New book: “Windows 7: The Missing Manual”
Windows 7 comes without a single page of printed instructions. Fortunately, David Pogue is back, ready to serve as your clear, funny, expert guide with Windows 7: The Missing …
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Over the years, we have come to rely on the Internet to fulfill many of our needs – the need to keep in touch with our friends and colleagues, the need to save time and …
Forged checks pass flawed examination process
The recent cases of two Texan women who had their personal information and checking account numbers stolen and used to validate bogus checks, have brought into the spotlight a …
Trojan disguised as a toolbar for Facebook
A Facebook toolbar is just what you need to make your sharing and connecting with friends easier, says in an email supposedly coming from “Facebook.com”: If you …
IT security priorities of future EU research
The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) launched a new report concluding that the EU should focus its future IT security research on five areas. This …
Hyper-V Best Practices Analyzer for Windows Server 2008 R2 now available
In Windows management, best practices are guidelines to configure a server as defined by experts. For example, it is considered a best practice for most server technologies to …
Fake Amazon “Deal of the Day” emails doing rounds
Fake Amazon newsletters have lately become regular visitors in inboxes around the world, says Trend Micro. With “Amazon.com Deal of the Day” in the subject line, …
OpenDLP: Data loss prevention tool
OpenDLP is a free and open source, agent-based, centrally-managed, massively distributable data loss prevention tool. Given appropriate Windows domain credentials, OpenDLP can …
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Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, reviews and videos: Splunk.com password leak Splunk announced on their blog that they discovered …
A possible solution for banking Trojans?
ZeuS, Spy Eye, Mariposa – these are just some of the many information-stealing Trojans out there. ZeuS is, hands down, the most prominent. Its longevity is assured by …
Majority unaware of how sensitive data is stored online
The majority of U.S. citizens are unaware of how their online data is stored and who secures it, according to a Business Software Alliance (BSA) survey. Approximately one in …
Low confidence in virtual environment security
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