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New phishing attack exploits tabbed browsing  25 May 2010  Print E-mail
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Source: H Security - Posted by Alex   
Host Security Aza Raskin, Creative Lead for Mozilla's Firefox, has demonstrated a new phishing attack which exploits tabbed browsing. In the attack, a normal page, with the attack script embedded, is loaded and displays as expected.
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UPDATE - New attack bypasses EVERY Windows security product  11 May 2010  Print E-mail
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Source: ZDNet Blogs - Posted by Anthony Pell   
Host Security Okay, Windows content, but good to convince your boss that even the best efforts of the various security Windows vendors can't protect your desktop users. Are you a Windows user? Do you make sure that your antivirus program is updated regularly? Do you feel safe? You shouldn’t! Read on to find out why.
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Setting the record straight on sudo  06 April 2010  Print E-mail
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Source: TechRepublic - Posted by Anthony Pell   
Host Security I recently read a blog posting that denounced the use of sudo as insecure because of the following (briefly summed up and paraphrased) reasons:

  1. The idea that not using the root account is wrong, using root for everything is fine.
  2. That using sudo for everything provides a false sense of security over performing an action as root directly
  3. That using a user account password to get a root shell is a bad idea
  4. That using a root shell is not dangerous, and that this “grave misunderstanding” came from the idea that running X as root is dangerous
  5. That sudo has very little place in the Enterprise
  6. That relying on sudo is foolish, because it has bugs
  7. That everything should be done from a root shell, and that you should have to know the “uber-secret root password” to get that access
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System security? What about your DATA!  05 April 2010  Print E-mail
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Source: fewt blog - Posted by Anthony Pell   
Host Security What makes this problem worse? Well what about your DATA? Let me start with the statement that there is nothing installed on your Desktop Linux system by default to protect your data from theft or destruction, and there is nothing to protect your computer from harming other computers when you are using Desktop Linux.
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German Government Warns Internet Users On Firefox Security Flaw  23 March 2010  Print E-mail
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Source: All Headline News - Posted by Anthony Pell   
Host Security The German government warned its citizens not to use Internet web browser Firefox because of serious security problems. There is reportedly a security flaw in Mozilla Firefox Version 3.6 that could allow a hacker to take control of someone's computer by launching malicious code.
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