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Security news roundup: Hackers crack London Tube's Oyster Cards
This week's security events include a vulnerability in the multicast filter of an unpatched Solaris 10 system, Trojans targeting the ARDAgent flaw in Mac OS X, hacks of the London Tube's Oyster Card, and an IT manager who got 63 months for causing massive data loss at his former employer....
Tags: Card, Sun Solaris 10, Trojan Horse, Hacker, Londen Tube, Sun Solaris, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, UNIX, Security, Servers, Viruses And Worms, Software, Apple Mac OS, Hardware, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2008-06-28
Powered Military Armor
Powered armor has a long history in science fiction, beginning with The Lensmen series in 1937, brought to the masses with Heinlein's Starship Troopers in  1959; and, later in Haldeman's Forever War, Niven's Known Space series, and not to be forgotten, out stalwart hero Tony Stark in the comics series and film...
Tags: Armor, Military, Suit, XOS-system, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Healthcare, Network Technology, Security, Networking, Jerry Taylor
Blog posts 2008-05-26
Be prepared for your next Spyware battle with a removal checklist
Regardless of size, everyone from small businesses to enterprise organizations must battle the associated Spyware risks that include key trackers, Web page redirectors, persistent pop-up advertisements, inoperable network connections, unwanted tracking applications, and other nefarious programs that slow and even render systems and programs nonoperational. To help...
Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Erik Eckel
Blog posts 2008-05-20
Attacks involving targeted Trojans going up
The number of attacks involving targeted Trojans are increasing, with up to 70 targeted Trojans a day recorded in the month of April this year. This represents an increase of 250% over the December 2007 level of just 28 per day. A targeted Trojan is sent...
Tags: Trojan Horse, Attack, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Security, Viruses And Worms, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2008-05-19
Anti-spyware software is big business in the UK
Anti-virus software has long been a staple in corporate PCs. This trend continues, with the exception that the majority of businesses in the UK now use anti-spyware scanning software as well. We have no real reason to expect the trend to be different over in the US. ...
Tags: Software, U.K., Anti-spyware, Anti-spyware Software, Anti-virus Software, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2008-04-28
Security news roundup: Spybot Search & Destroy scans for rootkits, multiple patches from Apple
Here’s a collection of recent security vulnerabilities and alerts, which covers news that Spybot Search & Destroy now comes with the ability to detect rootkits, a re-release of a patch that affects Microsoft Office Excel 2003 SP2 and SP3, a slew of patches from Apple, and a warning from Microsoft...
Tags: Microsoft Word, Vulnerability, Detail, Patch Management, Apple Inc., SpyBot, Microsoft Corp., RootAlyzer, RootAlyzer Tool, Rootkits, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Microsoft Windows, Patches, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2008-03-23
10 dumb things users do that can mess up their computers
We all do dumb things now and then, and computer users are no exception. Inadvertently pressing the wrong key combination or innocently clicking OK in the wrong dialog box can change important settings that alter a computer's behavior or even crash the system. Nervous newbies are often...
Tags: Program, Software, Password, Disk, Network, Spyware, Uninterruptible Power Supply, Computer, Disk Fragmentation, Productivity, Firewalls, Security, Networking, Debra Littlejohn Shinder
Blog posts 2008-01-30
Norton Internet Security 2008: The Right Tool for the Job?
The Job Windows computers require protection from a wide variety of common viruses and spyware programs, not too mention unwanted intrusions. Novice users are particularly vulnerable to system infections and identity theft. A single software suite is required that can address all these issues. The Tool ...
Tags: Job, Norton Co., Tool, Norton Internet Security, Anti-spyware, Norton Internet Security 2008, Software Suite, Tool Norton Internet Security 2008, Phishing, Identity Theft, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam, Rootkits, Firewalls, Spam And Phishing, Networking, Erik Eckel
Blog posts 2008-01-22
Open source under attack?
A nest of poisoned Web sites has been quietly attacking unsuspecting visitors using an arsenal of thirteen different exploits. If the site visitor has javascript enabled and is vulnerable to any of those exploits, then in no time at all their system will be compromised with a Trojan not...
Tags: Open Source, Antivirus, Belief, Vulnerability, Apache Software Foundation, Trojan Horse, ScanSafe, Attack, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Servers, Hardware, Justin Fielding
Blog posts 2008-01-19
Microsoft patent takes concept of spyware to new heights
Microsoft has submitted a patent application for a "unique monitoring system" that promises to take the concept of spyware to a brand new level. The patent describes a computer system linking workers to their computers via wireless sensors. Except from The Times: The system...
