List of top e-threats points to computer use trends
BitDefender issued its monthly top 10 list of e-threats, which offers some insight into security and computer use trends. The list (for January) is as follows: 1. …
Microsoft patches 22 vulnerabilities
Today Microsoft released 12 security bulletins, three rated Critical and nine rated Important. They address a total of 22 unique vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office, Windows, …
Cain & Abel 4.9.38 released
Cain & Abel is a password recovery tool for Microsoft operating systems. It allows easy recovery of various kind of passwords by sniffing the network, cracking encrypted …
Microsoft Windows MHTML XSS vulnerability
A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks, according to Secunia. The …
Third-party software responsible for most vulnerabilities
Most people owning a PC are familiar with Microsoft’s patching process – it’s easy and it’s there. For a lot of them, it also gives the impression that …
Microsoft patches three Windows vulnerabilities
Today Microsoft released two security bulletins, one rated Critical and one rated Important, to address a total of three vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Windows …
Microsoft to patch three vulnerabilities in Windows
Next week’s January’s security bulletins will contain two bulletins addressing three vulnerabilities in Windows. As usual, the bulletin release is scheduled for …
GoFlex for Mac external drives easily used with Windows
Addressing the personal preferences of the Mac community, Seagate introduced a new collection of GoFlex for Mac external drives designed to make it easy for those who use Mac …
Deploy and remotely execute programs on Windows networks
RemoteExec for Windows is an agentless, encrypted software solution that allows IT pros to: Quickly and easily deploy MSI packages, Service Packs, patches, hotfixes, etc. …
New book: Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out
You’re beyond the basics, so dive right into troubleshooting Windows 7 and really put your PC to work! Troubleshooting Windows 7 Inside Out describes hundreds of …
Windows 0-day circumvents UAC
Windows zero-day vulnerabilities are lately getting discovered too often for Microsoft’s – and users’ – liking. Unfortunately for all of us, details of …
Exploit code for still unpatched 0-day used by Stuxnet released
After Stuxnet hit, it was discovered that it took advantage of four previously unknown Windows zero-day vulnerabilities to spread and compromise targeted systems. Three of …