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| Hidden Dangers In Visiting Porn Sites
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| posted on Friday, November 30, 2007
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Online pornography hunters' Internet adventures are already fraught
with danger from malicious code many porn sites use to commandeer
visitors' machines or steal personal data.
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| In Millions Of PCs Running Windows, The Perfect Storm Gathers
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| posted on Monday, October 22, 2007
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A spectre is haunting the net but, outside of techie circles, nobody
seems to be talking about it. The threat it represents to our security
and wellbeing may be less dramatic than anything posed by global
terrorism, but it has the potential to wreak much more havoc. And so
far, nobody has come up with a good idea on how to counter it. It's called the Storm worm.
It first appeared at the beginning of the year, hidden in email
attachments with the subject line: '230 dead as storm batters Europe'.
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| DefCon: A Gathering Of Hackers, Crackers & Security Professionals
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| posted on Friday, August 10, 2007
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That exploration goes well beyond invading the closed corners of the
Internet. DefCon's more than 6,000 attendees hack everything: their
cars, to increase horsepower and remove pesky safety and emissions
controls; their brains, using biofeedback receptors attached to
videogames to relieve anxiety disorders; even the war in Iraq. One Navy
engineer gave a presentation detailing the nine months he spent hacking
insurgent bombs, jamming their radio frequencies to prevent detonation.
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| Invasion of the Computer Snatchers
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| posted on Monday, February 27, 2006
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Hackers are hijacking thousands of PCs to spy on users, shake down
online businesses, steal identities and send millions of pieces of
spam. If you think your computer is safe, think again.
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| Apple QuickTime Security Alert & Patches
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| posted on Friday, January 13, 2006
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QuickTime prior to version 7.0.4 has multiple image and media file
handling vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to run malicious
programs on your computer. Upgrading to Apple QuickTime version 7.0.4
will correct these vulnerabilities.
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| Microsoft Releasing WMF Patch At 5PM EST
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| posted on Sunday, January 08, 2006
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Microsoft has relented and given in to pressures from the real world
and is releasing a WMF patch. I imagine their servers are going to be
pretty hard-hit this afternoon. I've included most of their
announcement below.
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| Patch for Microsoft Hole: To Wait Or Not To Wait
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| posted on Sunday, January 08, 2006
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Some security researchers are advising Windows users to rush to install
an unofficial patch to fix
a vulnerability in the way the OS renders graphics files, but Microsoft
wants customers to wait another week for its official security update,
it announced Tuesday.
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| Followup: Windows PCs Face 'Huge' Virus Threat
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| posted on Sunday, January 08, 2006
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Ilfak Guilfanov (see GREEN box on website) produced a highly-effective
true patch which successfully suppresses all known exploitable
vulnerabilities for anyone using Windows 2000, XP, server 2003, or
64-bit XP.
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| Windows PCs Face 'Huge' Virus Threat
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| posted on Sunday, January 08, 2006
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Computer security experts were grappling with the threat of a new
weakness in Microsoft’s Windows operating system that could put
hundreds of millions of PCs at risk of infection by spyware or viruses.
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