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FTC announces international crack down on bogus support call scam
The US Federal Trade Commission announced a crackdown on a widespread phone-based scam that tricked tens of thousands of computer owners, worldwide, into purchasing bogus computer cleanup services.
Microsoft Windows Update emails try to steal your Gmail, Yahoo, AOL passwords...
Beware any emails which claim to come from privacy@microsoft.com - it could be that you're being targeted in an attack designed to steal your AOL, Gmail, Yahoo or Windows Live password.
Microsoft warns of Flash vulnerability on IE 10 and Windows 8
They’re not even available yet, but Windows 8 and Internet Explorer 10 are already the subjects of a Microsoft Security Advisory concerning - you guessed it - Adobe Flash vulnerability.
Monday review: the hot 18 stories of the week
It's weekly summary time.
Here's everything we've written in the last seven days.
Emergency security patch issued by Microsoft to squash Internet Explorer zero day exploit
Microsoft has released an out-of-cycle security update to protect Internet Explorer users against a vulnerability that was being exploited by malicious hackers.
Microsoft releases fix for Internet Explorer security hole, full patch coming Friday
Microsoft has issued a simple Fix It tool to fix the zero day security vulnerability in Internet Explorer that has been causing headlines this week.
Threat level goes HIGH, as Microsoft readies fix for critical Internet Explorer security hole
Experts at SophosLabs have raised their threat level to "High" in response to an as-yet unpatched security vulnerability in Internet Explorer.
Microsoft advisory: Internet Explorer zero day affects most Windows versions
A newly discovered and serious security hole in Microsoft’s Internet Explorer web browser affects a wide swath of the company’s Windows and Internet Explorer installations, according to a Security Advisory released by the company late Monday.
SSCC 98 - RSA keys, Blackhole exploits, Nitol botnets and Apache takes potshots at Microsoft
Duck joins Chet to take on the latest security news.
As usual, they don't mince their words, so take a listen and enjoy a quarter-hour mix of news, opinion, advice and research..
Malware attack blasted out in "Important Changes to Microsoft Services agreement" email
If you received an email, apparently from Microsoft, claiming to be about "Important Changes to Microsoft Services Agreement" would you trust it?
Monday review: the hot 22 stories of the week
In case you missed any recent stories, here's everything we wrote in the last seven days.
Google, Facebook, Microsoft join non-profit to promote internet's awesomeness [VIDEO]
Can companies like Facebook, Microsoft and Google fix the dangers of the internet through education, or do we need more legislation involved?
Microsoft gets control of zombie domain, warns about malware "in the supply chain"
Microsoft has announced, with perfectly rightful excitement, that a court in Virginia, USA, has given it control over the domain 3322 dot org.
This is one of the most prevalent call-home locations used by the Nitol malware - a family with tens of thousands of known variants.
Patch Tuesday for September 2012 - All about Adobe
Patch Tuesday for September 2012 is here and fortunately there isn't a lot to talk about. Microsoft released two fixes, while Adobe patched critical vulnerabilities in Flash and Photoshop CS6.
Microsoft says "No!" to insecure certificate practices
Microsoft will be shipping an update as part of October's Patch Tuesday that will invalidate RSA certificates weaker than 1024 bits. If you are using old or weak certificates now is the time to upgrade them to a more appropriate strength.
MediaFire restores virus researcher’s account, questions copyright troll and DMCA claim
Cloud-based storage firm MediaFire restored account access to a virus researcher who was suspended after a mysterious firm claimed virus samples she posted on the service violated copyright protections.
Apache Foundation creates firestorm over user privacy choices [POLL]
The Apache Foundation has decided to ignore user tracking preferences when surfing with Internet Explorer 10 in its market dominating web server. Read on for the controversy and the opportunity to weigh in with your thoughts.
Microsoft RDP - Remote Desktop Protocol or Routine Darkside Probe?
Leaving RDP open to the internet is a little bit like giving a visitor a seat in the corner of your server room and saying, "I'll just leave you here while I go for lunch. Don't touch anything, will you?"
What could possibly go wrong?
Attacks on Java security hole hidden in bogus Microsoft Services Agreement email
Online scammers are using a recent email from Microsoft Corp. as bait in a widespread phishing campaign that exploits vulnerabilities in Oracle’s Java software to install malicious programs on vulnerable systems.
DDoS attack stymies vote in Miss Hong Kong beauty contest
Residents of Hong Kong were up in arms after a popular, online vote to select the next Miss Hong Kong was sabotaged by a distributed denial-of-service attack, forcing the pageant’s judges to pick the winner on their own.
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