Archive for July, 2009
Friday, July 31st, 2009
Windows 7 Activation Key Hacked
Well, it did not take long. Hackers have cracked the Windows 7 activation just one week after the new operating system was certified for RTM, or Release To Manufacturing. The leaked product key apparently came from Lenovo, one of the big computer makers who are allowed to pre-activate Windows on their new PCs [...]
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Thursday, July 30th, 2009
Is Online Banking Safe?
by Syd Tash © 2009 All Rights Reserved
Over the years, I have often mentioned online or Web banking, usually in relation to another security issue. It has grown rapidly over the last 10 years, and now is quite widespread. Almost half of American Internet users do some online banking. Most [...]
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Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
A Serious Adobe Flash Bug
Some 90% of us Windows users have the Adobe Flash Player installed on our computers. Flash adds animation and interactivity to sites, and lets you integrate video. But security company Secunia warns that the current versions are vulnerable to drive-by attacks from malicious and compromised web sites.
A drive-by download is an infection or [...]
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Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
An Emergency Update From Microsoft
The next regularly scheduled software update from Microsoft is August 11. However, the Company is taking the unusual step of releasing two emergency patches now. One fixes a critical flaw in Internet Explorer. The other, rated “moderate”, repairs a vulnerability in Visual Studio, which is a program used to develop forms, Web [...]
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Saturday, July 25th, 2009
Nude Video May Come With a Virus
Be careful if you are searching online for that nude video of beautiful ESPN reporter Erin Andrews. Hackers have put up a fake CNN site that claims to offer a video of the sports reporter. If you click on it, you are urged to download a video player which, you guessed it, will [...]
