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AGGRESSIVE PHISHING SCAM TARGETS DOMAIN OWNERS
A new phishing campaign is targeting the owners of internet domains in an attempt to spread malware. The emails are presented as a notice of domain suspension, claiming that the user’s domain (registered website address) has received several...
Read moreAD-WATCH PREVIEW
Some of you may have noticed that in the Ad-Aware 2007 update that was released before the weekend, the Ad-Watch real-time module was activated in your freeware. This has since been updated, but we hope you enjoyed your free preview of Ad-Watch...
Read moreADOBE FLASH NOW WITH AUTOMATIC UPDATING
The latest Flash update patches two security vulnerabilities - the first (CVE-2012-0772), resolves a memory corruption vulnerability related to URL security domain checking that could lead to code execution on Windows 7 or Vista. The second...
Read moreACTIVEX VULNERABILITY
Todays security news: Microsoft has released a newSecurity Advisorybased on a vulnerability in part of the Microsoft XML Core Services 4.0, which could allow for remote code execution. The vulnerability is caused by an error in XMLHTTP 4.0 ActiveX...
Read more50 BANKS IN PHARMING ATTACK
Todays security news story comes with a moral: never underestimate the importance of having good anti-virus, anti-spyware, and firewall software, along with always making sure to update your operating system. Last week'spharming attackon over 50...
Read more5 RED FLAGS YOUR PERSONAL DATA MAY HAVE BEEN STOLEN
In 2014, close toone billiononline records were compromised in 1,922 confirmed incidents, including high profile data breaches such as Home Depot, JPMorgan Chase, Michaels and Neiman Marcus. The compromised records consist of usernames, passwords,...
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