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Didn’t you uninstall Java already?

If you didn’t uninstall it, then think again about this. Here is how to uninstall or deactivate Java from your system. Oracle has announced that they fixed with the update on February 1st only a part of the problems originally planned to be fixed. The second part of the problems will be fixed with the […]

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Security 101: February 2013

Nowadays, a lot of people are shopping online. To do that, they greatly rely on internet banking. What precautionary steps or systems are used to make sure users have a secure transaction? The most important thing to do is to make sure that your computer is not infected with malicious software. For this, you will […]

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Was BusinessWire also hacked?

I received the following email from BusinessWire.com  which makes me think that they got somehow hacked and are forcing all users to change their password. I couldn’t see anything on their website, also Google didn’t provide anything useful. We will be requiring all Businesswire.com users to change their password in the next few days. This maintenance is […]

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(ISC)2 Blog post: Vulnerability disclosure: a new business model?

Original: http://blog.isc2.org/isc2_blog/2013/01/vulnerability-disclosure-a-new-business-model.html   We all see in the mass media every day that software is vulnerable and that this is bad. But, few know what is happening behind the scene, until the news get out. There are two ways to disclosure a vulnerability: the most common one is to make a “full disclosure”, but there is […]

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The BKA/Ransom Trojan comes now with child pornography

The so called “BKA Trojan” (BKA stands for German Federal Criminal Police) malware which is also known as the Ransom trojan in other countries, has found a more convincing way to fool computer users to pay. Now, together with other eight possible misdeeds,  the user is accused of hosting and distributing child pornography materials from his computer. […]

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Security update for Apple: iOS 6.1 fixes browser flaws

Apple has released a new version of iOS, the operating system that powers the iPhone, iPad, iPod. The new version fixes 20 security flaws related to the Safari browser. Some of the vulnerabilities were allowing bypassing of authentication, cross-site scripting attacks, privilege escalations, arbitrary code execution, memory corruptions. Last but not least, the  compromised Türktrust certificates were revoked. […]

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Malware delivered with fake hotel reservations

We wrote last week about Malware delivered with fake Craigslist fax-to-email notifications.This week’s malware delivery mechanism is a fake email notification from the well-known online hotel reservations portal booking.com.   The malware is delivered when you click on “Print Booking Details” via an archive which should contain the form with the reservation details. In order […]