StrongWebMail Weak On The Backside?
StrongWebMail claims to offer "the most secure email accounts on the planet." Their claim is based on a call back verification system. But as with all third-party online services there's a weak spot in the armor.
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Microsoft Oversteps Common Sense Boundaries - Again
Why oh why would Microsoft forcefully install a .NET extension in Firefox without first asking for the user's permission?
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Firefox Extension Wars
I previously wrote about how simple it is to infect Firefox add-ons with malware. But, what if legitimate extension authors overstep boundaries? It has already happened.
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Infecting Firefox Add-ons With Malware
Firefox is easily extended via add-ons. And the way extensions work makes it relatively easy for bad guys to inject malware that would be difficult to detect and remove.
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French Intruder Infiltrates Twitter
Been tweeting lately? Ever wonder what Twitter tracks about your activity? An intruder claims to have broken in to the site's admin area where a number of screenshots were posted. Have a look.
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How UCSB Researchers Hijacked A BotNet
A group of researchers reverse engineered bot software and discovered a weakness that let them take hijack the botnet .
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8 Million Medical Patient Records Held Ransom
The state of Virginia found itself facing a ransom demand after an intruder alleged stole the private information of about 8 million people who are part of the state's prescription monitoring program.
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Blackberry Gets Encryption
CellCrypt released a cool tool for all of you Blackberry users out there: end to end voice call encryption.
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Finjan Discovers Big Botnet
Finjan discovered a botnet consisting of over 1.9 million Windows-based computers - some of which belong to government agencies.
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$100 Million Down the Drain
Ever wonder how much the US government spends on cleaning up after security incidents? Over $100 million in the past six months according to one report!
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Seven Sandbox Tools For Malware Testing
If you've ever wondered what a particular piece of malware actually does when it enters a system, there are at least seven tools that can help you find out.
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Forefront 2.0 Delayed
Microsoft was slated to release Forefront 2.0 in the first half of 2009. The date has now been pushed back to at least the latter half of 2009.
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Ericsson Brings "Big Brother" To Laptops
In a stroke of what should never be referred to as genius, Ericsson AB has a new wireless modem that can "send a signal that completely disables the computer, making it impossible to turn on."
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Yet Another Reason To Keep Backups
If you're using hosted services, as so many companies do, then you better have some backups just in case the unexpected happens.
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Microsoft Security Intelligence Report
Microsoft released its Security Intelligence Report. Be sure to read it carefully before taking any of the stats as any other than relative indicators.
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Nessus v4 Released
Tenable Networks recently released Nessus v4, which is a cross-platform security scanning tool. There are lots of new features, including 5-fold speed increase, smaller memory footprint, and much more.
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Worried About Confiker?
Personally, I think the Conficker worm might be a little over-hyped. After all, it's a symptom of a larger ongoing problem. Nevertheless, there's help for containment and cleanup.
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Google Docs Not So Secure
Canadian consultant Ade Barkah discovered three security problems with Google Docs, all of which expose information that you might otherwise think is protected.
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Firefox 3.0.8 Due Out Soon
As expected, a few attendees of the CanSecWest conference produced some notable security cracks against the world's most popular browsers. Not to be outdone, Guido Landi unleashed his own exploit this week complete with example code.
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Confiker Set to Morph On April 1?
The Confiker worm - arguably one of the nastiest critters to be unleashed in quite a while - is set to morph itself on April 1.
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