Forum: Miscellaneous Security Discussions

Hey guys, I received a phone call from a distressed friend today. He told me that his computer is very slow and everytime he opens IE a crap load...

Maybe it's just me.... An employee called me to tell me that the internet was down from their location.... After a few minutes of looking at it...

I thought some of you might like these. Since “The Broken”, it seems there have been a lot of video E-Zines coming out. Many kind of suck, but some...

Hello, Not sure if this is the right place to put this, but I hope so, because I really am looking for some clarification on this issue. Lots of...

Somehow this doesn't surprise me. Given that this is the "Microsoft Society" (point and click everything, make it easy), people are always looking...

hi all, a friend of mine needed a tool to lock certain folders because someone needed to borrow his notebook. after a bit of googling i've came...

I just saw this link on Full Disclosure: http://fightspam.nm.ru/ . Now, I haven't figured out if it's actually taking stuff from spammers or adding...

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1588526,00.asp http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1589919,00.asp Another from 'Whats new at Ziff Davis'...

Evidence of a junk/spam e-mail making the rounds today shows a new way to get yourself infected with a Trojan or backdoor. I have set-up...

Read the full story here...

Many people probably won't be interested in this .. but someone may find it interesting... ...

This is an email i got from Dyagnosis (i think it's a members website here ) today ! Dear MemorY None, ALERT: A Level 10 Exploit has been...

The article was posted on Slashdot. I usually stay clear of posting news from known sites but I was curious what AO thinks about this. Especially...

Here's a bit of a heads up for all you Gmail users. Be careful of all those 'invites' you are getting or being offered. Full Story ...

"WASHINGTON (AP) -- What would it take to get someone to turn in one of those spammers who send millions of unwanted e-mails? At least $100,000, the...

Surely they would come to an agreement, both companies have too much to lose and obviously one would come up trumps ...

From Zone-H.org:

Considering thier back ground, this must be some sort of ground breaking news :( The full article is...

I would like to get your opinions on the benefits and risks of having users log out of their machines at night instead of leaving turning them off. ...