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 | from Tony Bradley, your Editor and Guide For those in the United States- Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day! Hopefully you're not one of the "lucky"(not in a good way) ones who have received a "bagel" in their email for breakfast this morning. Check out the links below for information about a serious Internet Explorer flaw that remains unchecked and some information about last week's Personal Firewall Day. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| You Don't Want This "Bagel" For Breakfast I like a good salt or garlic bagel from Einstein Bagels for breakfast every once in awhile. With a good portion of cream cheese and side of coffee its a great way to start the morning. Many computer users are in for a rude awakening from a different sort of "bagel" though...Read More |
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| Microsoft's January Patch Release Leaves Huge Hole In IE A flaw was discovered in early December that allows an attacker to quite easily redirect a user to a malicious web site. Using the flaw, an attacker could create a replica of a known site such as a bank, Ebay, Paypal, or something similar and redirect users to their malicious replica using a spoofed email. In December Microsoft did not release any new patches. The security world was hoping that this vulnerability would be addressed in January...Read More |
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| Happy Personal Firewall Day! Sorry for the short notice- I never heard of Personal Firewall Day before yesterday. Originated by Paul Roberston, Director of Risk Assessment with TruSecure, Personal Firewall Day is sponsored by a number of software and security companies including Microsoft, Zone...read more |
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