New Microsoft Ad

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

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Interesting Links for the Weekend

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

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Adobe Flash/Reader Flaws

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

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Firefox 3.5.1

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

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Critical Firefox Vulnerability

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

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