Security Fix: January 25, 2009 - January 31, 2009
Google: This Internet May Harm Your Computer
A glitch in a computer security program embedded deeply into Google's search engine briefly prevented users of the popular search engine from visiting any Web sites turned up in search results this morning. Instead, Google users were redirected to page...
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January 31, 2009; 10:40 AM ET |
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Troubled Ukrainian Host Sidelined
A Ukrainian Web hosting provider that, according to published reports, has long served as home base to a prolific and invasive family of malicious software has been taken offline following abuse reports from Security Fix to the company's Internet provider....
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January 30, 2009; 12:59 PM ET |
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Blogfight: IE Vs. Firefox Security
I'm writing this to set the record straight on some statements made earlier this month by Jeff Jones, a security strategy director at Microsoft. In analysis published on his Technet Security Blog and at cio.com, Jeff picked apart research I...
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January 29, 2009; 8:00 AM ET |
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Security Fix Pop Quiz, Reality-Show Style
It's been a while since we published our last Security Fix Pop Quiz, a periodic exercise to see whether you've updated your computer with the proper security updates. Usually when we do these quizzes I focus on the latest updates...
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January 28, 2009; 11:13 AM ET |
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Monster.com Breach May Preface Targeted Attacks
Job search giant Monster.com quietly disclosed this week that its user database was illegally accessed, resulting in the theft of an unspecified number of Monster user IDs and passwords, names, phone numbers and e-mail addresses. The company said it opted...
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January 27, 2009; 10:30 AM ET |
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When Cyber Criminals Eat Their Own
Some of the most prolific and recognizable malware disbursed by Russian and East European cyber crime groups purposefully avoids infecting computers if the program detects the potential victim is a native resident. But evidence from the Conficker worm -- which...
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January 26, 2009; 11:40 AM ET |
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