Monday, June 9th, 2008
The number of interested parties eager to listen in on your online conversations, including what you type through instant messaging, has never been higher.
It's trivial to monitor unencrypted wireless networks and snatch IM passwords as they flow through the ether. Broadband providers and their business partners are enthusiastically peeking into ...
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Saturday, June 7th, 2008
The emergence of a variant on a virus that encrypts the victim's data with a strong 1,024-bit algorithm so the victim can't unscramble it without paying a ransom has begun to spread, potentially posing a major threat, according to the antimalware firm which discovered it.
Kaspersky Lab says the new variant ...
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Thursday, June 5th, 2008
A flaw in a kernel driver used by Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 and 7.0, Kaspersky Internet Security 6.0 and 7.0, and Kaspersky Anti-Virus 6.0 for Windows Workstations can be exploited by uers with restricted rights to get admin rights to a system, or by malware to execute with system privileges.
The cause ...
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
If you're a quasi-sophisticated Mac user and have been looking for advice on how to better safeguard your machine from hackers or local prying eyes, look no further: Apple has released a massive, 240-page guide that describes various methods for securing the operating system.
According to SecurityFocus.com, the manual includes an ...
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Wednesday, June 4th, 2008
We've always wanted to find a simple way to deliver Pandora as a desktop application -- it's probably been on our to do list longer than any single feature. Today we're dipping our toe into those waters for the first time with the release of a Beta version of Pandora ...
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