Archive for November, 2005
Be careful what you click on!
Wednesday, November 30th, 2005
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Remember the foolish announcement made by the UK security company Computer Terrorism about an Internet Explorer vulnerability? Well, now it seems that there's an exploit in the wild . This is what happens when a company makes an irresponsible disclosure. A Microsoft advisory appears here .
It was bound to happen and as yet there's no patch for the [...]
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Google is watching you!
Wednesday, November 30th, 2005
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Bruce Schneier uncovers some interesting articles on how Google collects information about you and your searches and the impact that could have on privacy.
If anyone is collecting information, there is a reason why they're doing it and no matter how many guarantees they give you now about how that information is used, if it's kept, [...]
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Russinovich joins class action legal team
Wednesday, November 30th, 2005
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According to the Washington Post , Mark Russinovich or Sysinternals, the guy that broke the news of the Sony BMG rootkit, it to join the class action legal team who filed a lawsuit against Sony BMG earlier this month.
Good news! Russinovich is just the kind of tech guy they need on board to make this work.
As [...]
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Mailing list
Wednesday, November 30th, 2005
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This blog is seven months old and has grown at a speed that I simply couldn't have dreamt of - I have tens of thousands of visitors every week and a few thousand regular readers. When I started this blog I never expected it to have grown so fast - I thank you all for [...]
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Thinking like a phish
Wednesday, November 30th, 2005
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One of the best defenses against threats like phishing is to think like a phish and if you want to think like a phish the best place to start is by asking yourself the question "what do I/others really want to hear in an email?" or better still "what kind of think might you not question [...]
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ITsafe Bulletin 2005/005A (Update No. 1)
Wednesday, November 30th, 2005
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ITsafe Bulletin 2005/005A (Update No. 1)
What is it?
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As reported in the press, new variants of the "W32/Sober" a mass-mailing worm continue to be discovered. ITsafe already warned of this issue in 2005-BUL-004 and 2005-BUL-005 some months ago.
What does it affect?
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Most computers that use Microsoft Windows
What does it do?
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The worms arrives by email, [...]
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