Well, imagine that your favorite media files are running on your computer and suddenly an ad page opens and says, “What old fashion music you are sticking to, we have something new for you.” Then you switch to find some books and again an ad hits...
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In creative crookedness, the spammers are genius. This is the stark reminder of recent arrest of Robert Alan Soloway in Seattle, Washington.
27-year old Alan Soloway, the high profile spammer whom Microsoft has portrayed one of top 10 spammers in...
At the recently held Windows Hardware Engineering Conference in Los Angeles, Microsoft was reported to have said that it has selected F-Secure as the 1st data security purveyor for Windows Home Server. Redmond-based giant said that F-Secure software...
Recently, members of the hacking community, willing to help Microsoft, descended at Redmond, Washington, to depict the software giant where it has wronged. This time the company's newest Blue Hat conference, which is generally held twice a year, aimed...
Microsoft plans to release seven security bulletins next week, comprising a fix for a zero-day vulnerability in Windows that is already being utilized in cyber attacks. Microsoft was reported to have said on its website that the bulletins, part of...
A lone researcher recently claimed to have accumulated adequate vulnerabilities in a range of ActiveX controls to unleash a bug each day for the month of May. Dubbing the effort the Month of ActiveX Bugs (MoAxB), the attacker, identified himself as...
Microsoft recently said that it would roll out its security softwares with the schemed release of an enterprise application of products and the formation of a web portal waring of malware info. The Forefront Client Security software of the company,...
Microsoft recently said that it would set up two labs to study on the rise nasty software hovering around in the cyber world. The Redmond giant said that the Malware Protection Centers, in Dublin and Tokyo, would be employed with analysts who would be...
Check Point of late mentioned that its firewall and intrusion prevention softwares, VPN-1, VPN-1 Power VSX, UTM-1, InterSpect and IPS-1, using Check Point SmartDefense subscription service, boasts of making available anticipatory, zero day safety against...
McAfee reported on a company blog that the attackers recently released 3 Office zero-day exploits on security forum. Though 2 of the reported vulnerabilities only cause an app crash, but the third one seems to be very critical, as this could be made use...
Microsoft doesn’t seem to have any abrupt plans to embark upon a reported hack to Windows Vista product activation, which is claimed to enable illegitimate copies of Windows to be extensively deployed. Microsoft hinted that the hack does not appear to be...
April seems to be tough month for Microsoft. On April 3, it released an emergency fix for the (ANI) animated cursor vulnerability, which was expected enable a hacker to intercept the user’s system subsequent to just viewing a nasty website. And now the...
Sophos has suggested Web users to repair their PCs against a flaw in the way Microsoft Windows deals with animated cursors (ANI), as hackers seem to misuse the problem by making use of pictures of pop star Britney Spears. Truly speaking, I was also...
Microsoft Corp isn’t over and done with its security patches for the month. Next week the software manufacturer chalks out plans to make public five more packs of patches patching serious vulnerabilities in Windows and the Microsoft Content Management...
WinMagic recently announced to have come into an alliance with Microsoft’s SecureIT Alliance, a group of industry partners functioning jointly to bring about security solutions for the Microsoft platform. Being a member, WinMagic will work together...
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