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7th January Comments

A rare peek at Homeland Security’s files on travelers

Posted on January 7th, 2009 at 8:24 am

Now as a traveler to Canada on many trips this article has me thinking and also requestiing my personal information after reading this, Baldy. The oversize white envelope bore the blue logo of the Department of Homeland Security. Inside, I found 20 photocopies of the government’s records on my international travels. Every overseas trip I’ve [...]

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28th December Comments

Top 10 Linux Security Tools

Posted on December 28th, 2008 at 7:45 am

  You can never be too safe these days. Viruses, spyware, rootkits, remote exploits, you just never know what security issue is going to be your downfall. That’s why it is important as a Linux administrator to have an understanding of some of the best Linux security tools available to you. In this article, you [...]

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16th December Comments

US-CERT: Beware of airline ticket e-mail scam

Posted on December 16th, 2008 at 6:40 am

The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has issued an alert for an e-mail scam targeting holiday travelers, warning that malware authors are using clever social engineering tactics to hijack Windows computers. In the e-mail scam, users get a .zip file attached to a message about an airline ticket and an ominous mention of [...]

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5th December Comments

Firefox users targeted by rare piece of malware

Posted on December 5th, 2008 at 7:12 am

Researchers at BitDefender have discovered a new type of malicious software that collects passwords for banking sites but targets only Firefox users. The malware, which BitDefender dubbed “Trojan.PWS.ChromeInject.A” sits in Firefox’s add-ons folder, said Viorel Canja, the head of BitDefender’s lab. The malware runs when Firefox is started. The malware uses JavaScript to identify more [...]

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27th November Comments

Tutorial reveals desktop Linux security tips

Posted on November 27th, 2008 at 6:55 am

  IBM DeveloperWorks has published an introductory-level tutorial on "hardening" the Linux desktop against malware attacks and illegal access. Security expert Jeffrey Orloff offers tips on antivirus software, backup-restore, and firewalls, in a tutorial that lasts over two hours, and requires registration. Tutorial reveals desktop Linux security tips

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18th November Comments

Firefox security makeover: 11 vulnerabilities, 4 critical

Posted on November 18th, 2008 at 1:29 pm

Mozilla has released a new version of its flagship Firefox browser to fix a total of 11 vulnerabilities that expose users to code execution, information stealing or denial-of-service attacks. Four of the 11 flaws covered with the new Firefox 3.0.4 are rated “critical” because of the risk of code execution attacks via specially rigged Web [...]

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12th November Comments

50 Essential Open Source Security Tools

Posted on November 12th, 2008 at 7:21 am

Here is a article that I found and I thought that a few of you folks would like to peruse it and see what is out there that even you might not have used as of yet. Some are old favorites and others are not so well known, Baldy The area of open source security [...]

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24th October Comments

Microsoft posts emergency defense for new attack

Posted on October 24th, 2008 at 5:33 am

A remote-code exploit that could spread rapidly like the 2003 MSBlaster worm is putting all versions of Windows at risk. I recommend that you immediately install a patch that Microsoft has just issued to protect your system from a vulnerability in the Server service. MS08-067 (958644) Rare out-of-cycle patch emphasizes the risk With little warning, [...]

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23rd October Comments

Zombie PCs: ‘Time to infection is less than five minutes’

Posted on October 23rd, 2008 at 9:19 am

A fascinating — and horrifying — new article in The New York Times offers the lowdown on “zombie computers,” the half-a-million-or-so machines that are converted, assembled into systems called “botnets” and forced to do a shadowy figure’s bidding, namely in the form of automated programs that send the majority of e-mail spam, illegally seek financial [...]

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3rd October Comments

Canadian discovers Chinese snoop on Skype

Posted on October 3rd, 2008 at 6:11 am

A Canadian researcher has discovered that a Chinese version of eBay Inc.’s Skype communications software snoops on text chats that contain certain keywords, including “democracy.” The revelation is not only of interest to rights groups that monitor Internet censorship. The discovery also likely intrigues law enforcement and intelligence agencies in other countries, because they have [...]

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