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Infected Computers May Show Offensive Web Advertising (KTHV Little Rock)
Many online users are hit with offensive ads when visiting well known web sites. The fault may not lie in the web site, but on the user's own computer.
WARNING: Twitter Phishing Attack Underway (Mashable)
If you get a Twitter direct message today reading: “check out this funny blog about you”, we advise you don’t. The link leads to a fake Twitter login page that attempts to steal your Twitter login. Particularly susceptible to this attack are Twitter users who get their DMs delivered by email: it’s perfectly natural to be prompted to log in after clicking through from your email account. ...
SSL broken! Hackers create rogue CA certificate using MD5 collisions (ZDNet)
Using computing power from a cluster of 200 PS3 game consoles and about $700 in test digital certificates, a group of hackers in the U.S. and Europe have found a way to target a known weakness in the MD5 algorithm to create a rogue Certification Authority (CA), a breakthrough that allows the forging of certificates that are fully trusted by all modern Web browsers. The research, which will be ...
AVG 8.0 Protects Against Dangerous IE Vulnerability (Linux World Australia)
AVG, the global anti-virus and Internet security software provider, today assured computer users that its commercial AVG 8.0 security software products provide protection against the recently discovered vulnerability in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer web browser and has done so since 11th December.
Ince forced out by fear factor (BBC News)
Phil McNulty blogs on why Blackburn called time on Paul Ince
Digital delinquents thrive on IE6 exploits (The Register)
Fiesta attack tool drives through swiss-cheese browser Hackers have more more luck targeting users of older versions of Internet Explorer for exploitation than other demographics, according to figures culled from a popular attack tool.…
Microsoft: the number of compromised PCs in Australia surged this year (iTNews)
The total amount of malware removed from Australian PCs grew by over 55 percent in the first half of 2008, Microsoft has reported.
12 scams of Christmas (CIOL)
This Christmas, please find attached McAfee's Do's and Don'ts of online shopping!
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