Category: Security

  • Critical vulnerabilities or a clever marketing ploy?

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    Tom Raftery
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    Microsoft released updates for critical vulnerabilities in Windows (2000, XP and 2003). This includes fixes for three vulnerabilities that “criminal hackers are already exploiting” according to Brian Krebs. The patches fix vulnerabilities which can allow remote code execution (it doesn’t come much worse than that!). Personally, I think they are trying to scare people into…

  • Throw away the key!

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    I’m delighted to see that Bill Lockyer, California’s attorney general has filed felony criminal charges against former HP Chair Patricia Dunn and four others for their spying on fellow board members and on journalists. The back story to this is that HP were concerned about leaks to the press from HP’s board meetings. An investigation…

  • Blueface won't let me make outgoing calls

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    I have an account with Blueface – Blueface is a VOIP provider. For €19.99 per month I am supposed to get 1,000 minutes of calls to over 20 countries. All good, so far. The only issue is that for some bloody reason, at the end of every month my credit is deleted and I can…

  • Users are 'stupid' – Microsoft

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    I wrote a post over a year ago about how I deal with PCs which have become infected with malware (viruses/trojans/worms/rootkits, etc.): what I do, is to re-install the OS – more often recently it is XP, turn off System Restore, install XP SP2, Microsoft Anti Spyware, Spybot, Adaware, and AVG… or consider formatting the…

  • Exploit code released for Firefox vulnerability

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    According to Brian Krebs blog on the Washington Post, exploit code has been released for the latest Firefox and Netscape vulnerability. To protect yourself against this code either 1) buy a Mac or 2) update your version of Firefox to the latest version – available here. The exploit code appears to allow an attacker to…

  • Microsoft releases critical fixes

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    Overnight Microsoft released 3 critical, 1 important and 2 moderate fixes for Internet Explorer and Windows. The vulnerabilities patched allow remote code execution, denial of service and local elevation of privilige. Any internet Explorer and/or Windows users are strongly advised to patch their systems with these upgrades. More info and updates available here.

  • Cisco harass security worker

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    Bruce Schneier has posted a fascinating story about Cisco’s harassment of a security worker called Michael Lynn: Lynn was going to present security flaws in Cisco’s IOS, and Cisco went to inordinate lengths to make sure that information never got into the hands of the their consumers, the press, or the public. Cisco threatened legal…

  • Spamming can seriously affect your health!

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    Via Loic From MozNews.com Russia’s Biggest Spammer Brutally Murdered in Apartment Vardan Kushnir, notorious for sending spam to each and every citizen of Russia who appeared to have an e-mail, was found dead in his Moscow apartment on Sunday, Interfax reported Monday. He died after suffering repeated blows to the head… Under Russian law, spamming…