by Joseph Forbes | Apr 13, 2013 | SECURITY, SOFTWARE, Technical Support, Technicals
from the but-thanks-for-testing-it dept. Microsoft announced last night that it has stopped pushing a security update originally released on Patch Tuesday because the fix is causing some PCs to blue-screen. Microsoft recommends users uninstall the patch, which is also...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 12, 2013 | INTERNET, SECURITY, SOFTWARE, Technical Support
Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday on 9 April will be an important spring cleaning day; the company plans to implement nine security bulletins. One of the bulletins deals with vulnerabilities in Windows Defender for Windows 8 and RT; the hole is rated as important and...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 12, 2013 | DATA, INTERNET, NERD NEWS, SECURITY, SOFTWARE, Technical Support, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
from the quick-name-an-os-that’s-never-been-compromised dept. We frequently have guests in our home who ask to use our computer for various reasons such as checking their email or showing us websites. We are happy to oblige, but the problem is many of these...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 11, 2013 | DATA, HACKING, HARDWARE, LAW, POLITICAL, PRIVACY, SECURITY, TECHNOLOGY
from the spying-made-simple dept. concealment writes with news that a court battle has brought to light details on how the FBI’s “stingray” surveillance tool works, and how they used it with Verizon’s help to collect evidence about an alleged...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 11, 2013 | DATA, INTERNET, Internet Scam Notices, Malware Reports, Microsoft Security Response Center, Microsoft's Malware Protection Center, SECURITY
We can safely say that since we encountered our first rogue, they’ve always commanded a presence in the malware ecosystem. That was, until recently we observed a decrease in rogue activity. That’s not to say they went away altogether – no, not at all – but...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 11, 2013 | DATA, INTERNET, NERD NEWS, SECURITY, TECHNOLOGY
from the If-you-lie-down-with-dogs-you-get-up-with-fleas dept. Using data about Web sites, IP addresses and domains, researchers find that they can detect 99 percent of malicious executables downloaded by users, outperforming antivirus and URL-reputation services. The...
