Thursday, January 29th, 2009
The odds are pretty good that this will never happen to you, but should a floating head of U.S. President Barack Obama pop up on your desktop Monday morning, know this: You've been hit with the Obama worm.
The worm was spotted this past Monday after it infected PCs at a ...
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Wednesday, January 28th, 2009
DP Shredder scrubs files, folders, and free disk space with Department-of-Defense-approved methods. Completely stand-alone and small, DP Shredder is a great addition to your flash drive toolbox.
After selecting the disk, folder, or file you want to securely delete with DP Shredder, you can select the method and number of times ...
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Monday, January 26th, 2009
IE8 and Google Chrome both have a great feature that helps users detect phishing websites by highlighting the root domain when you browse to a page. You can get this functionality in Firefox with an add-on called Locationbar that is available here:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/4014
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Monday, January 26th, 2009
The 'RunAs' application included with Microsoft Windows is prone to a local information-disclosure vulnerability that may reveal information about password lengths.
A local attacker may exploit this issue to gain information about user passwords. This may aid in further attacks, such as brute-force or dictionary attacks against passwords.
An attacker requires local, ...
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Monday, January 26th, 2009
A social networking site operated by the 2008 Barack Obama campaign is serving up malware to unwary visitors a full week after the tactic was reported, a security researcher said today.
My.BarackObama.com, still active after the innauguration last week of President Obama, is being used by hackers trying to dupe users ...
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