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The biggest question on everyone’s minds with regard to Microsoft Security Essentials is how well it can detect and remove malware. The early returns are in, and Microsoft Security Essentials performed well overall in initial malware detection testing provided to PC World by AV-test.org. Read entire article To the average IT security practitioner, the idea of disabling antivirus on new machines might seem blasphemous. After all, weren’t we all told in IT Security 101 that everyone needs AV to keep the malware and data thieves at bay? Read entire article Earlier today Rik Ferguson at the Countermeasures blog posted about a new malware threat that came from Twitter. The details are at his post but the short version is as follows: Somehow, the Twitter account of noted venture capitalist and writer/columnist, Guy Kawasaki, was hacked into posting a malicious tweet/update (see Figure 1). It [...] While testing some Google searches, I came across an interesting result searching for Cialis, a popular anti-erectile dysfunction drug commonly sold by dubious online resellers. The fourth Google result returned a forum for Silverlight, a programmable web browser plugin by Microsoft (Figure 1). Interested, I clicked on the link and found an interesting post. This [...] The Twitter account belonging to venture capitalist and Mac evangelist Guy Kawasaki was hijacked yesterday and used to push malware to some 140,000 Twitter users. The attack (screenshot above) included a link to what purported to be a “sex tape video free download” linked to Gossip Girls star Leighton Meester but, after a series of [...] |
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