Saturday, May 24th, 2008
The Secunia PSI is the FREE security tool that is designed with the sole purpose of helping you secure your computer from software vulnerabilities. Software vulnerabilities affect all applications installed on your computer, from the Operating System down to your email client, office application, instant messaging, and so on.
A software ...
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Thursday, May 22nd, 2008
Security service Zero Day Initiative (ZDI) has found three critical vulnerabilities that allow attackers to infect the computers of Trillian Instant Messenger users with malicious code. The vendor has responded by releasing an update to close the holes.
When processing XML through functions of the talk.dll dynamic link library, malformed ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
You don't have to spend $100 to $200 a year to defend yourself from identity theft at the level of protection that a paid service offers. You can do almost everything the services do, for free. But following these steps will require time and effort.
Get a free copy of your ...
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
Microsoft have just published an article on the 5 most misunderstood features in Windows Vista from IT Professional's & Developer's point of view, these include:
User Account Control (UAC)
Image Management
Display Driver Model
Windows Search
64-bit version
Head over to the Microsoft Download Center to grab the document.
Source: Nicholas Rayner
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Thursday, May 15th, 2008
If you want to be stylish and liked, go with what’s popular. But if you want security, using the most popular passwords are a sure way to leave hackers an easy way into your accounts. Apparently, a whopping 20% of people use some variant of the following 10 password choices, ...
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