Security Fix - Brian Krebs on computer and Internet security - December 7, 2008

Microsoft: Big Security Hole in All IE Versions

On Wednesday, Security Fix warned readers about a newly-discovered security hole in Internet Explorer 7. I'm posting this again because Microsoft now says the flaw affects all supported versions of IE, and because security experts are warning that a large...

Who's Tracking You?

The cover story for the January 2009 issue of Popular Mechanics magazine is a piece I wrote about ways marketers, or even stalkers, can track people through technologies many of us use every day. Here's a snippet from that piece:...

Retail Fraud Rates Plummeted the Night McColo Went Offline

One month after the shutdown of hosting provider McColo Corp., spam volumes are nearly back to the levels seen prior to the company's take down by its upstream Internet providers. But according to one noted fraud expert, spam wasn't the...

Court Freezes Assets of Alleged 'Scareware' Purveyors

A federal court has frozen the assets of several businesses accused of conspiring to trick more than one million consumers into purchasing and installing "scareware," which uses fake security alerts to frighten consumers into paying for bogus computer security software....

Microsoft Investigating Reports of New IE7 Exploit

Microsoft said it is investigating reports that a new exploit is going around that takes advantage of an unpatched security hole in Internet Explorer 7. The SANS Internet Storm Center, which tracks hacking trends, said today that while the exploit...

Microsoft Plugs at Least 28 Security Holes

Microsoft has an early holiday present for Windows users: A batch of eight software updates that plug at least 28 security holes in the widely-used operating system and other Microsoft products. Six out of eight of the update bundles earned...

Report: Cybercrime is Winning the Battle Over Cyberlaw

Law enforcement agencies worldwide are losing the battle against cyber crime at a time when criminals are increasingly using the global economic downturn to make headway in recruiting more computers and computer users to further illegal online activities, a scathing...

A Scary Twist in Malware Evil-ution

Security experts are warning Internet users to be aware of a disturbing evolution in malicious software that can turn a single infected computer into a vehicle for stealing data from nearby systems, regardless of what operating system or security software...

Security Fix: December 7, 2008 - December 13, 2008