how much of a real-world (continue reading...) Read more

It’s Holiday Cyber Theft Season

November 30, 2009 - Today is Cyber Monday, a marketing creation of the National Retail Federation as the Monday after Black Friday. The Internet is full of deals! deals! deals! Sadly, it's full of scams (continue reading...) Read more

Google Updates Webmaster Tools

November 25, 2009 - Google has announced improvements to their webmaster tools. These tools can be used by webmasters to work with Google, including when Google thinks your site is serving malware or phishing. We first (continue reading...) Read more

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