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Rootkits: Invasion of the Windows Snatchers
A Microsoft presentation at this week’s RSA Conference has some observers concerned about a recurring nightmare of computer security: Rootkits. A rootkit is a malicious…
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Microsoft Overloads the Patch Process
I’m done patching my own systems. I threw caution somewhat to the winds this time. I did do some testing; I have a test desktop…
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Avoiding ‘Evil Twins’ and Rogue Access Points
A whole new class of attacks is emerging to threaten Wi-Fi users. “Evil Twin” and other Wi-Fi-oriented attacks can fool users into providing confidential information…
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Holiday Attacks Target IE Browser, PHP Servers
Malware authors on Christmas day left dubious “gift” packages in e-mailboxes across the Internet. Fresh attacks, which took advantage of old Internet Explorer bugs, as…
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Anti-Spyware: The New Frontier in the Security Software Market
So Roger Thompson thinks that spyware is the next great menace to computer users? Not surprising since he’s been in the business of fighting spyware…
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Microsoft Tightens Windows Server 2003 Security
Microsoft Corp. has made available for download the first release candidate of a major security update to Windows Server 2003. To further tighten security on…
