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When ‘Viagra’ Comments on Your Blog, and Other Spam Red Flags

admin — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:02:24 +0000

Comment spam, also known as blogspam, has existed since the dawn of blogs. It's created for one purpose: to insert a link on your site back to the commenter’s website. Comment spammers are getting craftier at the game. Comment spam was a much larger problem for bloggers in the nascent days of blogging before [...]

Intego: 2011 offered bumper crop of Mac malware

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:01:52 +0000

One of Apple’s chief advantages in the personal computing market has been that its Mac computers have been relatively impervious to viruses and malware, at least when compared to Windows-based PCs. But that advantage may have been more difficult to maintain in 2011–at least, according to a new report from security firm Intego.

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Social engineering attacks on the enterprise are trending upward

admin — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:01:46 +0000

Amit Klein, CTO of the security firm Trusteer, predicts that social engineering attacks against enterprises will be on the rise in 2012. The problem is that too many people disclose too much personal information on social networks, and this gives thieves the leverage they need to gain and then abuse people’s trust.

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German officials admit to deploying intercept software

admin — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 20:10:21 +0000

Officials in a number of German state governments have owned up to using the Quellen-TKÜ Trojan Horse software in criminal investigations to intercept encrypted telecommunications on PCs. At least one state said it has suspended use of the software, after the Chaos Computer Club discovered that it could be controlled by anyone, not just law [...]

Firefox advises users to disable McAfee plugin

admin — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 13:10:39 +0000

It's the last thing McAfee would want users to hear about one of its products, but the Firefox browser is advising users to disable McAfee's ScriptScan software, saying that it could cause "stability or security problems."

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Black Hat: Researcher picks apart Sophos antivirus package

admin — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 13:08:51 +0000

A researcher presenting at Black Hat picked apart Sophos Antivirus software and found it lacking in several areas that leave it vulnerable to attack or circumvention – something he says might apply to other antivirus vendors’ products as well, but he just hasn’t looked.

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Malwarebytes preps enterprise edition of PC-cleaning software

admin — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 19:07:01 +0000

Malwarebytes this fall expects to release an enterprise-grade anti-malware platform that it says doesn’t compete directly with traditional antivirus software because it relies more on observing how the malware acts and less on seeking code signatures.

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Traditional host-based anti-virus software losing luster?

admin — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:06:37 +0000

Traditional host-based anti-malware packages just aren’t that useful anymore, according to some companies that find it either doesn’t protect against the main dangers they face from the Web or it simply doesn’t run well in virtualized computer environments.

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Man-in-the-Browser attacks target the enterprise

admin — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 19:03:52 +0000

With firewalls, antivirus and other security mechanisms protecting corporate networks, how do attackers manage to penetrate enterprise computer systems? Simply by exploiting the weakest link in the security chain. One of the newest methods is tunnelling in via employees’ browsers using an attack known as “Man-in-the-Browser” (MitB).

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Anti-Virus Software Driving You Mad? 5 Fight-Back Tips

admin — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:03:19 +0000

Last week some Windows users struggled through unexpected PC slowdowns due to a security program bundled in with a Java update. Security programs still hog PC resources and pose annoyances — but here’s expert advice on how you can regain control.

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