There are new security warning(s): ·         Microsoft Internet Explorer Vulnerabilities What does it affect?: Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista What does it do?: Microsoft has released an update to its Security Bulletin Summary for March 2010 and has included the out-of-band bulletin MS10-018. This bulletin addresses ten vulnerabilities in Internet [...]

IRS tax phishing scams on the increase ... so be careful out there! Researchers at McAfee Labs continuously monitor threats to best protect our customers. We have identified a cluster of fake IRS URLs. Victims might visit these phishing and malicious websites via any number of effective redirection methods: phishing attacks, forum postings, and black-hat [...]

Apple has released Mac OS X 10.6.3 update, and it's a massive 760MB, plugging up 88 vulnerabilities. Here's what it contains: Full changelog for Mac OS X 10.6.3 update: General operating system fixes and improvements provided for: * performance of Logic Pro 9 and Main Stage 2 when running in 64-bit mode.* printing reliability.* sleep [...]

Top 20 list of the most commonly used passwords as disclosed by a breach of Älypää, a popular Finnish game and quiz site: The word "salasana" is Finnish for "password" ... (via F-Secure blog)  

If you're encountering BSoDs and reboots on your XP machines following the installation of this month's load of Patch Tuesday updates, your machine might be infected with malware. Patrick W. Barnes, a systems administrator at Cat-man-du, a technology services firm in Amarillo, Texas, said at least three different customers came into his shop with the same blue screen [...]