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Microsoft Updates for Duqu Security researchers became aware of Duqu in October when Symantec said it had found a virus that contained code similar to Stuxnet, a piece of [...]  Why you might want to switch from your Internet Service Providers name resolution servers? Security is achieved through real-time block list (RBL) of harmful websites, phishing sites, malware sites, and spyware sites. Speed can be achieved by improved latency between client and DNS resolving server, latency between resolving servers and [...] If backing up your computer’s data is so easy to do, then why do so many companies and people fail to backup? 89.1% of home PC users do not perform regular backups. No more ‘123456′ passwords for Hotmail users! And it is about time. Users obviously will not make these changes so it is going to be up to the information system providers to enforce these measures to secure their services. I think the next step will be setting time limits on the passwords and forcing users [...] Free software in Android Markets and Malware. We all install those fun and free Android applications on occasion without thinking about what we might be opening. And besides Android devices, this Trojan spyware also affects Nokia’s Symbian, Blackberry, And Windows Phone. Zitmo, a Trojan spyware app [...] Seems like Apple has been having to sharpen it’s coding skills and getting patches out the door, and it is good to see they are doing the job. Apple on Friday released a software update to patch a vulnerability that hackers could use to break into the company’s popular iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch gadgets…. read more: Think [...] It looks like the exploits by hacking group Anonymous continue. From Yahoo NEWS: Hacker group Anonymous released a trove of military email addresses and passwords it claimed to have plundered from the network of US defense consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton. Anonymous made available a file containing more than 90,000 email addresses and other information it said in [...] An interesting security report, PandaLabs reveals that the past quarter has been one of the worst in history. “PandaLabs, Panda Security’s anti-malware laboratory, today published its Quarterly Report for Q2, analyzing the IT security events and incidents from April through June 2011. As the report outlines, this quarter has been one of the worst on record, [...] Be involved: This is the most important item in this list. Be involved and consider activities that you can work on together. Play games, do research for school projects or on a subject of interest just for fun. This will allow you to supervise your child’s online activities while teaching her good computer habits. Keep your computer [...] While Windows users have been fighting this for a while, we now see that Apple’s OSX has some vulnerabilities of its own. Starting this past weekend articles like the one referenced below are showing up all over the internet. “A fake antivirus application is targeting Mac OS X computers using Apple’s Safari browser. Cybercriminals pushing MAC Defender, [...] |
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