You already know the basics of internet security, right? You know to keep your antivirus program and patches up to date, to be careful where you go on the Internet, and to exercise online street-smarts to resist being tricked into visiting a phishing site or downloading a...
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Update: Attackers exploit critical bug in Adobe’s Flash and Reader
Last week, Adobe warned that attackers are exploiting a critical vulnerability in the company’s most widely-used software: Flash Player and Adobe Reader. The zero-day vulnerability is reminiscent of one Adobe disclosed and patched in July 2009, and comes just days after the company’s head of security admitted...
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Sneaky ‘Tabnapping’ Browser Phishing Tactic Surfaces
A new, incredibly sneaky identity-theft tactic surfaced earlier this week when Mozilla’s Aza Raskin, the creative lead of Firefox, unveiled what’s become known as “tabnapping” that can dupe users into giving up passwords by secretly changing already-open browser tabs. Stated simply, tabnapping — from the combination of...
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Microsoft plans GIGANTIC Patch Tuesday, June 8th.
Microsoft said it will deliver 10 security updates this Tuesday to patch a record-tying 34 vulnerabilities in Windows, Internet Explorer, Office and SharePoint. The patches will also quash two bugs that Microsoft acknowledged in February and April. Tuesday’s updates will be huge and will be released at...
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Keep Your Data Safe – Wipe Your Data
Seven years ago, author and security pioneer Simson Garfinkel conducted a study of data he found on second-hand hard drives. He bought the hard drive from an old ATM machine on eBay and it still had the information on 827 bank account PINs. Another drive he purchased...
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