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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Launch a Cyberattack, receive a Cruise Missile as a reward
The Wall Street Journal has two articles today that are on-topic for Information Technology (IT) Security. The first is that the U.S. Defense Department has concluded that a cyberattack can constitute an Act of War, and thus be responded to … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Security
Tagged Act of War, CISO, CSO, Cyber-Attack, IT Security, Security. Cyberattack
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Why you need more than one Anti-Malware product protecting you
I recently downloaded a file that I knew would be Malware. It was called document.zip and was attached to a piece of mail that allegedly came from someone at FedEx. The email headers were forged, and the mail itself wasn’t … Continue reading
Malware or Not?
I’ve been doing an interesting experiment, in a virtual machine on a separate PC with no personal information at all on it. I’ve been going through SPAM emails and clicking on every link to see what happens. It is an … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Phishing, Security
Tagged Anti-Malware, Crazy Slots Casino, Grand Casino, IE9, Immunet, malware, Microsoft Security Essentials, Phishing, SPAM
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Expect a slow Q3 for Windows Phone 7 Apps
I fully expect the pace of new apps coming out of the Windows Phone 7 marketplace to decline over the summer before accelerating wildly this fall. The reason is pretty obvious, developers are going to be turning their attention to … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft, Mobile, Windows Phone
Tagged Apps, Mango, Microsoft, Windows Phone, Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone Marketplace
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Adobe Reader installing McAfee Security Scan Plus Scareware
When I recently upgraded a couple of computers to the latest version of Adobe Reader I discovered something very disturbing. The download installs software from McAfee (of all people) that amounts to Scareware (a type of Malware that tries to … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Security
Tagged Adobe, Adobe Reader, malware, McAfee, McAfee Security Scan Plus, Rogue AV, Scareware, security, Spyware
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How long does it take to get infected with Malware? About 5 minutes
Having a freshly setup PC, and virtual machine, I went looking for trouble. I did a search for “medical forum” and up popped a link for medhelp.org. I went to the site and created an account and then started navigating … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Security
Tagged IE, IE9, Internet Explorer, malware, Rogue AV
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SenderID Followup
I wanted to do a bit of a followup to my earlier SenderID post both to better capture the comments and make another observation. First I wanted to bring John Scarrow’s comment to the front of the discussion. John is … Continue reading
Is Skype really worth $8.5B to Microsoft?
$8.5B seems rather expensive to me, but I can understand why Microsoft would want Skype. And I don’t think it is primarily for the reasons most people are saying. First of all, recognize that Microsoft already has two competing products. … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft
Tagged Live ID, Lync, Microsoft, Skype, VOIP, Windows Live Messenger, Windows Phone 7
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Bing going Mobile
Yesterday we had the announcement that Bing would become the default Search and Mapping solution for the next generation of RIM’s Blackberry. Over the previous year we’ve seen Microsoft introduce excellent Bing apps for the iPhone and more recently iPad, work … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Google, Microsoft, Mobile, Search
Tagged Android, Apple, Bing, Blackberry, Google, Mobile, Nokia, RIM, Search
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Is Hotmail’s “Trusted Sender” feature more than just show?
One year ago Microsoft introduced a feature in Hotmail that marked mail from a set of “trusted senders”, primarily banks, with a Trusted Sender icon. The idea was that if mail from your bank was marked with the icon you … Continue reading
