Social media and privacy

Shelly Palmer blogs about privacy and Twitter, as regards marketing companies mining the data:

MON 03 NOV. 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Another useless test grabs headlines

I like Secunia, so no hard feelings from our side. But truly, this test they published the other day, showing that “security suites fail exploit tests” is a silly and useless PR stunt.

WED 22 OCT. 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Love letters on the MBR

WED 28 NOV. 2007 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Fake Microsoft Antispyware Center

Everyone wants to be Microsoft. There’s people using Google keywords of “Microsoft Antispyware”. There’s fake Microsoft security sites being registered. And now an apparent porn search site, maxing-search(dot)com has a fake Microsoft Antispyware Center.

MON 08 OCT. 2007 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Finjan confirms botnet swarms shrinking to avoid detection

Finjan has confirmed fellow IT security vendor F-Secure's analysis that botnets are getting smaller, as criminals seek to ensure their botnet swarms evade detection.

WED 03 OCT. 2007 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Great Resource for Understanding Security Bulletins

Each month, Microsoft releases a set of security bulletins on "Patch Tuesday," along with a technical description of each bulletin. But for some folks, those descriptions are a little too technical and long-winded.

WED 03 MAY 2006 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Don't bother with Windows Update...

Use Microsoft Update instead. Our friends over at F-Secure brought up this point on the 13th of April, and it’s a good one.

WED 19 APRIL 2006 |Featured in: Hackersblog

A video of CreateTextRange vulnerability

The createTextRange() zero-day vulnerability has been patched in the latest round of security updates from Microsoft.

WED 19 APRIL 2006 |Featured in: Hackersblog