Useful Registry Entries for Windows NT/2000 and Windows 9x/ME

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

The following is a list of registry entries culled from many trawlings on web pages and discussion groups. They will be most useful for NT network administrators. The entries follow the format found when exporting registry files using RegEDIT. This allows for easy cut & paste into a custom .REG file ...

New breed of hack attack

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Hackers appear to have stepped up their efforts to trick corporate executives into downloading malicious software programs that can steal company data over the past year.That's according to security vendor MessageLabs, which caught an average of 10 e-mails per day in May targeted at people in senior management positions, up ...

Password-Stealing Trojan Spreads

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

A fresh round of spam with a password-stealing Trojan horse detected this week uses a German-language pitch, saying the malicious attachment is an official Microsoft Windows update.The attached malware, called "Trojan-PSW.Win32.Sinowal.u" by antivirus software developer Kaspersky Lab, is a next-generation Trojan that's on the rise, said Roel Schouwenberg, a senior ...

Hackers Get Intel Mac to Run Windows XP

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

A contest to see who could first get Windows XP working on an Intel Mac has been won, according to the contest's coordinator, Colin Nederkoorn. The "Windows XP on an Intel Mac" page provides a link to a download that includes software and instructions for use.Nederkoorn first put the contest ...

Protect your Web site from Google Hacking

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

What's accessible to the average person about your Web site? It could be more than you bargained for. Even if pages are hidden from view, confidential files about customers and employees could be just a search phrase away.Google.com keeps a massive index of Web pages and files on the Web. ...