Tags: Monitor, Patent, Monitoring System, Microsoft Corp., Computer, Productivity, Monitors & Displays, Spyware, Wi-Fi, Hardware, Components, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Wireless, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2008-01-16
Sites spewing Trojans stump security researchers
The Register reports on a large scale outbreak of malicious attacks originating from several hundred sites. An excerpt from Register: Over the past four days, 15 per cent of the blocked malicious traffic has come from just a few hundred sites, which appear to be legitimate...
Tags: Trojan Horse, Site, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Spyware, Web Technology, Security, Viruses And Worms, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2008-01-12
Norton AntiVirus: The Right Tool for the Job?
The Job Windows computers require protection from a wide variety of common viruses and spyware programs, as well as another unwelcome malware threat: rootkits. A software application is needed that will monitor a system for infections, continually update itself, effectively prevent and remove infections when found and not overly...
Tags: Job, Norton Co., Antivirus, Symantec Norton AntiVirus, Tool, Anti-spyware, Software Application, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Rootkits, Erik Eckel
Blog posts 2008-01-11
Trojan on the iPhone
An annoying little program showed that it was possible to develop Trojans targeting the iPhone. An excerpt from News.com: However, the Trojan also overwrites several legitimate applications, including Erica's Utilities, Launcher, Doom, and OpenSSH, meaning that if you uninstall the Trojan, you will need to reinstall...
Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Trojan Horse, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2008-01-09
Malware replaces Google ads with suspicious links
A Trojan detected by BitDefender replaces texts ads from Google's AdSense server, resulting in an obvious loss of revenue for Google but also posing threats to users from malicious links. An excerpt from PC World: When a person visits a Web site, the browser checks the...
Tags: Google Inc., Web, Advertisement, Trojan Horse, Malware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Spyware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2007-12-20
From XP to Fedora 7 with ease
The day after Thanksgiving my boss asked me if I would be willing to go to his house and do something about his computer. He had been told by Insight that his XP-based computer had a spambot placed on it and had sent out over 364,000 spams in one day....
Tags: Boss, Microsoft Windows XP, Fedora Project, Computer, Productivity, Linux, Spyware, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Operating Systems, Software, Security, Jack Wallen
Blog posts 2007-11-25
How remove the spyware
I am facing a common problem in many PC i.e When I try to open a Drive in Windows XP Explorer the folders inside the drive is automatically hidden, more over the "Folder Option" in the Tool menu in Explorer is not showing. I tried with many Virus removal software...
Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Tools & Techniques, Viruses and worms, zakir.ahmed2007@..., problem-I, spyware
Discussion threads 2007-11-19
HDD Partition Recovery
1. I am looking for a Utility Program (Shareware, Fee or Free) that will recover my HDD partition and files (9/24/07).2. Two months ago, a virus and spyware currpted my desktop computer system files. The virus and spyware was removed but System Restore recovered it. The virus and spyware was...
Tags: Backups, Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, poppasdg@..., backup, CD, spyware, hard drive
Discussion threads 2007-11-16
Network Spyware, Virus Protection
Hello, I was wondering if someone could help me with this question. I was wondering what is the best Network Protection suite for you and the reason why it is. What I am looking for is something that can be distributed to end user computers from the main...
Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, E-mail servers, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Jeroden, spyware, virus, network, virus protection
Discussion threads 2007-11-14
detecting spyware, etc... from websites
Hi my friendsI admin several traffic exchanges. Site testing is a major problem as these guys are pretty creative at finding ways to download crap to our computers. I am looking for a program which will show me exactly what is being downloaded to my computer and were it is...
Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, larry_phillips@..., spyware, Web site
Discussion threads 2007-11-12
Spybot Search & Destroy: The Right Tool for the Job?
Many anti-virus apps do a good job of cleaning up viruses and Trojans, but only relatively recently have utilities begun to effectively address the newer threat vector of spyware and adware. Paul Mah tests the popular, free anti-spyware app, Spybot Search & Destroy. Is it worthy of a space in...
Tags: Job, TechRepublic Inc., Antivirus, SpyBot, Tool, Anti-spyware, Spyware, Security, Viruses And Worms, Paul Mah, screenshots, Right Tool, Adware & Malware
Image galleries 2007-11-09


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