It’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…
DetailsToday is “Patch Tuesday”, and Microsoft will be rolling out a record number of critical (8) and important (5) patches. There is also a patch for a critical vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat Reader due for release today. Adobe coordinates their patches with Microsoft’s patches to make the second Tuesday of every month doubly important. Checker…
DetailsHere’s the reason that you should use a strong password for your webmail account. You may think those who may have personal reasons to want to get into your email account don’t have the sophistication to hack it, but they don’t need any hacking skills at all – they just need $100. Think about it…
DetailsWhile starting my own business, I was struggling for weeks setting up our new IT system. Eventually, on Christmas Eve 2003, I gave in and Googled those guys who drive around in red VWs. Much to my relief (and surprise), I received a response the same day and my problem was sorted out in minutes!…
DetailsFor a little over a year I have been working with a client, Sherry, who publishes a local magazine, AirdrieLIFE. I first met Sherry at a Chamber of Commerce event. I was very fortunate to be included in an article about local entrepreneurs last fall. The article was a great source of PR for my…
DetailsSpyware comes in many forms, and spyware writers are always looking for new ways to take advantage of the unwary. This one masquerades as a plugin for Firefox. This is not malware of the botnet or password-stealing variety, but is does capture search data – and that is definitely spying. There are still quite a…
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