Information, Security

Privacy-Assurance Seal Taken from Gratis Company

Wired News TRUSTe, the business community’s guarantor of internet privacy, abruptly ended its relationship with the company operating FreeiPods.com and other websites on Wednesday, alleging unspecified violations of privacy promises to consumers. TRUSTe said Gratis Internet of Washington could no…

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Todd Cochrane
Security

MSN Messenger: Patch issued yesterday, exploit code out there today

From TechworldMalicious code that exploits a new hole in MSN Messenger has been published on the Internet. Security experts have warned it could soon result in a worm or virus. The code attacks a vulnerability in Messenger’s “libpng” component which…

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Todd Cochrane
Security

Symantec has a serious large-scale flaw!

Those of you using Symantec products aka Norton run Live Update they have a patch out for a serious security flaw. This effects nearly every program in the lineup. [Infoworld]

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Todd Cochrane
Security

Scammers Target Microsoft’s Genuine Advantage Program

 Scammers are targeting users of Windows XP with a socially engineered phishing scheme that is designed to exploit Microsoft’s Windows Genuine Advantage program. The WGA-specific scam attempts to extort credit card information from its victims by warning that they must…

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Todd Cochrane
Security, Software

Hell Freezes Over? Non-MIE Security Problem.

Hell must of frozen over, there is a new browser exploit that does not attack Internet Explorer.  According to a paper recently published by Eric Johanson of the Shmoo Group, users on most Mozilla-based browsers (Firefox 1.0, Camino .8.5, Mozilla…

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Todd Cochrane