August 31, 2009
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I love Dr. Gregory House. As a journalist, I can really appreciate his view that “Everybody lies.” That may be too cynical for most people, but when it comes to dealing with your e-mail I’m not sure it’s possible to … Continue reading
August 26, 2009
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When I recently grew discouraged with the popular Windows anti-virus program AVG and considered the alternatives, little did I know that an overview was coming of the free anti-virus programs. According to this review, I’m not the only one who’s … Continue reading
August 25, 2009
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A friend of mine suggested that I should include as boilerplate in my security stories, a line like: “Of course, if you were running desktop Linux or using a Mac, you wouldn’t have this problem.” She’s got a point. Windows … Continue reading
August 25, 2009
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Today’s Internet report is Green in the European Union, Yellow in North America but still Red in the Pan-Pacific countries and Israel. In the U.S., Facebook and Twitter are still under siege from the Windows-based Katrina Storm botnet. Google, however, … Continue reading
August 20, 2009
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Everything has security problems, even Linux. An old and obscure problem with the gcc compiler was recently discovered to have left a security hole in essentially every version of Linux that anyone is likely to be running. Here’s what you … Continue reading
August 19, 2009
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It’s hard to believe that people will actually believe the new NSS Labs report that claims Internet Explorer is safer than other Web browsers at blocking “Socially Engineered Malware” (PDF Link), but I have to remind myself of two things. … Continue reading