Thursday, September 24th, 2009
F-Secure Health Check checks your computer for potentially unsafe software and, by suggesting solutions, helps you to resolve the situation before it turns into a problem. What security measures you take, is entirely up to you.
F-Secure Health Check does not check your computer for Viruses, Trojan Horses, Backdoors, Bots, Rootkits ...
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Thursday, September 24th, 2009
A phishing scam is circulating on Twitter that aims to steal users' log-in credentials and then forward scam messages to all their friends in the hope of tricking them too.
The scam begins with a direct message -- one sent directly between two Twitter users -- that reads "ROFL this you ...
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Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009
Apple has shipped iTunes 9.0.1 to fix a critical security hole that puts Mac and Windows users at risk of computer takeover attacks. The vulnerability could be used by hackers to launch code execution attacks via booby-trapped “.pls” files, Apple warned in an advisory.
Source:
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4379
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Sunday, September 20th, 2009
During a recent talk with LogMeIn CEO Michael Simon, I learned about the company's new LogMeIn Central dashboard for IT managers, designed to help them keep tabs on thousands of computers at a time.
I also heard about the new version of virtual network service Hamachi, which makes it a competitor ...
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Friday, September 18th, 2009
A new, free Web-based search service that combs real identity-theft trafficking forums used by criminals lets consumers proactively check if they are a victim of identity theft.
The StolenID Search site is a partnership between ID theft prevention firm TrustedID and U.K.-based Lucid Intelligence, a firm founded by two former Scotland ...
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