By my own definition, a rootkit "is a set of tools and utilities that a hacker can use to maintain access once they have hacked a system." Microsoft's latest ... Read More

Have you receieved one of those spam emails about the latest hot stock? It usually comes as an embedded image because text would get filtered by most spam filters and ... Read More

It is unfortunate, but tragedies such as the recent massacre at Virginia Tech tend to spark malware and phishing scams. While interest is high and people are actively surfing the ... Read More

This month Microsoft released 5 Critical and 1 Important Security Bulletin on Patch Tuesday. Actually, only four of the Critical Security Bulletins were new because MS07-017 had been released the ... Read More

Last Thursday, Microsoft released a Security Advisory regarding a flaw in Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 DNS. By Sunday, there were exploits for the flaw circulating in the wild. ... Read More

It is an annual exercise in just how insecure passwords are for corporate security. Using strict password policies and enforcing the need for passwords to be complex- containing a variety ... Read More

Microsoft has known about a flaw in the way Windows handles animated cursors since December. However, they did not get around to patching it until it was found that malicious ... Read More

Antivirus software is one of those applications that is run almost universally. Almost everyone understands the need to use antivirus software to protect their computer from all sorts of malware. ... Read More

A worm has been identified which attempts to lure users with an email claiming to link to a download of Internet Explorer 7. The Grum.A worm arrives in an email ... Read More