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• Congressional Leak Spotlights P2P User Act

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 427
  By Robert Siciliano, Identity Theft Expert Congress is still considering the Informed P2P User Act, a law that would supposedly make it safer to use peer-to-peer file sharing software, an effort that is similar to banning mosquitoes from sucking blood. It just isn’t happening. The only foolproof way ...
  5 hours ago

• Windows 7 may be secure, but are Windows users safe?

  
  Windows 2008 Security — Authority: 151
  With the move to targeted attacks, Microsoft users have security problems ahead Windows 7 users got a nice surprise on Tuesday when Microsoft released its first set of security patches since unveiling the new operating system last month. Of the 15 bugs patched, none affected Windows 7. Read more: Windows 7 may be ...
  10 hours ago

• Microsoft Update Now Available « 123beta

  
  Windows 2008 Security — Authority: 151
  Security Updates – 14 Feb 2008 · Microsoft Removal Tool (delete, clean, fix, remove: Conficker, Kido, Downadup) · Malicious Software Removal Tool · How to make Microsoft Security Essentials check for updates more often … Read more here:  Microsoft Update Now Available « 123beta
  19 hours ago

• Evaluating Corporate Social Media Strategies

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 427
  Daniel Wallace , Information Security Consultant at Grow Forward How vendors, integrators and consultants can position themselves to support CISO’s with corporate social media adoption… In the past I have written articles and advised CISO’s on how social media technology can be used as a vehicle ...
  1 day ago

• ThreatSense.Net: Fear and Loathing in the UK

  
  ThreatBlog — Authority: 466
  I was asked about malware infection in the UK (especially with reference to Conficker), and(a) if the situation is really as bad as we, the AV vendors make out, and what the real infection rate is; and (b) whether government and ISPs etc could do more to help. You can now find a link here ( ...
  1 day ago

• Ten Common Identity Theft Myths Dispelled

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 427
  By Robert Siciliano, Identity Theft Expert The National Foundation for Credit Counselors , which sponsors Protect Your Identity Week, has compiled a number of identity theft myths. To support their efforts, the Santa Fe Group Vendor Council Awareness and Education Subcommittee has helped to clarify some ...
  2 days ago

• Video New Efficiency: Deploying Windows 7 with SCCM - Dutch

  
  SCCM - System Center Configuration Manager — Authority: 106
  This session introduces tool enhancements new to Windows 7 and System Center Configuration manager for every stage of a Windows 7 desktop deployment project. During this talk you will learn more on how...( read more )
  5 days ago

• Are Microsoft to blame for "hidden" malware costs and will Windows 7 make any difference?

  
  Free Software Magazine - — Authority: 458
  A couple of stories have hit the headlines this year concerning the huge cost that some UK Local Governments incurred when dealing with malware attack on their Windows machines. If you missed them, Manchester City Council had a single USB infected with the infamous Conficker worm and it cost them — brace yourself ...
  5 days ago

• Conficker’s First Birthday Looms - Seven Million IPs Still Infected

  
  Windows 2008 Security — Authority: 151
  As Conficker approaches the first anniversary of its appearance in the wild, the Shadowserver Foundation says that at least seven million IP addresses — each representing one or more computers — are now infected by the worm. ...
  5 days ago

• Social Media Scams Plague Networks

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 427
  By Robert Siciliano, Identity Theft Expert For the past year, I’ve been screaming about the trouble with social media as it relates to identity theft, brand hijacking, privacy issues, and the opportunity social media creates for criminals to “friend” their potential victims in order to create a false ...
  6 days ago

• DOWNAD/Conficker Turns 1yr

  
  Windows 2008 Security — Authority: 151
  Worm Exploits MS08-067 Bug DOWNAD, also known as the Conficker worm, was first seen in the wild taking advantage of the MS08-067 vulnerability. True to form, it propagated via shared networks See the rest here:  DOWNAD/Conficker Turns 1yr
  1 week ago

• DOWNAD/Conficker Turns 1yr

  
  Microsoft Patch Watch — Authority: 159
  Worm Exploits MS08-067 Bug DOWNAD, also known as the Conficker worm, was first seen in the wild taking advantage of the MS08-067 vulnerability. True to form, it propagated via shared networks. Like its predecesors-the Sasser and Nimda worms-it also raised security concerns with regard to a spike in port 445 activity
  1 week ago

• Autorun Remains a Major Threat

  
  SanDisk Enterprise Blog — Authority: 113
  If we needed any further reminders, new data has shown that malware which exploits the Windows Autorun vulnerability accounts for more than 35% of the top 10 global infections so far this year.  This is more than double the proportion found in the second half of 2008. The key findings from Microsoft’s Security ...
  1 week ago

• AT&T Sues Verizon, Conficker is Back, File Shares Hide Online Identities, Apple Rejects App for Using “iPhone”, PayPal in 24 Currencies [WUITW]

  
  Techie Buzz — Authority: 600
  Credit: Business Insider AT&T Sues Verizon over “There’s a map for That” ads – AT&T is furious at Verizon for their new, “There’s a map for That” ads, which is pretty similar to the iPhone catchline “There’s an app for that”. Wonder why Apple is silent about this? Millions of ...
  1 week ago

• Microsoft Issues Security Intelligence Report, Volume 7

  
  Security Watch — Authority: 557
  Today Microsoft is releasing their Security Intelligence Report , Volume 7, covering the period from January to June, 2009.The SIR is based on telemetry gathered by Microsoft from a variety of sources, from the Malicious Software Removal Tool to their Forefront and Security Essentials anti-malware solutions the ...
  1 week ago

• Chinese iPhone sales off to slow start

  
  Computerworld Blogs — Authority: 514
  In todays podcast : Chinese iPhone sales off to slow start; Nokia finally kills off N-Gage; and Conficker infections top 7 million PCs. read more
  1 week ago

• October Global Threat Report

  
  ThreatBlog — Authority: 466
  As usual, ESET has released its monthly Global Threat Trends Report, which will be available in due course at http://www.eset.com/threat-center/index.php . There are no surprises in the top five malicious programs, which have the same rankings as in the September report. Clearly, not enough people are taking our ...
  1 week ago

• What Will the Internet Look Like in Ten Years?

  
  Chris Pirillo — Authority: 577
  I came across an interesting question on Lockergnome earlier this morning: What will the Internet look like in ten years? . The author states: … the idea of adverse changes, in my mind, is anything that would change the complete freedom that we have to do just about anything. Certainly crime should not be ...
  1 week ago

• Top October Malware Numbers From Microsoft

  
  Security Watch — Authority: 557
  An entry in the Microsoft Malware Protection Centers Threat Research & Response Blog shows that rogue AV, also known as scareware, is ruling the malware roost, as 6 top of the 10 malicious programs removed by the MSRT (Malicious Software Removal Tool) in the US in October were rogues.Overall the MSRT has cleaned ...
  1 week ago

• 108: Scary Things in Tech – Halloween Special

  
  Moxie Mo Show — Authority: 110
  We’ve been asked to have this episode a tad bit on the SCARY SIDE since it’s so close to Halloween…. but aren’t we the Moxie Mo Show that talks about all things tech? Yes. But did you know tech has some deep, dark secrets that can seriously harm you and scare you to death? Just start watching! Thanks to our ...
  2 weeks ago

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