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51 Items on an Admin’s Wish List for 2012

2011-12-27T17:10:00.000+01:00

With the New Year, it is time to start putting together our admin’s wish list for 2012. Anything goes for this list – new hardware or software for work, changes to procedures or offerings from vendors, geeky gadgets, and future tech.
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Play Hard, Stay Safe

2011-12-27T16:53:00.000+01:00

You might think that you don't have to worry about security while playing games--after all, that activity is about as far from online banking as you can get--but as the PlayStation Network data breach last spring and the more recent hack into the servers of the Steam gaming platform both show, you are vulnerable, even when you're at play.
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'Anonymous' hackers target US security think tank

2011-12-26T10:51:00.000+01:00

Anonymous is claiming to have stolen 200GB worth of data, including e-mails and clients' credit card information, from a U.S.-based security think tank, the Associated Press reported today.
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Dr.Web Security Space & Dr.Web Anti-virus Pro 7.0 Free 3 Months Serial Number Giveaway

2011-12-25T18:36:00.000+01:00

Doctor Web is a Russian IT-security solutions vendor developing Dr.Web anti-virus for businesses, government entities, and personal use. Before purchasing a license to any Doctor Web product, interested users can download the trial version to test the software to see if it is worth buying. Like other security software, the official Doctor Web website usually provides free trial for one month only, but there is a promotion offer to get a free copy of Dr.Web Security Space Pro 7.0 & Dr.Web Mobile Security Suite that protect you for 3 months.

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IObit Advanced SystemCare PRO 4 for Free Giveaway

2011-12-25T16:36:00.000+01:00

Advanced SystemCare PRO provides an always-on, automated, all-in-one PC Healthcare Service with anti-spyware, privacy protection, performance tune-ups, and system cleaning capabilities. This powerful and award-winning precision tool fixes stubborn errors, cleans out clutter, optimizes Internet and download speeds, ensures personal security, and maintains maximum computer performance automatically.
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Be aware of “Profile me” bot on Twitter

2011-12-25T14:47:00.000+01:00

Kaspersky Lab Experts are monitoring “Profile me” bot on Twitter. What is happening is “profile me” bot is exploring all Twitpic hosted pictures replying to the authors with the same text phrase.
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IObit Malware Fighter 1.2 PRO Giveaway (Christmas Gift)

2011-12-25T13:49:00.000+01:00

Obit Malware Fighter is a straightforward antispyware tool that can protect your PC in several different ways.

For example, you can run an on-demand scan to look for spyware, adware, trojans, bots, and other threats that your regular antivirus software might have missed. The "Smart Scan" checks only the most critical areas of your PC, and runs fairly quickly (around 7 minutes on our test PC); you can run a complete system scan if you prefer, while the "Custom Scan" allows you to choose exactly what you'd like the program to examine.
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Microsoft confirms Windows vulnerability

2011-12-23T21:46:00.000+01:00

Microsoft has posted on its German-language Chief Security Advisor Blog about the Windows vulnerability reported last Tuesday. The post states that the company was able to reproduce a situation in which a specially crafted HTML page could cause a blue screen when opened with Safari on a 64-bit system.
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PDF Malware Protected by AES-256

2011-12-23T21:38:00.000+01:00

Adobe Systems released a security update for Adobe Acrobat and Reader 9.x for Windows on December 16, 2011, in order to fix a zero-day vulnerability. As Vikram Thakur reported recently, there have been zero-day attacks using this PDF vulnerability, dropping Backdoor.Sykipot on to the compromised computer.
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AV-Comparatives Whole Product Dynamic Tests - Overall Report 2nd half year 2011

2011-12-23T00:11:00.003+01:00

The top six products in the AV-Comparatives "Whole Product Dynamic Real World Test” for November were Symantec, Bitdefender, Kaspersky, Qihoo, F-Secure and G DATA.
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Medium severity vulnerabilities found in Kaspersky softwares

2011-12-22T20:40:00.000+01:00

Medium severity vulnerabilities are found in Kaspersky Anti-Virus and Kaspersky Internet Security 2011/2012 which can allow an attacker to crash the complete software process.
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Critical holes in Firefox, Thunderbird and SeaMonkey

2011-12-21T21:40:00.000+01:00

The Mozilla developers have not only given the Firefox browser a faster JavaScript engine with their update to version 9.0 but they have also closed various critical security holes. One critical flaw in previous versions of the browser allows an embedded OGG video element of "extreme" size to cause a crash that can potentially be exploited to inject malicious code. However, Mozilla is currently keeping the specific details of this confidentially disclosed vulnerability under wraps.
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iPhone 4S Scam and Other Holiday Threats

