By Joe Lofshult, on June 8th, 2010%
The new Microsoft ad is a good demonstration of social engineering.
The message is that the same types of scams happen online and IE8 can protect you from bad guys while you browse. The fake bank experiment highlights just how gullible we can be when the promise of money is dangled in our face, . . . → Read More: New Microsoft Ad
By Joe Lofshult, on July 31st, 2009%
The Firefox browser passes billion milestone
KeePass and Dropbox: Two Tools for Managing Your Electronic Life
Clampi virus targets companies’ financial accounts
Microsoft’s Emergency Patch Mess
Critical Update for Adobe Flash Player
8 Keys to Internet Security
America’s 10 most wanted botnets
Five Best . . . → Read More: Interesting Links for the Weekend
By Joe Lofshult, on July 24th, 2009%
It’s a good thing Adobe has announced plans to release a patch for critical holes in its Flash player next week, because attackers are actively exploiting it. You can protect yourself by using the Firefox browser with the NoScript addon, or by disabling Flash on . . . → Read More: Adobe Flash/Reader Flaws
By Joe Lofshult, on July 22nd, 2009%
If you’ve been using Firefox 3.5 and are concerned about the reported vulnerabilities in it, you should download version . . . → Read More: Firefox 3.5.1
By Joe Lofshult, on July 16th, 2009%
The developers of the Firefox browser are warning of a critical vulnerability in the latest version of the browser, version 3.5. The vulnerability is in a component of the browser’s Javascript engine that could allow an attacker to remotely execute code on a user’s computer.
Mozilla further warned that a working exploit has been publically released, increasing . . . → Read More: Critical Firefox Vulnerability