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A new worm, dubbed Sober, is spreading itself through email. It tempts users to open an attachment by claiming that it is a virus fix. We caution our users to NEVER open an email attachment unless it is an expected file sent by a trusted source. If you were not expecting an attachment, even from a friend, call them and ask about it before you open it. Read the rest of this entry »
In light of its many security woes over the past months, Microsoft recently disclosed several new initiatives meant to improve security in its products. The most important change includes releasing security updates monthly rather than weekly. A monthly update means less workload for system administrators as well as making it easier for home users to remember to install the latest security updates. Read the rest of this entry »
Last Thursday, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer spoke about the new security technologies that will that will feature in the next upgrades of its desktop and server operating systems, and pledged to make patching security flaws easier. Read the rest of this entry »
A proposed class action lawsuit against Microsoft was filed Sept. 30 in the Los Angeles Superior Court. This lawsuit claims the following:
Do you use instant messaging (IM) software like AOL Instant Messenger, MSN Messenger or Yahoo! Messenger? If so, you could be vulnerable to a whole new class of dangerous worms sent by instant message. In just seconds, these worms can infect hundreds of thousands of computers and put IM users’ private information at great risk for theft. Read the rest of this entry »
In our earlier article, “IE Security Patch Needs More Patching,” we discussed the possibility that the IE patch released in late August didn’t patch up the security hole in question as much as it should have. Now, Microsoft knows for certain that there are “variations” on the original problem that leave IE vulnerable. Read the rest of this entry »
For those of us who do what we’re supposed to — use passwords that are random combinations of letters, numbers and symbols, change them frequently, and use a different password for each service requiring a password — it is almost completely impossible to remember them all, and most of us end up writing them down (and I don’t need to tell you that writing down passwords is a big security no-no). But what other options do we have when faced with trying to remember all those random strings? Read the rest of this entry »