2011-12-21T21:00:00.000+01:00

Trend Micro researchers have recently spotted fake eBay pages offering the latest incarnation of Apple's popular iPhone for more that half the real price.
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Agnitum Outpost Security Suite Pro 7.5.1 - 1 Year [Giveaway]

2011-12-21T00:48:00.000+01:00

Agnitum is proud to provide complete official documentation for our software products. As an Agnitum customer you have free online access to all official Outpost Security Suite PRO documentation.
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New Windows 7 Vulnerability

2011-12-20T22:17:00.000+01:00

Researchers are warning about a new remotely exploitable vulnerability in 64-bit Windows 7 that can be used by an attacker to run arbitrary code on a vulnerable machine. The bug was first reported a couple of days ago by an independent researcher and confirmed by Secunia.
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Antivirus software sales expected to show strong growth in 2012

2011-12-20T19:41:00.000+01:00

As hackers continue to strike businesses, the security industry is expected to have a big year.
The prevalence with which hackers are handing out headaches to IT security pros will have a big upside for vendors in the coming year, according to new figures from Canalys.
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Building Windows 8: Signing in with a picture password

2011-12-20T16:12:00.000+01:00

One of the new features coming in Windows 8 is the ability to sign in using a Picture Password. Passwords can be complex and hard to remember. With picture passwords, it's easy to use and simple to remember how to sign in to your computer. Microsoft have posted a detailed article on how this works and it’s worth reading.
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Attention To new PayPal Phishing Scam

2011-12-19T08:29:00.001+01:00

The message is not from Blizzard Entertainment and the claims in the email are untrue. The message is a phishing scam designed to trick gamers into divulging their World of Warcraft login details.
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IE to Start Automatic Upgrades across Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7

2011-12-16T23:11:00.000+01:00

Everyone benefits from an up-to-date browser.
Microsoft recently announced that it will soon start updating Internet Explorer automatically. Starting in Australia and Brazil in January, Windows Update will ensure that the most up-to-date version of the browser is installed without any action on the user's part; other countries will be rolled out in stages. Until now, users have always been asked whether they want to upgrade to a major new version.
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Malware cons users into paying for free product

2011-12-16T21:21:00.000+01:00

The scam has appeared on a Russian social network and charges $3 for a bogus activation code.
A creative scheme that charges people via SMS for what should be a free copy of Adobe Systems' Flash player is apparently undergoing a test run on a Russian social network, according to security vendor Bitdefender.
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Security Trends For 2012

2011-12-16T17:16:00.000+01:00

2011 is coming to an end, so now it’s time to try to see what we have to expect for the next 12 months:
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Open Google Redirect beeing used by Spammers

2011-12-16T16:24:00.000+01:00

Researchers at Solera Labs have discovered spammers using an open redirect at Google to hide the final destination of their link from both users and filters.
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Microsoft Safety Scanner (on-demand computer scanner)

2011-12-15T11:37:00.000+01:00

Microsoft SafetyScanner is a downloadable free portable on-demand security scanner to help techies deal with malware outbreaks.
The tool is a 70+MB, self-contained security scanner package that you download and run.
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Av-Comparatives Removal-Test (December 2011)

2011-12-15T08:54:00.001+01:00

AV-Comparatives (Anti-Virus Comparative) has released their Malware Removal Test December 2011. This test focused only on the malware removal/cleaning capabilities of the products, nothing to do with detection rates or protection capabilities. According to the organization, the report is aimed towards home users. Ten samples were used in the test with scoring done based on removal of the malware and how convenient it was to do the removal. Scales of A-D were used for this. In colloquial terms, how well is the malware (files, etc) cleaned up? Eighteen products were tested. The antivirus products were used.
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Yahoo! Introduces Stronger User Authentication – Second Sign-in Verification

2011-12-14T16:11:00.000+01:00

Online account compromise occurs regularly and will probably continue in the foreseeable future. Often hackers employ botnets to hijack accounts from millions of unsuspecting consumers. In turn, these hijacked accounts are sold and used to initiate email scams, with messages seemingly sent from the legitimate account owners to their contacts. Scams can range from the less harmful “check this cool stuff” advertising spam to the more damaging “send money to help your friend” email. Worse still, the scam emails may contain malicious links that lead to the installation of malware on computers, which then makes the computers part of the ever-growing botnet networks.
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