Less than 24 hours after Microsoft said it couldn’t patch Windows to fix a systemic problem, attack code showed up to exploit the company’s software. A security firm that’s been researching the issue for the past nine months said 41 of Microsoft’s own programs can be remotely...
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Fake browser warnings dupe users into downloading ‘scareware’!
Scammers are spoofing the anti-malware warnings of popular browsers to dupe Windows users into downloading fake security software, Symantec said Monday. According to the FBI, rogue security makers have made at least $150 million by duping the public! Little wonder, then, that the fake security software industry...
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Security secrets that might help you thwart the bad guys.
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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