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Category Archives: Security
Four reasons we are losing the fight against Malware
It’s one step forward two steps back in the fight against Malware. Every time it seems like we are making progress it becomes apparent that we keep attacking the tip of the iceberg and below the surface Malware is thriving. So … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Security
Tagged Information security, Malicious Content, malware, website security
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Protecting yourself from malicious websites
With all the press about the Flame malware the last couple of weeks I took yet another look at my own security precautions. This involved a bunch of ad-hoc testing on my part, and I’ve come up with a couple … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Security
Tagged Anti-Malware, Anti-Virus, botnet, DNS, Domain Name Service, Flame, malware, Norton Connectsafe, OpenDNS, URL Filtering
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Slow Industry Response to Malware Reports is Killing Us
One of the biggest threats to the world of computing is how slow vendors are to respond to malware threats. For example, it took Apple 49 Days after Adobe fixed a vulnerability in Flash to make that fix available to OS X … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Security
Tagged Fake AV, Malware Distribution, Scareware, URL Filtering
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Hacktivism: Some things never change
Over the last couple of weeks we’ve seen the FBI and international law enforcement groups arrest members of the LulzSec and Anonymous groups for their computer hacking activities. For the last five years or so these (and other) groups had been … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Security
Tagged Anonymous, Cybercrime, Hacktivism, LulzSec
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Why a locked down Metro/WinRT model makes such a big difference to security
Secunia is reporting that 78% of end-point (individual computers for all those not in the security business) vulnerabilities are attributable to third-party software. That’s everything from browser plug-ins like Flash and Java, to Adobe Reader, to Quicken or any other desktop … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft, Security, Windows
Tagged Microsoft, security, Windows, Windows 8, Windows 8 Metro
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Microsoft Trustworthy Computing (TwC)
Today marks the 10th Anniversary of Bill Gates’ Trustworthy Computing email to all of Microsoft. Most consider this a transitional event for Microsoft, in particular being the point at which Security assumed its proper position as the most important of … Continue reading
Deepsec 2011: Are Companies “Evil” When it Comes to Privacy?
Last month I attended the In-Depth Security Conference (better known as Deepsec) 2011. This was my first security conference (outside of Microsoft’s Bluehat) so I’m not sure exactly how to characterize it compared to the better known and larger Black … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Privacy, Security
Tagged Chistopher Soghoian, Deepsec, Deepsec 2011, Encryption, InPrivate Filtering, Privacy
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Don’t they claim Linux is secure?
I’ve spent so many years hearing Linux fans claim it is totally secure that I just had to post this one. Duqu, the most sophisticated and mysterious Trojan since Stuxnet (and perhaps related to it) compromised Linux servers to create its … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Linux and Android, Security, Windows
Tagged Duqu, Linux, security myths, Windows
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Good summary of Windows 8 security
Jason Garms, the Group Program Manager at Microsoft responsible for Windows 8′s security features, has written an overview of Windows 8′s added malware protection. If you are on the techie-side then it’s a great read, but otherwise your eyes will probably … Continue reading
Windows 8 Defender
One of the end-user oriented features revealed in yesterday’s BUILD keynote that I’m particularly excited about is the expansion of Windows Defender capabilities. Microsoft has had the limited Defender anti-malware capability built-in to Windows since Vista. Defender, although it uses the same … Continue reading
