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The problem with the Prefetch function in Firefox and Chrome
Did you know that Firefox and Chrome both have a feature that fetches pages and links that it thinks you might be going to click on? This can slow down your computer and browsing dramatically. The majority of problems come up when using a search engine, particularly Google with its “preview function”. The pre-fetch function [… Read More]
Beware of New year e-cards
Please avoid all untrusted Happy New Year e-card links. The Shadowserver Foundation is warning of a new malicious and advanced botnet that has just been discovered and ressembles the Storm Worm designs. New Fast Flux Botnet for the Holidays: Could it be Storm Worm 3.0/Waledac 2.0? http://www.shadowserver.org/wiki/pmwiki.php/Calendar/20101230 Those of us here at Shadowserver hope you’re [… Read More]
List of public DNS services
Until fairly recently, nobody bothered with changing their DNS server. Everybody used the ones provided by their ISP. Today, there are several providers worldwide that provide free public DNS service with additional features like blocking known malware sites, blocking known phishing sites, parental controls and some even say that their services are quicker and more reliable. Here are a few of [… Read More]
IE out of band patch
This is an advance notification of one out-of-band security bulletin that Microsoft is intending to release on January 21, 2010. The bulletin will be for Internet Explorer to address limited, targeted attacks against customers of Internet Explorer 6, as well as fixes for vulnerabilities rated Critical that are not currently under active attack. The full [… Read More]
Adobe Issues Critical Updates To Flash, AIR – Security Watch
Adobe released new versions of Flash and AIR today to address vulnerabilities in both products. Applying these updates as soon as practicable is a good idea, as Flash vulnerabilities are popular exploit vehicles in the wild. Click here to install Flash 10.0.42.34. Click here to install AIR 1.5.3. The expanded security advisory explains that critical [… Read More]
Mozilla fixes 16 flaws with Firefox 3.5.4:
http://www.mozilla.org/security/known-vulnerabilities/firefox35.html#firefox3.5.4 Mozilla fixes 16 flaws with Firefox 3.5.4: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9140008/Mozilla_fixes_16_flaws_with_Firefox_3.5.4 Mozilla today patched 16 vulnerabilities in Firefox, 11 of them critical, as it updated the open-source browser to version 3.5.4. The 11 critical Firefox 3.5 vulnerabilities were located in a variety ofn components, including Web worker calls, the GIF color map parser, the string-to-number converter, a [… Read More]