Sep 20, 2011

Microsoft is promising us performance improvements with the upcoming Windows 8 and while the new OS may still be in its beginning, it appears to be living up to these claims. I have been doing some tests and so far I am impressed, while I do love Linux systems I just can’t get away from the evil Windowz everyone claims Microsoft to be. Windows 8 Has A Much...

Mar 20, 2011

Dutch experts have helped an international team dismantle a world-wide illegal computer network, computer giant Microsoft has announced. The Rustock botnet is thought to have sent billions of daily spam messages from some one million infected private computers. The Dutch High Tech Crime Unit was responsible for breaking up the network’s command structure...

Mar 16, 2011

For many people, the word “encryption” invokes images of spies, clandestine operations and World War II code breakers feverishly working to decipher enemy messages. Actually, encryption is a priceless security tool that any business can easily use to keep sensitive information confidential and safe from prying eyes. Unfortunately, many businesses...

Mar 16, 2011

This is the first in IT Security’s periodic list of free security tools. Be aware that these are by no means all the anti-virus tools on the market. For example, this list does not include major anti-virus vendors that provide paid individual and enterprise solutions. However, that does not mean that the included anti-virus tools are not worthwhile — the...

Mar 15, 2011

  By Michael Kassner March 15, 2011, 6:39 AM PDT Takeaway: The reason IPv6 is needed may cripple blacklisting. FUD or for real? Michael Kassner investigates the potential for harm that IPv6 could pose for fighting spam. Why is there so much negative karma surrounding IPv6? Case in point, last week, a colleague of mine called, “Have you read the Register...

Mar 13, 2011

General Information Executive Summary This security update resolves one publicly disclosed vulnerability in DirectShow and one privately reported vulnerability in Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center. The more severe of these vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Microsoft Digital Video Recording...

Mar 12, 2011

   Microsoft on Thursday said its Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) does not contain the bug exploited this week by an Irish researcher at the Pwn2Own hacking contest. But while IE9 is not vulnerable to attacks using the same Pwn2Own exploit, up to 99% of IE’s users may be at risk. On Wednesday, researcher Stephen Fewer of Harmony Security chained three exploits...

Mar 11, 2011

A website popped up earlier this week offering free Microsoft Points. Sites advertising this are common, and they usually exist merely to farm personal information out of web surfers and possibly hit them with a virus or something similarly sinister. This one actually worked though, as a group of hackers had discovered an algorithm that allowed them “to add to...

Mar 11, 2011

There was a time not long ago when computer hacking brought to mind an image of an anti-social teenager hiding in his parents’ dark basement cracking code for the thrill of it and later posting his exploits online under a dangerous sounding nickname like “Plague.” But recent hacks on some of the world’s most sophisticated technology companies have...