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New Microsoft Ad

Joe Lofshult — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 03:55:00 +0000

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, and may scare viewers into choosing IE8. Look for more ads of this variety to be released in the coming weeks.

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Interesting Links for the Weekend

Joe Lofshult — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 20:12:55 +0000

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 Instant Messengers

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Adobe Flash/Reader Flaws

Joe Lofshult — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 19:45:34 +0000

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 your system.

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Firefox 3.5.1

Joe Lofshult — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:04:54 +0000

If you’ve been using Firefox 3.5 and are concerned about the reported vulnerabilities in it, you should download version 3.5.1 now.

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Critical Firefox Vulnerability

Joe Lofshult — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 16:23:27 +0000

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 the risk of attacks occurring in the wild.

The developers have provided instructions for disabling the vulnerable component of the browser in the security bulletin they released.

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