My apologies for the lapse in Security Corner Posts. The next one will continue the series on building an Information Management Plan for clients. There has been a lot of talk the past couple of weeks about the recently-discovered session renegotiation vulnerability in SSL. If you are interested in the details, here is a link…
DetailsI come from several hundred years of Mennonite tradition as a heritage. In the years of migratory history, our basic tenets were: Exemption from military service Freedom to have our own schools While I’m grateful and proud of our history of peace, I am even more grateful to the veterans and their families that have…
DetailsWOW! That’s the typical response when people’s computer boots up in half the time it did just 10 minutes ago. Chances are quite good you can have this experience. Assuming your Windows computer is spyware, adware and virus-free, there are 5 simple steps you can easily do yourself or have your favourite IT person (we…
DetailsAt least that’s the word from this banking industry report. The explosion of bogus antivirus “rogue” scams is largely responsible for the increase. Targeted phishing attacks (spear phishing) have also risen sharply. Corporate bank accounts are still the juiciest targets, but medium and even small businesses are also being attacked because they often have lower…
DetailsThis will come as no big surprise to most of us, but the threat model for cybersecuriy has shifted considerably in the past couple years. Believe it or not, operating system security has gotten better. The number of vulnerabilities is down, and more people are getting automatic updates and keeping their operating systems patched. This…
DetailsIt’s NOT the Tax Man – It’s ZEUS The biggest email phishing scam on the internet is aimed at Americans, but might even pull in a few Canadians who do business in the US. It asserts that US Internal Revenue Service is contacting you about unclaimed income. Most of us are afraid of those “two…
DetailsThe password-stealing trojan Zeus, aka Zbot, PRG has gotten very good at evading antivirus. According to this study, 55% of the computers infected with this virus are running antivirus that is current. I was unable to find any information rating the ability of various antivirus programs to detect this threat, or whether it is detected…
DetailsAn excellent solution to add some speed while surfing the internet, has many useful features and once you get used to use is really useful. Don’t just surf the web — command it! Ubiquity is a time-saving Firefox extension that simplifies common web activities by letting you give commands to Firefox. Ubiquity includes about 80…
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Xpdf Reader Adobe Vulnerabilities have been found in current versions of Foxit and Xpdf readers as well. Patches are not yet available, so open unsolicited .pdf files with care. A new round of website attacks is also exploiting un-patched web applications. These can be difficult to detect, because the malicious files have the same directory…
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