Microsoft is warning users that a Trojan is masquerading as the company’s popular free Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) package.
The alert came from Microsoft’s (NASDAQ: MSFT) Malware Protection Center (MMPC) on Wednesday.
“One of the oldest tricks used by rogue antivirus products is to use a similar name as, or have a similar look and feel to, [...]
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Big Brother is coming in more ways than one. Technology is often a two-edged sword. In this case, this school district apparently decided that since they owned the laptops they could control it at all times.
If your laptop computer’s webcam could talk about what it sees, what would it say?
Students of a Pennsylvania school district [...]
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If Your Password Is 123456, Just Make It HackMe
By ASHLEE VANCE
Published: January 20, 2010
Back at the dawn of the Web, the most popular account password was “12345.”
The New York Times
Today, it’s one digit longer but hardly safer: “123456.”
Despite all the reports of Internet security breaches over the years, including the recent attacks on Google’s e-mail [...]
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Microsoft has had it with old versions of Adobe Flash and has issued Security Advisory 979267 to urge users to either uninstall old versions, or upgrade to the latest. More specifically, the software giant is asking users ditch Flash Player 6.0 as the multimedia player plugin contains multiple bugs. Microsoft rarely issues security advisories on [...]
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Acer Recalls Notebook Computers Due to Burn Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following products. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of Product: Certain Acer Aspire-series Notebook Computers
Units: About 22,000
Manufacturer: Acer America Corporation, of [...]
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Adobe confirms PDF zero-day attacks. Disable JavaScript now | Zero Day | ZDNet.com.
[UPDATE: Adobe plans to patch this issue on January 12, 2010 ]
Malicious hackers are exploiting a zero-day (unpatched) vulnerability in Adobe’s ever-present PDF Reader/Acrobat software to hijack data from compromised computers. According to an advisory from Adobe, the critical vulnerability exists in Adobe Reader and [...]
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With a subject line like that, how could I ignore it? I received an e-mail from a friend who asked if this was real? According to the message, Norton, Snopes, CNN, Microsoft and McAfee are all legitimizing this so it must be true, right? Well, in this case, it’s partially right in that it’s a [...]
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Shop online? You may have been ripped off
November 18th, 2009, 12:06 pm · posted by Teri Sforza, Register staff writer
So you’re booking your flight, or ordering your movie tickets, or paying for your pizza online. It’s a mainstream web site. No worries.
You type in your credit card information, click the “purchase” button, and enjoy your [...]
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The holiday season is approaching quickly and many of us will be shopping online. It’s important that consumers understand the potential security risks and know how to protect themselves and their information.
The following tips are provided to help promote a safe, secure online shopping experience:
Secure your computer. Make sure your computer has the latest [...]
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A newly discovered flaw in the Flash suite could put both users and servers at risk, according to some recent reports. Adobe has verified the hole, which lies inside any Flash-based application that allows people to upload their own content. Though some details are omitted, the flaw would allow someone to upload a malicious Flash [...]
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