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Senate committee OKs bills on personal data breaches
Overlapping measures prescribe new rules for government agencies and private firms that experience break-ins. Will they become law?

Microsoft to patch zero-day DNS flaw
Seven security bulletins planned for release on Patch Tuesday, including "critical" fixes for Windows, Office, Exchange and BizTalk.

Is disaster recovery testing putting your company at risk?
Commentary--Bus Tech's Jim O'Connor says businesses must have a way to ensure continuous data replication, even during disaster recovery testing.

Apple plugs QuickTime zero-day flaw
Patch comes just over a week after the vulnerability was used to grab a ,000 prize and a MacBook Pro in a hack-a-Mac contest.

Critical flaw found in Photoshop plug-in
Vulnerability in graphics-file format plug-in discovered in Adobe Systems' Photoshop Creative Suite.

Major brands see rise in online fraud
"Brandjacking" is becoming common on the Web, as cybersquatting, phishing and click fraud take off, study shows.

Google pulls malicious sponsored links
AdWords service was being abused to offer links that appeared legitimate but actually attempted to install malicious software.

Office 2003 to get security upgrade
Service Pack 3 for Office 2003 will include a selection of the security improvements and features Microsoft put into Office 2007.

Microsoft adds security muscle
Addition of European and Asian research labs are part of Microsoft's bulking up to become a serious player in the security arena.

Schneier questions need for security industry
Speaking at a trade show in London, security guru sparks debate about the sources of and responses to security problems.

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'YOU JUST WON A FREE LAPTOP!!!' 'CLICK HERE TO PUT YOUR COMPUTER AT RISK' Preventing the headaches from the Internet ... (Midland Reporter-Telegram)
Much like the TV commercials that came before, Internet banner ads are often very misleading.

System Mechanic 7 Professional (CNET)
System Mechanic 7 Professional goes beyond its original greatness, morphing a system utility suite into a kind of grand security suite. As such, it comes up short.

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Prevent a computer meltdown (Asheville Citizen-Times)
ASHEVILLE - Somewhere out there in cyberspace, there's a virus with your name on it.

Personal Tech (Washington Post)
The Washington Post's Rob Pegoraro discusses his recent reviews and answers your personal tech questions.

Scam block on papers' websites (The Australian)
THE maker of the world's most popular anti-virus software for consumers has been forced to update its security watch lists after two of Australia's busiest newspaper websites were blocked as potentially dangerous.

Security Fix Live (Washington Post)
Security Fix blogger Brian Krebs answers your questions about the latest computer security threats and offers ways to protect yourself and your personal information.

Security Fix Live (RedNova)
By Brian Krebs, Security Fix Blogger Security Fix blogger was online at to provide advice on how to protect yourself and your personal information online.

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Online? (Scoop.co.nz)
(New Plymouth, New Zealand)--- Taranaki-based WebFarm has made it their goal to not only provide New Zealanders with the tools they need to have an online business, but also to educate people on how to succeed in doing it for as low as per month.

Techno Buddy: BOO! Vista's surprises are getting tolerable (Winston-Salem Journal)
ATLANTA - I was an advertising copywriter for years. One skill of that trade is turning a negative into a positive. When I was selling bland-tasting bacon made from turkey, I wrote a headline for the package that said: Bacon without the guilt!

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Zango’s continued bad practices in light of FTC’s proposed settlement terms
Zango out of compliance with terms in every aspect of FTC proposed settlement per Edelman and Howes. Is the million repayment of ill-gotten gains just a slap on the wrist?

Zango, the FTC, MySpace and You Tube
This past Friday, the FTC announced a million dollar settlement with Zango, formerly named 180solutions, in a lawsuit charging Zango with unfair and deceptive business practices, among other things. See ZDNet story here with more details. FTC announcement here.  Case documents can be downloaded here.As usual Zango refuses to take responsibility for anything, again blaming [...]

Halloween sites tricking users with malware
Update October 27:  This morning I contacted the owner of the listed sites.  The sites were indeed hacked, and the owner has since removed the malicious code from the web pages. This is a nasty trick!  There are a few Halloween sites being used to distribute malware, right at the time when unsuspecting web users might be searching [...]

Scary malware tricks part 1
In keeping with the Halloween season, I'm starting a series on scary malware tricks, similar to last year's series on spyware tricks. Perhaps my personal focus has changed, but it seems to me spyware tricks are becoming far more devious and destructive.  Last year I was testing mostly adware, whereas this year I'm testing more [...]

Edelman on ‘Deceptive Door Openers’ and Ask toolbars
In a new article posted this morning, Ben Edelman continues his investigation of high-profile companies clogging users' computers with junk.  Today's target: InterActiveCorp's Ask.com, known for its widespread "smiley" toolbars.Last year I blogged about Ask's various toolbars and the trinkets Ask uses to get users to install them.  But Ben thinks there's a bigger problem here.  [...]

Is Zango stealing affiliate commissions from adult webmasters?
It seems that Zango, formerly known as 180solutions, the company we all love to hate, has royally ticked off a bunch of adult webmasters. Paperghost, aka Chris Boyd, has the story, complete with links to forums where the adult webmasters discuss Zango allegedly stealing affiliate commissions.  True?  I don't know, but considering some of Zango/180solutions' past questionable business practices, [...]

So what about user education on security?
CNET's Joris Evers writes about one security expert who says education users on computer security in the enterprise setting is "pointless".  Doctoral candidate Stefan Gorling, speaking at the Virus Bulletin Conference, said:"I don't believe user education will solve problems with security because security will always be a secondary goal for users," Gorling said. "In order [...]

Malware being spammed as PDF from retail stores
Reports surfaced today of spam purporting to be from Dell, Walmart, Circuit City or Sony confirming an order for a Sony Vaio computer with a PDF attachment, but the attachment is, in fact, a very nasty piece of malware named Haxdoor. Text of email:Subject: Order ID : 37679041Dear Customer,Thank you for ordering from our internet shop. If [...]

MVP awards, Messenger Plus! and adware — a good combination?
A controversy has been raging in certain circles the last few days over a MVP award, which has now been rescinded, to an adware pusher known as Patchou, Cyril Paciullo, the author of Messenger Plus!. There's a lot of nonsense going around and I'd like to clear some of that up.

Spyware pushers cash in big on zero day exploit
Nearly 50 malware threats being installed though the VML zero day exploit, including familiar names like Virtumonde, BookedSpace, webHancer, SurfSideKick, Qoologic (also known as Qoolaid), Zenotecnico, TagAsaurus, with some trojan downloaders and a backdoor thrown in the mix. Many of these use affiliate programs where the affiliate gets paid per install, so somewhere affiliates of these adware/spyware companies are making a killing off this zero day exploit, trashing computers with their crapware.

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