NSS Labs says its new test shows emphasis on antivirus exploit detection flawed, but others disagree

By Kelly Jackson Higgins
DarkReading
Mar 11, 2010 | 04:20 PM

Most antivirus products don’t detect new variants of the exploit used in the so-called “Operation Aurora” attacks on Google, Adobe, and other U.S. companies, according to a new test conducted by NSS Labs.

www.darkreading.com/vulnerability_management/security/antivirus/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=223600014

Posted: March 17th, 2010 under In The News, Internet, Security.
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Credant Technologies, the endpoint data security specialist, has warned laptop users to turn off their WiFi signals when not in use to prevent the use of low-cost scanners tracking down the machines.
www.infosecurity-magazine.com/view/7750/laptop-theft-can-be-reduced-by-turning-off-wifi/

Posted: March 3rd, 2010 under Computers, In The News, Internet, Security.
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Are you one of the 350 million Facebook users? I’m a big fan of Facebook and like many I connect daily to see what my friends are doing and to share photos. As a security professional I am very careful about what I post and what information I allow to be shared. In that respect I’m unique…

http://billpstudios.blogspot.com/2009/12/who-gets-your-personal-information-on.html

Posted: December 6th, 2009 under In The News, Internet, Security.
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Microsoft has released a tool to law enforcement that helps get around the encryption provided by the company’s own BitLocker software, distributed in Windows Vista.
http://government.zdnet.com/?p=3781

Posted: November 9th, 2009 under In The News, Security, Windows 7, Windows Vista.
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AP IMPACT: PC owners caught with child porn loaded on their computers _ by a computer virus
By JORDAN ROBERTSON AP Technology Writer
November 8, 2009 (AP)
The Associated Press

Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography.
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=9028516

Posted: November 8th, 2009 under Computers, In The News, Internet, Security.
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Toys R Us sells a “Summer Day and Night Video Monitor” that can be used to spy on the baby next door, according to a class action in Cook County Court. An Illinois man says he and his neighbor both bought one of the video baby monitors and found out they could each see and hear the other’s baby.
www.courthousenews.com/2009/11/03/Baby_Video_Monitor_Lets_Neighbors_Snoop_On_One_Another_Class_Claims.htm

Posted: November 3rd, 2009 under In The News, Security.
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Trend Micro threat analysts found spammed messages that pretend to be a letter coming from the “boss”. It bears the subject “get back to my office for more details” and instructs users to read the attached ZIP file, which contains a letter. The ZIP attachment is, of course, not a letter but an .EXE file (info.exe) detected by Trend Micro as TROJ_CUTWAIL.GT.

Read more: http://blog.trendmicro.com/malware-conceals-itself-as-bosss-letter/#ixzz0Vkvmeie4

Posted: November 2nd, 2009 under Computers, In The News, Internet, Security.
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U.K. researcher says vulnerability in Twitter API lets an attacker take over a victim’s account — with a tweet
Aug 27, 2009 | 03:54 PM
By Kelly Jackson Higgins
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