Ending Spam, by Jonathan Zdziarski, may not live up to its name, but it is an excellent overview and introduction to the various methods and techniques used to detect and ... Read More

Microsoft has a new product coming soon called OneCare. The purpose of OneCare is to provide a one-stop-shopping maintenance and protection program for Windows computers. In the Beta version, OneCare ... Read More

One of the easiest ways to identify a virus or other malware is when the message is written in another language. If it isn't malware, it at very least is ... Read More

Below are links to the daily Secunia Security Advisories ranked as Highly Critical or above by Secunia. Tuesday was a particularly prolific day, but the two bigger ones to pay ... Read More

The world is still scrambling to apply the patch for the plug-and-play vulnerability outlined in Critical Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-039 and rebound from the Zotob worm which exploits that vulnerability, ... Read More

Almost 2 years ago I wrote Rootkits: They're Not Just For *Nix Anymore, pointing out that rootkits were an emerging tool becoming more prevalent in Windows attacks. Earlier this year, ... Read More

Rootkits are all the rage. They have been around for a while, but have plagued Unix systems primarily. They are emerging as the latest network security threat, if not at ... Read More

Last week was a relatively light week for Highly Critical Secunia Security Advisories. The major ones to watch out for are the ones related to Microsoft's Internet Explorer web browser ... Read More

Along with the 6 new Security Bulletins released for the month of August, Microsoft also updated and re-released two previous Security Bulletins. MS05-023, originally released in April, was updated to ... Read More

Microsoft released their Security Bulletins for the month of August. There were 6 total: 3 Critical, 1 Important and 2 Moderate. MS05-039, which relates to a remotely exploitable flaw with ... Read More

Recently I began updating the Free Security Tools software listings to get rid of links that no longer work and make sure that newer applications are on the list. Additionally, ... Read More

eEye Digital Security announced the discovery of a flaw in Windows 2000 which could be used to create a worm attack. eEye will not release any details about the vulnerability, ... Read More

Recently, Microsoft released the first Beta version of Windows Vista (formerly codenamed "Longhorn") which is set to be released at the end of 2006 as the new flagship operating system ... Read More

This week was a relatively slow week when it comes to Highly Critical security advisories from Secunia. Some days only had one or two new Highly Critical advisories. A few ... Read More

Last week Microsoft released the first Beta edition of the new Internet Explorer 7 web browser. While Microsoft still maintains a very comfortable and dominating chunk of the web browser ... Read More

While Linux and Apple have gained ground in recent years, the prevailing operating system in use, particulary for residential or home use, is still Microsoft Windows. Below are links to ... Read More

There were 7 new Highly Critical security advisories published by Secunia on Thursday, July 28 and 4 more on Friday, July 29. A few of them were updates from different ... Read More

The hacker community is fervently trying to exploit a controversial flaw in the Cisco operating system that controls much of the routing and switching equipment that run the Internet and ... Read More