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Microsoft is reported to have a patch ready for the serious flaw in Internet Explorer I discussed here. The vulnerability is reportedly being exploited and allowing cyber criminals to install malicious software on people’s PCs without their knowledge. The patch is supposed to become available at 12:00 Central today (1800 GMT), so if you haven’t already switched . . . → Read More: Patch for IE Vulnerability Available Soon F-Secure has a great post on the Microsoft Internet Explorer vulnerability here. My advice is to stop using Internet Explorer until Microsoft releases a patch and use a different browser instead. My preference is Firefox, but Apple Safari and Google Chrome are good alternatives . . . → Read More: Serious Internet Explorer Flaw Seems as though the FTC has been able to shut down several sellers of “scareware”, software that when runs scares users into purchasing software they don’t need by telling them their computer has been infect with viruses or spyware. This is good news since according to the article, Millions of people are thought to have been caught . . . → Read More: Weekend News Highlights F-Secure, a computer security company from Finland, has released a summary of computer security issues for the year. The company puts out a lot of good videos and I’d encourage anyone interested in the topic to check them out. F-Secure is one of the anti-virus companies I recommend (the other being Kaspersky Labs). In case you’re not . . . → Read More: 2008 Security Wrap Up Video Looks like it’s a big patch bundle this month from Microsoft. According to Brian Krebs at Security Fix Microsoft has an early holiday present for Windows users: A batch of eight software updates that plug at least 28 security holes in the widely-used operating system and other Microsoft products. Six out of eight of the update bundles earned . . . → Read More: It’s Microsoft Patch Time Again |
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