Security
Secure your home wireless network
A lot of us have home networks or at least are using wireless to connect to the Internet. Unfortunately, we are not always careful about making the network secure. I have posted about setting up a wireless network before and here is another article worth reading. It’s at Digital Inspiration and is described:
This article describes [...]
The malware industry
I’ve posted before about how cybercrime has become an organized industry but here’s some more on the subject; it’s a Microsoft report entitled, “Microsoft Security Intelligence Report Volume 7″. PC World comments:
Malware makers – the criminals responsible for viruses and worms – have become increasingly organized and sophisticated, according to a Microsoft security report that [...]
Can whitelisting help combat the malware epidemic?
Malware on the Internet is a bad situation and any good news on that front is welcome. So it is encouraging to see that security expert Roger Grimes says that whitelisting may be an effective defense. Writing at InfoWorld, Grimes reviews five whitelisting applications and says that whitelisting may be the new best defense against [...]
Update Java
Guess what? Another security patch- this time it’s Java. The update link is here. You might also be able to update using the Java applet in Control Panel. It’s easier to find the applet if you use Classic View in Windows XP. Be sure to uncheck any extras you don’t want from the Java update [...]
Adobe Shockwave patch
Another security update is out for Adobe Shockwave player. The download is at this link.
Via Ryan Naraine.
Microsoft re-patching
Gregg Keizer reports at ComputerWorld:
Microsoft yesterday re-patched Internet Explorer, the third time it’s been forced to repair one of the updates from its largest-ever bug fix, which was delivered on Oct. 13.
Monday’s fix targeted MS09-054, the update that patched four vulnerabilities, all “critical,” in Internet Explorer (IE). According to Christopher Budd, a spokesman for the [...]
Microsoft patches patched
Some of the Microsoft security patches from the October patch Tuesday were buggy. Microsoft issued some fixes yesterday. So you may need to check Microsoft Update. Details at InfoWorld.
Malware bot attacking Facebook
Gregg Keizer at Computerworld reports:
A massive bot-based attack has been hitting Facebook users, with nearly three-quarters of a million users receiving fake password reset messages, according to security researchers.
The attack, which began Monday afternoon, according to e-mail security vendor Cloudmark, targets Facebook users with a spoofed message that claims recipients’ Facebook passwords have been reset [...]
More bad news on infected sites
The number of Web sites hosting dangerous links and scripts keeps growing. ZDNet reports:
More than 640,000 websites and about 5.8 million pages are infected with malware, according to Dasient, which was founded by former Googlers to offer services to help websites stay malware-free and off blacklists.
Firefox updated
Mozilla has updated the Firefox browser to version 3.5.4. The update patches a number of potential security holes. If you are still using the old 3.0 series, it has been updated also. More detail about the updates is at Computerworld.
Popular tech blog hit with scareware
Another example of the severity of the Internet malware problem is the infection of the popular tech blog Gizmodo. BBC reports:
Visitors to technology blog Gizmodo are being warned that they could have picked up more than tips about the latest must-have gadget.
According to security firm Sophos, the website was delivering advertisements “laced with malware” last [...]