Saturday, March 8th, 2008
A new entrant to the crowded Internet browser market is attempting to put privacy issues centre stage by stressing it will not retain details of the websites it has visited.
The Browzar software has been specifically designed to protect users' privacy, the company said, implying that the other main browser do ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
There's a new free tool to help PC users root out rootkits. Called Sophos Anti-Rootkit, the software from Sophos will detect and remove both known and unknown rootkits, and it will also warn system administrators if removing the software might harm operating system integrity.
Rootkits are a collection of tools used ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Imagine visiting a blog on a social site or checking your email on a portal like Yahoo's Webmail. While you are reading the Web page, JavaScript code is downloaded and executed by your Web browser. It scans your entire home network, detects and determines your Linksys router model number, and ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Researchers say that small devices called "JitterBugs" could piggyback onto network connections to discreetly send passwords and other sensitive data over the Internet.
Like the current keylogger hardware used by the FBI and criminals alike to record passwords and other data, JitterBugs are small devices that attach to a keyboard and ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
A security flaw in the PayPal web site is being actively exploited by fraudsters to steal card numbers and other personal information belonging to PayPal users. The issue was reported to Netcraft today via our anti-phishing toolbar. The scam works quite convincingly, by tricking users into accessing a URL ...
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