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Comment on Free Anti-Spyware Programs by Don’t Let Your Computer Be Hijacked : Internet Security Online

Don’t Let Your Computer Be Hijacked : Internet Security Online — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 05:58:59 +0000

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Comment on Comodo Anti-Virus: Savior or Devil in Disguise? by sembilan

sembilan — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 04:49:54 +0000

That’s kind of worrying isn’t it?

Comment on Trojan Redirector Ups the Ante in Online Banking Attacks by SEConline.us » Online Security - FiSite Research - Barclays Endorses F-Secure for Online Banking Security

Fri, 16 Jun 2006 15:40:41 +0000

[...] Trojan Redirector Ups the Ante in Online Banking Attacks ” Internet Security Online Researchers at Websense Security Labs have stumbled upon a password-stealing Trojan that uses sophisticated DNS redirection techniques to dodge server shutdowns and hijack online banking … [...]

Comment on Study Finds Sharp Rise in Mac OS X Flaws by coco

coco — Wed, 10 May 2006 15:50:33 +0000

I guess Mac is similar to Linux or cell phones systems. Not so much people use them, so hackers do not care. Sth similar happened with Firefox. At the beggining was a totally safe explorer… but nobody was using it. As long people started to install it, hackers discovered bugs in the code. Any OS which is massively used, will become vulnerable. (well, except Windows, which may be vulnerable even with just twenty users ).
More about mac in: http://cocosworld.wordpress.com/2006/05/10/there-is-no-god-but-mac-and-ipod-is-his-messenger-no-hay-mas-dios-que-mac-y-el-ipod-es-su-profeta/

Comment on Compliance, Not Spyware, Drives IT Budgets, Security Execs Say by Alex Hutton

Alex Hutton — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 14:34:39 +0000

Duh!

Comment on SpywareBlaster Definitions Update by jason

jason — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 02:11:46 +0000

Woah. 5000+ definitions…. makes me feel safer and less secure.

Comment on Spyware Prevention by jason

jason — Thu, 09 Mar 2006 02:09:35 +0000

Good tips! I know my office could use them

Comment on Mac OS X Hacked Under 30 Minutes by Internet Security Online » Mac OS X Security challenge

Internet Security Online » Mac OS X Security challenge — Tue, 07 Mar 2006 20:52:34 +0000

[...] The University of Wisconsin has launched a Mac OS X Security challenge, in response to a ‘woefully misleading ZDnet article about Mac OS X hacked under 30 minutes. [...]

Comment on Analyst Dings Security Vendors for Exploiting Apple Flaws by kurt

kurt — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 17:56:14 +0000

the analyst in question needs to get a better grip on the fundamentals – namely shannon’s maxim “the enemy knows the system” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shannon's_Maxim)… keeping vulnerabilities obscure doesn’t increase anyone’s security…

Comment on Is Mac OS as Safe as Ever? by kurt

kurt — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 22:51:33 +0000

while the “i wanna be first” motivation may now be gone, the supposed safety that mac users were feeling was clearly a false sense of security…

the os’ charmed security life isn’t over, it never existed… what the recent security problems should point to, however, is the loss of mac os x user’s innocence…