The F-Secure blog is reporting that there is a new zero-day exploit for a vulnerability in Windows image rendering, namely with WMF (Windows Metafile) images. The exploit, dubbed W32/PFV-Exploit by ... Read More

I recently posted a review of a very good computer-based CISSP preparation program, PrepLogic CISSP Practice Exam. However, a user posted a request in the Netsecurity Forums looking for some ... Read More

Hopefully everyone who celebrates Christmas had a wonderful holiday. But, the MerryX.A Trojan horse could put a damper on your holiday joy. Disguised as a message from Santa Claus, executing ... Read More

The Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification is considered by many to be the certification to pursue out of the sea of options available. Rather than demonstrating detailed knowledge ... Read More

Home users can simply download a free copy of ZoneAlarm, but a reader from South Africa who runs security for an Internet Service Provider (ISP) wrote to the Netsecurity Forums ... Read More

Are you buying a computer for someone this holiday season? Maybe a system for your parents to try and get them to venture out and explore the vast resources of ... Read More

A user wrote to the Netsecurity Forums to ask about configuring Windows XP as an FTP server that can be accessed over his home DSL connection: I am trying to set ... Read More

I am sure the concept of a pop-up alert sounded like a very good one when it was first developed. It gets the user's attention and provides contextual information that ... Read More

Microsoft released their final 2 Security Bulletins for 2005 yesterday. One of them is rated as Important and the other is Critical. The Critical Security Bulletin is related to a ... Read More

The Categories, the main computer and network security subjects listed in the menu on the left side of this site, have been reorganized. Some of the more advanced or esoteric ... Read More

Microsoft continues to tweak and improve Internet Explorer 7 which has been in Beta testing for the past few months. According to this ComputerWorld article, Microsoft is changing the way ... Read More

You may not be aware of it, but closing a pop-up ad window by clicking on the box that says "No" or "Close" may actually be a disguised invitation to ... Read More

There are now less than 2 weeks left until Christmas. Just in case last week's listing of top picks and gift ideas wasn't enough, here are some more that you ... Read More

There was an astounding number of new malware threats introduced in 2005, more than 16,000. That means that on an average day almost 44 new threats were unleashed. But, what ... Read More

Security research firm iDefense says that they have determined that the next attack of the Sober worm will be unleashed on January 5th. The date may be linked with the ... Read More

In their Advance Notification for this Tuesday's monthly Security Bulletin release, Microsoft states that there will be 2 new Security Bulletins and that at least one of those will be ... Read More

Shopping season is in high gear. With less than 3 weeks to Christmas, people everywhere are scrambling to find just the right gift. Providing a book or product that helps ... Read More

SANS recently released their annual Top 20 Vulnerabilities. This year show a marked difference from previous years. Where there have generally been 10 Windows-based vulnerabilities and 10 Linux / Unix-based ... Read More