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The IBM X-Force 2009 Mid-Year Trend and Risk Report revealed many security problems with the world wide web. The report’s findings show an unprecedented state of Web insecurity as Web client, server, and content threats converge posing a huge risk for web surfers. The report finds more than a 500 percent increase in malicious [...]

While email attachments are a popular and convenient way to send documents, they are also a common source of viruses. Use caution when opening attachments, even if they appear to have been sent by someone you know.
Why can email attachments be dangerous?
Some of the characteristics that make email attachments convenient and popular are [...]

Over the past several days, denial of service attacks have been launched at Twitter and Facebook. Twitter was shutdown for a couple hours. Facebook suffered from a slowdown.
Authorities believe the attacks attempted to silence a user from Russia. “It was a simultaneous attack across a number of properties targeting him [...]

There is a massive phishing scam posing as a Facebook notification. The incomding email looks like this:
facebook
Hi, myemail@exampledomain.com.
Click here
Thanks,
The Facebook Team
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Microsoft Releases Advance Notification for May Security Bulletin
added May 7, 2009 at 02:58 pm
Microsoft has issued a Security Bulletin Advance Notification indicating that the May release cycle will contain one bulletin with a maximum severity rating of Critical. The notification states that the Critical bulletin is for Microsoft PowerPoint. The release is scheduled for Tuesday, [...]

Mozilla has released a new version of the Firefox web browser. “Firefox has security, speed and new features that will change the way you use the Web. Don’t settle for anything less.”
The Safest Web Browser
Mozilla says, “Simply put, your online security is our top priority. Firefox includes strict anti-phishing and anti-malware measures, plus easy ways [...]

Microsoft has released updates to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Office, Internet Explorer, and Forefront Edge Security as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for April 2009. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial-of-service condition, or operate with escalated privileges.
Microsoft Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool
Microsoft has released an [...]

Hackers planted malware onto the network of the U.S. electrical grid. It is likely their intent was to cripple the power infrastructure. According to security researcher Roger Thompson the hackers probably gained access like many others by exploiting holes in software, such as, Windows.
“Any computer connected to the Internet is potentially vulnerable. [...]

by CERT
Using anti-virus and anti-spyware software is an important part of cyber security. But in an attempt to protect yourself, you may unintentionally cause problems.
Isn’t it better to have more protection?
Spyware and viruses can interfere with your computer’s ability to process information or can modify or destroy data. You may feel that the more anti-virus [...]

US-CERT saw no evidence of nefarious behavior associated with Conficker on April 1, 2009. It is important to understand that it is still unclear what Conficker is intended for and capable of doing. Systems with infections must be cleaned now. An infected system could enable an attacker to remotely take control of that system and [...]