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The words that came out of my mouth this morning are not repeatable when I read that Symantec has been using a Rootkit as a security method to prevent users from deleting files. It appears they have figured out that this is probably not a good thing to do and thru their update service will be de-installing it. As pissed
Microsoft released more patches today that deal with ongoing security issues that have been showing up in recent weeks. Nice to see them get the patches out quicker but the question remains how long before something comes down the net that takes all of our machines out. [PCWorld.com]
Well this one sat me back in the seat. Did you know that the latest version of iTunes calls home and tells Apple what you listening to. Seeing that your logged in to your account most of the time when iTunes is loaded how do you like the thought that iTunes is sending your playlist back to Apple HQ and
Some Skype users are seeing unusual traffic activity on their high speed net connections. Is your system being used as a Skype super node read on. [paul.kedrosky.com]
This broke last week but many have been away from their computers due to the holidays. Seems all of the news organizations reporting staff is finally catching up with what most of us have known since last week. The Windows flaw can cause a fully patched PC to be hacked by a malicious site putting malicious code in a image.
The Windows Trojans that are being spread through images to this point has been addressed by Microsoft but their are some unofficial fixes and one that Microsoft has endorsed. [eWeek]
I am going to warn you the story you are about to read is one that will make your mouth drop open and pray that the person that is being talked about is not your daughter. Identity thieves do not need to dumpster dive just hang out in a product return line. [Lockergnome]
Fully patched Windows XP SP2 machines are vulnerable to a new attack under way and there's no known fix as yet. If you are a Internet Explorer user you will be infected by simply viewing a page that contains an image with this new exploit. If your a Firefox user you will be infected if you download the image. It
If you have a RAR archive that needs to be unlocked check out the referenced site they may have a solution to get into a RAR archive that has been password protected. [www.rarpasswordcracker.com]
More distressing news coming from Visa and I am sure what will be post holiday surprises not to mention a lot of distress by holiday travelers. "Visa USA acknowledged Saturday that a U.S. merchant "may have experienced a data security breach" that compromised credit card account information." [News.com]
I hate to say it but the person in Rex Hammocks office that lost all of her iTunes music when her hard-drive crashed on her Powerbook should have known better. Rex seems to be incredulous that Apple will not replace her music. Hey Rex it is a well known fact that you better backup your music as you do point
I am going to be straight up, if this latest hack gets rolling their is going to be hell to pay. Imagine that your machine gets hacked and a crafty hacker installs a hidden rootkit. (Oh yeah doesn't Sony have like a 1/2 million possible computers with a hidden rootkit installed). Lets just take it a step further not only
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