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Computer Processor Vulnerabilities (Meltdown / Spectre) – What you can do

Gary — Fri, 05 Jan 2018 17:23:04 +0000

What's affected: Macs, PCs and Servers. Just about everything. The jury is still out on the likelihood of phones being vulnerable.

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250,000 Twitter Accounts Hacked

Gary — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 16:13:05 +0000

Twitter has announced that 250,000 accounts have been hacked in attacks that they say appeared similar to recent attacks on the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal. If the attacks, exposing usernames, encrypted password data, email addresses and session tokens, aren’t bad enough, Twitter’s announcement opens the door for a series of follow-up […]

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Latest Security Alerts

Gary — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 16:39:17 +0000

Failed to get content from 'http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity.xml' A Note on security Updates It’s easy to be overly concerned by the constant barrage of security alerts. The above list provides a brief and constantly updated summary of the latest threats from the US Computer Emergency Readiness Team. If your computers have up-to-date antivirus software, and more importantly […]

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Police in Global Arrests over $850m Facebook botnet crime spree

Gary — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:13:18 +0000

Police in Global Arrests over $850m Facebook botnet crime spree From BBC News: “An alleged cybercrime ring said to be responsible for losses of $850m (£530m) looks to have been foiled by the FBI – by using Facebook. Facebook users were targeted over two years beginning in October 2010.” Read the full post: Police in […]

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Email: “You receive the electronic reservation?” contains a malware attack

Gary — Tue, 11 Dec 2012 18:45:21 +0000

"Bogus hotel reservation emails have been spammed out widely, which claim to come from Booking.com but in reality carry malware designed to infect Windows computers.

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Tumblr has temporarily disabled posting due to ‘worm’ infection

Gary — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:26:15 +0000

We are aware that there is a viral post circulating on Tumblr. We are working to resolve the issue as swiftly as possible.Thank you. — Tumblr (@tumblr) December 3, 2012 Following the infection of many Tumblr sites with a worm today, Tumblr have temporarity suspended posting. Update: Technical detail on how the worm spread are […]

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Adobe Reader x Vulnerability.

Gary — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 12:26:52 +0000

Adobe Reader x Vulnerability. You'll need to take the usual precautions. Don't open a pdf, or any other file for that matter, that's sent to you unless you trust the source and you are sure that the person sending it is who they claim to be.

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