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Beware of Emails Bearing Gifts

By bgt, on 14th August 2011

Have you seen an email entitled UPS notification? Have you received an unexpected email telling you about a parcel sent your home address, when you have nothing on order? Do you feel excited at the thought of getting an unexpected gift?

Unfortunately, that is not a mysterious present in the post, but a piece of . . . → Read More: Beware of Emails Bearing Gifts

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Microsoft Offers Reward for Information on Rustock Botnet

By bgt, on 18th July 2011

In a further move against international cyber criminals, Microsoft has offered a reward of $250,000.00 reward for information that results in the identification, arrest and criminal conviction of those responsible for controlling the notorious Rustock bot-net.

Microsoft says that IP address infections of Rustock have reduced by more than 50% worldwide since the company took . . . → Read More: Microsoft Offers Reward for Information on Rustock Botnet

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Microsoft Floors The Coreflood Botnet

By bgt, on 13th April 2011

With headlines like “More Than 2 Million Computers Infected with Keylogging Software as Part of Massive Fraud Scheme”, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) and Federal Bureau of Investigation announced the filing of a civil complaint, the execution of criminal seizure warrants, and the issuance of a temporary restraining order as part of the most . . . → Read More: Microsoft Floors The Coreflood Botnet

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Microsoft Claims Rustock Botnet Takedown

By bgt, on 18th March 2011

Have you missed your daily dose of spam emails advertising everything from Viagra to fake pharmaceuticals and watches this week? According to a link spotted on eWeek, Microsoft is claiming responsibility for the takedown of the massive Rustock botnet, which stopped sending out spam midmorning on 16 March 2011.

This operation, known as Operation B107, . . . → Read More: Microsoft Claims Rustock Botnet Takedown

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Microsoft Takes Down The Waledac Botnet

By bgt, on 25th February 2011

In a post on the Official Microsoft blog, entitled Cracking Down on Botnets, Microsoft announced the takedown of the Waledac botnet, one of the 10 largest botnets in the United States and a major distributor of spam globally. Microsoft achieved this after a federal judge granted a temporary restraining order cutting off 277 Internet domains . . . → Read More: Microsoft Takes Down The Waledac Botnet

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Important WordPress Security Update Announced

By bgt, on 30th December 2010

In a direct email from Matt Mullenweg via the WordPress.org announcement list, news has reached our ears about an important WordPress Security Update, WordPress version 3.0.4.

Apparently, they have fixed a critical vulnerability in WordPress’ core HTML sanitation library, and because this library is used lots of places it’s important that everyone update as soon . . . → Read More: Important WordPress Security Update Announced

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Another Trojan Email Is Doing The Rounds

By bgt, on 22nd February 2010

Another Trojan Email popped into the spam basket today, this one entitled Facebook Password Reset Confirmation. The Email, purporting to be from Facebook, claims that the user’s Facebook password has been changed and informs them that the new password can be found in an attached document, which is a zip file.

You may receive a . . . → Read More: Another Trojan Email Is Doing The Rounds

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Outdated IE6 Browser Still Widespread in Government

By bgt, on 23rd January 2010

Does it seem odd that with Chinese hackers exploiting Internet Explorer 6 vulnerabilities to infiltrate Google’s network, so many Government departments are actively prevented from upgrading to a safer, more usable browser?

As noted in the Bristol Programming blog, the numbers are almost unbelievable. Together with an undisclosed number of desktops in the Ministry . . . → Read More: Outdated IE6 Browser Still Widespread in Government

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Another Email Hoax To Avoid

By bgt, on 22nd January 2010

Another one of those pesky email hoaxes popped into our in-box today. It was the Simon Ashton hoax, with the warning forwarded by a well meaning friend. As we tell all our staff, collogues, customers and friends, the email hoax works because people think “better safe than sorry”

The amount of email that a . . . → Read More: Another Email Hoax To Avoid

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Avoid Spreading Virus Hoaxes

By bgt, on 3rd September 2009

Today we recieved one of the emails that you get occasionally, which promises a masivly damaging virus is just about to strike. This one had the headline HUGE VIRUS COMING! PLEASE READ & FORWARD!

We always advise people to check these messages out via a reputable website like McAfee or Sophos, because many of them . . . → Read More: Avoid Spreading Virus Hoaxes

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