Monday, April 14th, 2008 My last posting was about upgrading the Adobe Flash Player, a Web browser plug-in. Adobe Systems just released a new version that fixes critical bugs in older versions, so everyone should update to the latest version.Adobe's Flash tester page displays the version of the Flash Player being used by your ...
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Monday, April 14th, 2008 ActiveX controls made up most of all browser plug-in vulnerabilities in the second half of 2007, according to Symantec.The company has just released its semi-annual web security report and in it said that Microsoft's technology, primarily used to create add-ins for Internet Explorer, accounted for 79 percent of the 239 ...
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Monday, April 14th, 2008 The first thing is to isolate the computer (no more trading floppies until you're done) and then begin to disinfect it.One of my favorite tools is Knoppix. The great thing about this Linux distribution is that you don't have to know anything about Linux in order to be able to ...
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Thursday, April 10th, 2008 The IronKey, designed to be the world’s most secure flash drive, protects your data, online passwords, and Internet privacy. Now you can safely carry your digital life with you wherever you go—with confidence and peace of mind. While it uses advanced security technologies previously only available to government agents and ...
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Monday, April 7th, 2008 Billy Rios has discovered a vulnerability in the Google Code service which could be exploited to steal passwords from developers who have registered on the site. The Google Security Team has since fixed the vulnerability.Rios succeeded in gaining cross-domain access by uploading a crafted Java applet to a project on ...
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