Rogue software details: Antivirus 7
Antivirus 7 is a rogue security application. In order to remove it, find out what files to look for below. Known system changes: Files c:\Desktop\Antivirus7.lnk …
Feds on social networks: What can they do?
Should law enforcement agents be allowed to go “undercover” on social networks and collect information about the suspects? In the real, physical world, they …
20 critical Apple vulnerabilities to be revealed
Charlie Miller, the security researcher renowned for hacking Apple products during many a hacking competition, will be making public (at the CanSecWest security conference …
Enterprise 2.0 privacy concerns in Europe
Transparent access to people and information is Enterprise 2.0’s great promise. It’s tempered, however, by a privacy risk that is especially sensitive in the …
Fake PIN pad units in US chain store
As soon as we got used to the idea that we have to be very careful when using ATMs because they might be “skimming” devices attached onto them, we have to …
Cloud-based rapid disaster recovery
Unitrends unveiled its Vault2Cloud disaster recovery service, monitored and managed through a simple, easy-to-use Web 2.0-based user interface. Vault2Cloud solves many of the …
Video: Nessus scan through a meterpreter session
Run a Nessus scan through a compromised host:
New release of RSA Data Loss Prevention Suite
With more than 70 new features for scanning, workflow, reporting, and global content processing, version 8.0 of the RSA Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Suite is engineered to allow …
Virtual PC Hypervisor vulnerability remains unpatched
Core Security issued an advisory disclosing a vulnerability that could affect large numbers of organizations and consumers using Microsoft’s Virtual PC virtualization …
Chrome unique IDs removed after first update
Google decided to appease privacy advocates by making the “unique ID” feature “disappear” when the Chrome browser checks for updates for the first time …
Facebook removes “stalker” apps
A short-lived resurgence of “stalker” applications was promptly squashed by Facebook a few days ago when many users received notifications or wall posts from their …
Mac OS X ransomware – just a matter of time?
For years now, IT experts have been predicting the advent of threats to Mac users that would mirror those faced by the Windows-using crowd. While Mac malware does exist, and …
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