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• Warning to WordPress & Joomla theme users

  Weblog Tools Collection posted an alert regarding a site called Templatebrowser dot com, which provides direct downloads to public blog themes. Apprantly the themes have been modified to include an additional functions.php file, calling home after a theme... Posted Aug 05 2007, 11:19 AM by tashi with Filed under: News , Security

• Firefox v2.0.0.6 released

  From an administrator account, start Firefox > Help > Check for Updates. Or download: http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/all.html "Release Date: July 30, 2007 Security Update: The following security issues have been fixed: MFSA 2007-27 Unescaped... Posted Jul 30 2007, 11:08 PM by tashi with Filed under: News , Security , Vulnerabilities

• Critical Vulnerabilities in FireFox, Thunderbird and Opera

  Secunia Advisory SA26095 Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities: http://secunia.com/advisories/26095/ Description: "Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Mozilla Firefox, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct spoofing and cross... Posted Jul 19 2007, 12:06 PM by tashi with Filed under: News , Security , Vulnerabilities

• Storm Worm Attacks

  The subject matter varies in the attempt to get people to download the bad exe file. Sample: "Virus Activity Detected! Dear Customer, Our robot has detected an abnormal activity from your IP adress on sending e-mails. Probably it is connected with... Posted Jul 09 2007, 10:06 AM by tashi with Filed under: News , Spam-Phish, Security , Malware

• Spam Trojan Uses Generated Yahoo and Hotmail Accounts

  Security company BitDefender reports a new threat, dubbed Trojan.Spammer.HotLan.A, using automatically generated Yahoo and Hotmail accounts to send out spam email. “There are only about 500 or so new accounts being created every hour,” commented head... Posted Jul 09 2007, 01:25 AM by tashi with Filed under: News , Spam-Phish, Security

• Exchange and Security MVPs Q&A chat

  TechNet: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community/chats/default.mspx Exchange Server Q&A with the MVP Experts "Exchange MVPs will be on hand to answer your questions about Exchange Server, Outlook and Exchange for Small Business Server. Chat... Posted Jun 18 2007, 04:34 PM by tashi with Filed under: News , Security , Microsoft , MVP

• OPERATION BOT ROAST

  FBI Press Release: Over 1 Million Potential Victims of Botnet Cyber Crime "Today the Department of Justice and FBI announced the results of an ongoing cyber crime initiative to disrupt and dismantle “botherders” and elevate the public’s cyber security... Posted Jun 13 2007, 04:53 PM by tashi with Filed under: News , Spam-Phish, Security

• FBI Takes Down Botnet

  ABC News reports the FBI has identified 1 million computer addresses that have been hacked by criminals who hijack other people’s computers, turn them into servers and use them to send out massive amounts of spam and spyware. http://www.abcnews.go.com... Posted Jun 13 2007, 01:50 PM by tashi with Filed under: News , Spam-Phish, Security

• Yahoo! Messenger critical vulnerabilities

  Yahoo! Webcam ActiveX Controls Multiple Buffer Overflows "eEye Digital Security has discovered two critical vulnerabilities in ywcupl.dll (version 2.0.1.4) and ywcvwr.dll (version 2.0.1.4) included by default in all releases of Yahoo! Messenger 8... Posted Jun 08 2007, 05:10 PM by tashi with Filed under: News , Security , Vulnerabilities

• Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for June 2007

  Microsoft planned to implement a change with June’s ANS release on Thursday, June 7, which can now be seen at TechNet. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-jun.mspx The Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) http://blogs.technet... Posted Jun 07 2007, 08:47 PM by tashi with Filed under: News , Security , Vulnerabilities, Microsoft

• House Passes another Spyware Bill

  The House passed a cyber-security bill that would allow for civil penalties of up to $3,000,000. H.R. 964: Securely Protect Yourself Against Cyber Trespass Act or Spy Act. The bill, introduced by Rep. Adolphus Towns (D-New York), to protect users of the... Posted Jun 07 2007, 11:15 AM by tashi with Filed under: News , Security , Malware, Spyware, Adware

• Google Introduces Online Security Blog

  Monday, May 21, 2007 "Online security is an important topic for Google, our users, and anyone who uses the Internet. The related issues are complex and dynamic and we’ve been looking for a way to foster discussion on the topic and keep users informed... Posted May 22 2007, 01:06 PM by tashi with Filed under: News , Security , Google

• Zango’s lawsuit against PC Tools, update

  PC Tools spokeswoman Magida Ezzat: "We believe the proceedings are an attempt by Zango to influence our reclassification process. Prior to the lawsuit we were well into an in-depth review and reclassification of the latest versions of Zango products;... Posted May 19 2007, 09:34 PM by tashi with Filed under: News , Security , Zango, Adware

• Changes to ANS and Security Bulletin Update notifications

  ANS changes: "As you know, the Thursday before Tuesday’s normal security update release, we send out an advanced notification letting you know what platforms are going to be impacted by the security updates and the maximum severity rating. The information... Posted May 17 2007, 10:22 AM by tashi with Filed under: News , Security , Microsoft

• CDT and StopBadware file complaint with FTC against rogue site

  Virus Bulletin reports : "The Argentina-based, English-language site FastMP3Search.com.ar promotes itself as a rapid MP3 search service and requires the installation of a 'plugin' to enable searching of its content. According to StopBadware... Posted Dec 10 2006, 11:52 AM by tashi with | with no comments Filed under: News , Security , Rogues, Spyware, Adware

• FTC fines Zango 3 million

  The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) fined adware distributer 'Zango' (formerly 180Solutions) three million dollars for deceptive installs of Zango's pop-up software on users computers and trying to prevent those users from uninstalling it;... Posted Nov 04 2006, 02:11 PM by tashi with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: News , Security , Zango, Spyware, Adware

• Wayne Porter poses questions to TRUSTe

  At ReveNews: "TRUSTe says to bring on the questions, and I admire them for that- so here they are." TRUSTe- Fourteen Questions...Lots of Them Actually Posted Sep 29 2006, 01:04 PM by tashi with | with no comments Filed under: News , Security

• Certification issuer TRUSTe seal of approval questioned

  Ben Edelman, Spyware researcher and member of SiteAdvisor's advisory board , has written an academic article after examining a sampling of 500,000+ top web sites as reported by a major ISP. Of the sites certified by TRUSTe, he found 5.4% are untrustworthy... Posted Sep 27 2006, 06:16 PM by tashi with | with no comments Filed under: News , Security