TrueCrypt 6.1 encryption software released

Monday, November 3rd, 2008

TrueCrypt 6.1, the open source, cross platform disk encryption tool, now supports the encryption of non-system partitions under Windows Vista and Server 2008, without losing the existing data on that partition. However users need to choose "Create Volume/Encrypt a non-system partition/Standard volume/Select Device/Encrypt partition in place" to make use of ...

Microsoft to Issue Emergency Security Update Today

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008

Microsoft said late Wednesday that it plans to break out of its monthly patch cycle to issue a security update today for a critical vulnerability in all supported versions of Windows. Redmond rarely releases security patches outside of Patch Tuesday, the second Tuesday of each month. The software giant isn't providing ...

E-mail Scammers Target Microsoft Users

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

Microsoft users are being targeted again by malware via e-mail, scammers/spammers never give up and for once the e-mail looks fairly legitimate. Usually this kind of ‘baitware’ is riddled with terrible grammar and horrible spellings, do make sure you brief the less security aware friends you have about this though just ...

AVG flags ZoneAlarm as malware

Thursday, October 16th, 2008

Grisoft, makers of AVG antivirus, on Wednesday released a new update addressing a false positive in another security product. On Tuesday, AVG users reported desktops warnings that their desktop was infected with something called Trojan Agent r.CX. Some files within zlsSetup_70_483_000_en[1].exe, a compressed file containing dormant set-up files for Check Point's ...

Exploit code loose for six-month-old Windows bug

Friday, October 10th, 2008

Microsoft Corp. yesterday acknowledged that exploit code is circulating for a vulnerability it acknowledged six months ago, but has yet to patch. It's not clear whether Microsoft intends to fix the flaw next week. On Thursday, Microsoft revised a security advisory it first posted April 19 about a bug in Windows XP, ...