Archive for November 10th, 2009

“MaCatte” rogue tries to copy McAfee AV scanner look

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
“MaCatte” rogue tries to copy McAfee AV scanner look

Maybe they just misspelled it:It blocks other AV, redirects your browser and nags you about phony malware infections until you pay it $99. McAfee might be our competitor, but we know that ISN’T their business model.McAfee blog story here. Tom Kel... »

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Unabashed hype

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Unabashed hype

It’s irritating when CEOs post self-aggrandizing posts that read more like press releases than substance. So I’ll just link to our braggart press release and not actually post the text in the blog.  Hopefully I’ve avoided autopho... »

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3,100 vulnerabilities connected with Web software

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
3,100 vulnerabilities connected with Web software

If anyone ever needed a great example for the lectures they give friends, relatives or employees about the importance of installing software updates, here it is.Security firm Cenzic ( http://www.cenzic.com/company/ ) has made public a report documentin... »

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November 2009 Security Bulletin Release

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
November 2009 Security Bulletin Release

Summary of Microsoft’s Security Bulletin Release for November 2009 Today, we released six security bulletins addressing a total of 15 vulnerabilities. Four affect Windows and Windows Server and two affect Microsoft Office products (Excel and Word). As we do every month, we have prepared our Risk & Impact and our Deployment... »

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Major net advertiser site is spreading little-detected malware to visitors

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
Major net advertiser site is spreading little-detected malware to visitors

Web security firm Websense is reporting that the servers of web advertiser media-servers.net has been compromised and is serving visitors malcode that exploits Microsoft and Adobe vulnerabilities. Thousands of sites have been compromised over several m... »

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