(MALicious softWARE) Software designed to destroy, aggravate and otherwise make life unhappy. See crimeware, virus, worm, logic bomb, macro virus and Trojan.
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- News to know: Office 2007 SP1; Microsoft security; KVM vs. Xen; AMD
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Mark your calendars: Microsoft to push Office 2007 SP1 on June 16 EIC podcast: SAP; JavaOne; AMD, Microhoo Larry Dignan: Microsoft previews three critical bulletins; two for Office Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft shares...
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- Google offers enterprise web security
- Postini, a company acquired by Google, is now offering enterprise web security. All traffic is routed through Google, and they take care of making sure traffic meets your corporate policies. The interesting part of all this though is how it secures computers, even when they aren't in the...
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- Malware shipped with Firefox 2 language pack
- Malware shipped with Firefox 2 language packif "language pack" is open source? Why they didn't catch it? :-)if "language pack" is open source? Why they didn't catch it? :-)if "language pack" is open source, why they didn't catch it?if "language pack" is open source, why they didn't catch it?if "language...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-08
- Malware shipped with Firefox 2 language pack
- Mozilla is warning that a Vietnamese language pack for Firefox 2 is carrying malware. In her blog, Mozilla security chief Window Snyder writes: The Vietnamese language pack for Firefox 2 contains inserted code to load remote content. This code is the result of a virus infection,...
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- Mozilla spreads malware rather than security
- Mozilla spreads malware rather than securityyet another demostration that open source code is NOT safer than closedyet another demostration that open source code is NOT safer than closedSh*t happens....There is no absolute security in computing. And there never will be. Not even when you are running Linux (safe from viruses,...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-08
- Mozilla spreads malware rather than security
- Vietnamese users turning to Mozilla's Firefox to offer then security got a shock yesterday when the company revealed that the Vietnamese language pack for Firefox 2 was contaminated with malicious code and that this had been available for download for three months. Because of a virus infection, the Vietnamese...
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- RemoveAdmin (exe)
- This installer installs a small proxy program and corresponding shortcuts for Firefox and IE that will remove administrative rights when launching either Web browser, respectively. After installation, completely quit from the browser you are using, then launch it with the "Secure" shortcut. Now go to your favorite Web page, right...
- Software downloads 2008-05-08
- Proof that Linux is for geeks with too much time on their hands!
- Proof that Linux is for geeks with too much time on their hands!No LVM stuff required for WindowsAlso, all you need to do for windows is mount the image destination (could be a local USB drive) and run "partimage". The GUI does the rest.For restores, just do "partimage" and path...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-07
- Do we need another CERT?
- Yes. Google's backing of oCERT is a major milestone in the history of open source. It's not that I have anything against the Computer Emergency Response TeamCERT at Carnegie-Mellon. They do important work, not only in identifying risks but in educating people on them. ...
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- Catching up: MySpace adds Karaoke; Friends Reunited drops paid access; Facebook apps create privacy scare
- Catching up: MySpace adds Karaoke; Friends Reunited drops paid access; Facebook apps create privacy scareStating the...This seems a bit obvious to me. If you've ever tried any of the applications you quickly learn how far they tend to fall from their "intended" purpose. Why would you need to know how...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-05
- Catching up: MySpace adds Karaoke; Friends Reunited drops paid access; Facebook apps create privacy scare
- The social web weekly: a quick-fire roundup of some of the news, announcements and conversations that have occurred throughout the last week… MySpace adds Karaoke. Nearly two years after Fox Interactive purchased the karaoke site kSolo.com, its feature-set has finally been integrated into MySpace. "The combination of...
- Blog posts 2008-05-05
- Xubuntu 8.04 stellar on low-power machines
- I finally had the chance to install Xubuntu 8.04 on a laptop for another of my kids this weekend. My first attempt to install Xubuntu (Ubuntu running the Xfce interface instead of Gnome and generally considered lighter and faster than other *buntus) on a seriously aging and memory starved...
- Blog posts 2008-05-04
- Assassin (zip)
- Assassin is an extremely powerful Anti-Malware application which can identify, locate, close, and delete any running process on a Windows NT, XP, or 2000 Operating System. Assassin 4.0 utilizes an innovative process terminating technology which has never been seen before and is exclusive to the Assassin product. Assassin can terminate...
- Software downloads 2008-05-04
- Questioning IT
- This is the 16th excerpt from the first book in the Defen series: The Board Member's IT Brief. This section is concerned with things you should talk to your CIO about - informally, but with attention. Topic Two: Maintaining Information Integrity Mainframe and Client-Server Architectures...
- Blog posts 2008-05-02
- Grouped Access Tools (5)
- Grouped Access Tools (GAT) is a very powerful tool that is designed to fight malware, debug applications, software and games, by a means of accessing, editing, analyzing, and manipulating the software. It is able to open processes that are running or start new programs. The user can do very many...
- Software downloads 2008-05-02
- Word up to Linux fan boys: Multiple Linux flaws show that Linux also has kernel issues
- Word up to Linux fan boys: Multiple Linux flaws show that Linux also has kernel issuesLet's find out.I'd like to know just what the similarities or lack there of will be in security issues when Linux replaces Windows as the OS of the people.Apple's dealing with this right nowTime to...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-01
- Apple's hard push of Safari hits Firefox market share
- Apple's tactics of pushing Safari to all iTunes users seems to have been successful in putting Safari 3.1 on the browser map, although at the expense of Firefox. In data released by Net Applications for April, last month saw Firefox's market share drop by nearly 1% following strong month-on-month...
- Blog posts 2008-05-01
- Judge decisively rejects RIAA legal theory
- Judge decisively rejects RIAA legal theoryNiceOK so if I buy a CD and let strangers walk in my house and listen to them I'm infringing on copyright! hahahaha!This judge probablydissented just to get his name in the paper. Because hundreds of other judges have upheld the theory, because it's pretty...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-30
- Dani_screensaver (zip)
- A screensaver and slideshow. It installs a screensaver and a slide show. You can delete one and not affect the other. No spyware or malware. It is just different photographs of a pretty woman. Images are used with permission of the individual photographers. The model is Dani of the UK....
- Software downloads 2008-04-30
- MS08-025: Microsoft Windows kernel vulnerable to local privilege escalation flaw
- MS08-025: Microsoft Windows kernel vulnerable to local privilege escalation flawCrumbsThe 10 year old mouse is out.Who'da thought?New news?Isn't this just rehashing news from three weeks ago? Not that it isn't a serious flaw, but it's old news. Can't we just wait for the next patch Tuesday, or is...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-29
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