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Source: H Security - Posted by Anthony Pell
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First things first: never use the same password for multiple services. To avoid losing track of the resulting multitude of passwords, use either a password safe or a personalised password system. And there's a technique you can use to memorise the required complicated master password. |
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Source: ZDNet Blogs - Posted by Anthony Pell
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The US Department of Homeland Security is urging everyone to disable the common networking Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) protocol. This is being done because Rapid7 security researchers have found that tens of million devices worldwide are wide open to attack because of flaws in the network protocol and its implementations. |
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Source: Fox News - Posted by Anthony Pell
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Sadie Ouse, a high school senior, never saw it coming. Recently, a hacker commandeered her Facebook account. Using a common malware tactic, the hacker sent a message to all of her friends with a link to the site homeincomenow3.com, operated by “Zhang Lei” in Beijing, China. |
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Source: Chicago Tribune - Posted by Dave Wreski
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Oracle Corp. released an emergency update to its Java software for surfing the Web on Sunday, but security experts said the update fails to protect PCs from attack by hackers intent on committing cyber crimes.
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Source: ZDNet Blogs - Posted by Dave Wreski
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In security's name, Microsoft has made it difficult to install Linux, or any other operating system, including older versions of Windows, on Windows 8 PCS. In addition, Microsoft has made it all but impossible to install Linux on Windows RT devices such as the Surface RT.
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Source: ExtremeTech - Posted by Anthony Pell
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One of the largest underlying changes to Windows 8 is the long-overdue shift from BIOS to UEFI. UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) is superior to BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) in almost every way, except for one: At the moment, UEFI prevents Linux distributions from being installed on Windows 8 machines.
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Source: Datamation - Posted by Dave Wreski
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With all the talk recently about Ubuntu's use of Dash ad and the various new features offered, I find it interesting that security is virtually being ignored.
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Source: Network World - Posted by Anthony Pell
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Microsoft IE9 blew away Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Apple Safari in new tests by NSS Labs to measure the ability of web browsers to block malware and catch click fraud.
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Source: H Security - Posted by Dave Wreski
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A security researcher has provided details on vulnerabilities in the authentication protocol of Oracle's database that he originally discovered in 2010. The researcher, Esteban Martinez Fayó from security specialist AppSec, presented his findings and the methods by which they can be exploited at the ekoparty Security Conference; this is currently taking place in Buenos Aires.
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Source: ghacks - Posted by Anthony Pell
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Windows is seen by many as an insecure operating system, inferior security-wise to Linux and even Mac OS X. And while it certainly can seem that way, considering that most malware authors concentrate on Windows thanks to the operating system’s crushing market share, others have suggested that this impression comes more from the concentration on Windows than superior security of other operating systems. |
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