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APWG report rocks the boat inside phishers' safest harbor
18 Nov 2008
Leave it to phishers to find simple ways to make their deceptive and criminal web sites harder to take down. A new advisory from the Anti-Phishing Work Group blows the whistle on a new phisher technique, called "subdomain registry."
Arbor's Infrastructure Security Report is a must-read
12 Nov 2008
More than five dozen ISPs and large carriers tell you what happened on the Internet in 2007 (and they oughtta know). Short version: it's as bad as you thought. And here's the proof.
Microsoft Black Tuesday more of a dull gray
11 Nov 2008
A mere two security bulletins today! Woo-hoo! ...Oh, wait. One of them is rated Critical, and it affects the way Windows handles XML. Okay, no day of rejoicing, but maybe your staff can install the patches and still be home in time for dinner?
Easy-Peasy MS Patch Day for November
07 Nov 2008
Last month, Microsoft issued 11 security bulletins on Patch Day. And they've already issued a startling out-of-cycle patch earlier in November. By comparison, this coming Patch Day feels like a half day off work: they're issuing a mere two bulletins.
Microsoft Black Tuesday: IE, Excel, and Active Directory suffer Critical flaws
14 Oct 2008
Today, Microsoft released 11 security bulletins, fixing 20 security vulnerabilities in their products. Microsoft rates four bulletins as Critical; these affect Windows, Internet Explorer, Office, and Microsoft's Host Integration Server.
Whopper of a Microsoft Patch Day for October
13 Oct 2008
Looks as though Microsoft plans to pile it on for network administrators tomorrow. Last Thursday, they posted their monthly Advance Notification, letting us know they intend to release 11 security bulletins on Tuesday 14 October.
World Bank -- robbed?
11 Oct 2008
A Fox News report claims that the World Bank has been infiltrated by hackers for over a year, But is it for real? We could not find the story reported in any other major news publication.
Phishers read the papers, too
03 Oct 2008
Within one week of the collapse of Washington Mutual Bank in the US, and its subsequent purchase by JPMorgan Chase, phishing scams were already trying to take advantage of people who might be confused by the latest round of mega-mergers.
We've got a blog, and we're not afraid to use it
02 Oct 2008
When we began the WatchGuard Wire back in 2005, RSS feeds were the cutting-edge of web interaction. Since then, blogs have become the dominant way to share news, views and your comments. And so we have created WatchGuard Blogs. Check it out here!
Washington State AG goes after "anti-malware" scams
01 Oct 2008
Yesterday, Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna brought suit against Branch Software, which has been scamming innocent victims with a product called "Registry CleanerXP," malware which claims to rid your computer of malware.
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