Tag Archives: Security
Digital Photo Frame $199 Virus Free!
If you gave the Samsung SPF-85H 8-inch digital photo frame as a gift this year, you may have given more than the picture frame. You may have also given your friends and family a nasty virus. Amazon reached out to its purchasers with a note just before the holiday. Here’s a snippet of their warning [...]
Full StoryKidZui Keeping Kids Safe Online
Keeping your kids safe online can be a challenge for any parent or teacher. If you turn your back on your children for a moment, they could be in a world of trouble. KidZui turns Firefox into fun, kid-safe browser with over a million kids games, YouTube videos, and websites. Expand your kids online experience with [...]
Full StoryMicrosoft to Issue IE Patch
There’s a lot of hype about the new IE vulnerability and for good reason. The flaw in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser could allow criminals to take control of people’s computers and steal passwords. The emergency patch should be available from 1800 GMT on 17 December, Microsoft has said. Internet Explorer is used by the vast [...]
Full StoryHow to Fix IE Vulnerability
Internet Explorer has a security hole, and Microsoft advises that you fill that hole immediately. A recent security advisory explains that vulnerability in all modern versions of IE could allow an attacker to execute malicious code. The good news is there are workarounds to plug this potential risk. According to Microsoft Security Advisory – Microsoft [...]
Full StoryGoogle Chrome: It’s Alive!
Thursday’s Google officially removed the beta label from Chrome. It’s very common for Google to keep the beta label intact for many of its products for years, but not Chrome. Google is trying to lure Web surfers away from the leading browsers, Microsoft Corp.’s Internet Explorer and the Mozilla Foundation’s Firefox. In the process, Google [...]
Full StoryMozilla Security Chief Quits
Barack Obama is still in the hunt for his Cyber Czar and maybe this could be the person for that position. According to reports Window Snyder (Go figure) is leaving for a start-up company. I guess Obama will still be fishing for his Cyber Czar. Window Snyder, the head of security at Mozilla Corp., will [...]
Full StoryHow Safe is Your Web Site?
Your site may have been already targeted by hackers who are using automated tools to find most common vulnerabilities. If they find one, they will inject harmful code that will attack your loyal visitors and guests. To help keep your site safe, start with some quick, free scans that ferret out the most obvious problems. [...]
Full StoryHow Safe is Your Email?
Are you using Gmail, Yahoo or Windows Live Hotmail? Did you know there has been a tremendous increase in phishing emails due to the holiday season as well as the financial crisis? You can feel safer by downloading a free utility for added security protection for all 3 of these email services! WOT (Web of [...]
Full StoryInternet Underground – Organized and Rich
Did you know that you can buy a keystroke logger for $23 or pay $10 to have someone host your phishing scam? Having a botnet at your fingertips will cost you $225, and a tool that exploits vulnerability on a banking site averages $740 and runs as high as $3,000. That’s according to the Symantec [...]
Full StoryMcCain and Obama Networks Hacked
Reports indicate that hackers cracked into the networks of John McCain and Barack Obama during the US presidential campaign. CNN and Newsweek cited sources within both camps as reporting that hackers from an undisclosed foreign location targeted each network over the summer in an attempt to acquire information. The report did not specify which group [...]
Full StoryWindows Users Patch Adobe Now!
There’s a critical, remotely exploitable vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat/Reader version 8. According to an advisory from Core Security, Adobe Reader suffers from a stack buffer overflow when parsing specially crafted (invalid) PDF files. The flaw could be exploited if a user is tricked into opening a rigged PDF file, the company warned. From the alert: The [...]
Full StoryHappy Birthday Internet Worm
This weekend marks the 20th anniversary of the Internet Worm, the first major worm that propagated on the Internet. Even though many years have passed and underlying media has changed, worms are still able to wreak havoc and keep system administrators up at night. Today the damage done by worms is far less visible and [...]
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