Still getting hit by the W32.Esbot Worm?
Some people are still getting whacked today by the Esbot worm. A friend of mine just IM me, and said that he got hit this afternoon he had been asleep at the switch for a couple of days and is…
The worm we talked about on the show yesterday has been busy!
Windows 2000 users nationwide who have not patched their computers either battled, or are battling a worm that continues to spread ,and cause havoc. Effected the most were large companies that have large enterprise installations of Windows 2000. I caught…
Looking for a hardware/software based Firewall?
I had this link sent to my via Skype tonight and I know nothing about this product except that a few sites are talking about it, and it looks like it would be a good software based firewall to run…
So what gets reported when you credit card is used?
Are companies like your insurance company tracking every time you buy a bottle of wine or pick up a few cigars? A listener to my podcast responded to a discussion I had about it in a recent show. A Listener…
Consumer Reports: Net Threat Rising!
If you think all this fuss over spyware, adware, viruses and trojans are just methods to get you to switch to a Mac, you’re wrong! These are by far the biggest threats to online security. If anyone is consider purchasing…
Did you Patch on Patch Tuesday?
Microsoft is recommend that if your system is not on auto-update that you run windows update and apply the patches released yesterday [BBC]
eBay flaw discovered!
I don’t normally quote a lot of other sites posting but the write up is perfect and will make you think a little! From PcWorld: “A flaw has been discovered on eBay’s Web site that would have allowed fraudsters to…