Archive for February, 2009
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Another Rogue Facebook Application: “f a c e b o o k – closing down!”
No sooner did the last fake application Error System Check get brushed under the carpet. We sit here with another making the rounds. "For the second time in less than a week, Facebook has been forced to squelch a rogue application targeting users of
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Facebook application called “Error Check System” being pushed
I was given a link to an interesting blog article here after a friend of mine experienced problems on Facebook with an application call "Error Check System". Updated - 23/02/2008 - I can finally update this article with some more news about the pr
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Sunday NewsBot: Weekly Round Up (22/02/2009)
A short NewsBot post this week as I've just come across a breaking story. Nevertheless, let's get the show on the road. All articles in the NewsBot Centre are imported from blog and site feed from the world of security and technology: Yahoo/Ov
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Are we your favourite security blog?
... Well are we? Regardless if we are or not, if you know of a security based blog which you would vote for just log onto: http://www.socialsecurityawards.com/ Voting categories: Best Security Podcast Best Technical Security Blog Bes
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Sunday NewsBot: Weekly Round Up (15/02/2009)
It's Sunday NewsBot time and for you this week we highlight some of the stories of the last seven days. All articles in the NewsBot Centre are imported from blog and site feed from the world of security and technology: Not happy with this: Sym
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SmitFraudFix gets imitated into a rogue dubbed SmitFraudFixTool
Have you ever made a removal tool which has become the most popular tool in removing rogue anti-spware programs and variants from rogues on the internet? Then only to have it rogue'd? No, you say? Well ... ... Popular removal tool SmitFraudFix (wh
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Microsoft offers $250,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of Conficker
The Conficker Worm has been the thorn in our sides now for awhile and it appears Microsoft have a reward for the arrest and conviction of it. "REDMOND, Wash. — Feb. 12, 2009 — Today, Microsoft Corp. announced a partnership with technology indust
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Kaspersky repond to site breach
Remember the Kaspersky site breach that exposed data? Well Kaspersky has responded: "We confirm that the vulnerability existed in the new version of usa.kaspersky.com/support. We analyzed the log files and found requests with SQL injection. There we
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Symantec – The Good, The Bad & The Ugly
The Good: For some time, Symantec's anti-virus product had a reputation for being bloated. Then along came the Norton Internet Security 2009 package and with it rave reviews. The improvements included a leaner footprint, improved speed, white list
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Sunday NewsBot: Weekly Round Up (08/02/2009)
Apologies for the delay to this weeks Sunday NewsBot. There was a valid reason. At the time of me putting it all together we had some breaking news. Let me not take your attention away from this weeks NewsBot round up too much and crack on with th
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Kaspersky Site Breach Exposes Data
It has emerged Kaspersky.com has been breached by a hacker over the weekend. TheRegister.co.uk are quick to report the news: "A security lapse at Kaspersky has exposed a wealth of proprietary information about the anti-virus provider's products and
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MS Antispyware 2009 – New Rogue Anti-Spyware
Another rogue, of many, has been making the rounds on the internet. This one is called MS Antispyware 2009. (Click to Enlarge) Thanks to S!Ri.URZ for the image. Offending URL for this rogue anti-spyware is the following: www(dot)msantispyware2
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Windows 7 Editions Announced
Although additional "sku's" are available, Microsoft is anticipating that two versions of Windows 7 will meet the needs of most people. Those two versions are Windows 7 Home Premium and Windows 7 Professional. According to Mike Ybarra, gener
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WinPatrol v16 Monitors Changes to UAC
For the past several days, discussions in various venues have centered around what has been described as a security flaw in Windows 7 UAC. To illustrate the concern for this issue, at the end of this post is a sampling of blog posts by many well know
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Sunday NewsBot: Weekly Round Up (01/02/2009)
NewsBot Round-Up time again. With news generated and pulled from all over the web by our NewsBot Centre in the last week. Your site is dangerous Google glitch Obama Administration Outlines Cyber Security Strategy Gates predicts four-year down
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