Pay Per Hack’d Mac?

by Bill Correa 30. September 2009 11:15

Mac OS X is becoming a target for cyber criminals, and the field is wide open for Mac users to make themselves easy pickings! [More]

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IRS E-Mail Scam -- #1 Virus Problem

by Bill Correa 29. September 2009 10:53

IRS Scam email with a Trojan Payload has been the most successful attack so far in 2009, bringing it to the #1 spot globally. Continuous variants of the Trojan make this a difficult attack to shore up defenses against, so the best defense is a vigilent end-user. [More]

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Tags: irs scam, zbot, zeus trojan

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Social Networking Sites are Leaking…

by Bill Correa 25. September 2009 16:54

Findings of a study performed by AT&T Labs and the Worcester Polytechnic Institute has concluded that Online Social Networking (OSN) Sites are ‘leaking’ Personally Identifiable Information (PII) by allowing 3rd party advertising companies to associate specific browsing habits of users with a spe... [More]

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Tags: pii, osn, opt-out, privacy

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Cisco Biannual Patch Day: Eleven Advisories Affect IOS and UCM

by Bill Correa 23. September 2009 10:28

Round of 11 advisories for Cisco IOS and UCM including 3 vulnerabilities with a CVSS score > 7.0 --> Updates available via Cisco [More]

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OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard fails to improve ASLR – remains easier to hack!

by Bill Correa 15. September 2009 12:49

OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard is still less secure than Windows Vista or 7 -- according to Mac Security Researcher and Author! [More]

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Apple Fixes Flaws in All Current Versions of OS X

by Bill Correa 10. September 2009 09:21

2 Critical Updates for OS X affecting both Desktop and Server versions of Snow Leopard, Leopard and Tiger across all hardware platforms, addresses at least 30 CVE-ID Vulnerabilities. [More]

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