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Hacked Twitter Account
The text message from my youngest brother was a slap in the face: “You promoting scams for stay at home Moms or has your Twitter account been hacked”. Umm, the latter. Someone had posted SPAM from my Twitter account. Emotionally … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Privacy, Security
Tagged Internet, security, twitter, twitter account hacked, twitter breach, twitter hacked, WiFi security
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Internet Security Myths
eWeek recently published a nice article covering survey data that shows user understanding of PC security threats is outdated, which of course may lead to poor security practices. Overall I like the article, but I take issue with what they claim … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft, Security, Windows
Tagged Anti-Malware, Anti-Virus, eWeek, free Anti-Malware, free Anti-Virus, Microsoft Security Essentials, security myths
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The insanity of using public computers
I approached the public PC in the lounge of Holland America’s Eurodam as though it carried the plague, and perhaps it did. The anti-malware signature were out of date, victims to the PC only having Internet connectivity when a user … Continue reading
Microsoft to aquire {NVIDIA|Nokia|Yahoo|Whoever}
Over the last few weeks there have been rumors that Microsoft would acquire Nokia, which were completely denied, followed by rumors that Microsoft would acquire NVIDIA. The latter were caused by a clause in a contract Microsoft has with NVIDIA … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft
Tagged Acquisition, Microsoft, Nokia, NVIDIA, Skype, Xbox
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Is Symantec also in the Scareware business?
A few weeks ago I wrote about the Adobe/McAfee Security Scan Plus Scareware debacle. Well, Symantec’s faux pas isn’t nearly as bad but I still think they need a slap on the wrist. If you run their free web-based Symantec … Continue reading
Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft, Security
Tagged Anti-Malware, Anti-Virus, Microsoft Security Essentials, Norton, Norton AV, Scareware, Symantec, Symantec Security Check
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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
Posted in Computer and Internet, Security, Windows
Tagged Anti-Malware, Immunet, malware, Microsoft Security Essentials, Multiple AV Engines, Multiple AV Products, Norton AV, Symantec, TrojanDownload:Win32/Chepvil.K, Yahoo
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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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Hal's (Im)Perfect Vision 