March, 2011

Security updates available for Adobe Reader and Acrobat

Ayush Sonavane / 15 years
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A critical vulnerability has been identified in the authplay.dll component that ships with Adobe Reader and Acrobat X (10.0.1) and earlier 10.x and 9.x versions for Windows and Macintosh operating systems. This vulnerability (CVE-2011-0609), as referenced in Security Advisory APSA11-01, could cause a crash and potentially allow an attacker to take control of the affected […]

Firefox 4.0 is released

Ayush Sonavane / 15 years
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Mozilla finally released the 4.0 version of its well-known open source browser Firefox. Firefox 4 features a new, lighter look, is some six times faster than its predecessor, has lower startup and page load times, and brings goodies like Firefox Sync (for syncing browsing history, bookmaks, tabs across multiple devices), App Tabs, Switch to Tab, […]

Rouge SSL certificates

Ranjeet Menon / 15 years
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2 min read

Certificate vendor Comodo has announced that nine rogue certificates were issued through them. These certificates were issued for: mail.google.com (GMail) login.live.com (Hotmail et al) www.google.com login.yahoo.com (three certificates) login.skype.com addons.mozilla.org (Firefox extensions)”Global Trustee” According to Comodo, the registrations seemed to be coming from Tehran, Iran and they believe that because of the focus and speed […]

“You have committed network crime!” Ransomware

Ayush Sonavane / 15 years
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“You have committed network crime!” is a fake warning (ransomware) which states that you were watching materials with pornographic content or downloading unlicensed software, movies and music. This ransomware also states that all the examples found on your computer will be serving as material evidence in a court.You have 24 hours to call and get […]

Beware of Japan fake quake relief scams !

Suvarnjeet Jagtap / 15 years
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2 min read

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has asked the public to beware of Japan quake relief scams, WKYC reports. The report provides ten tips to help identify fake ‘charity’ efforts, as under: 1. Don’t respond to unsolicited/spam emails — including clicking links in those messages. Those links could contain a computer virus. 2. Be skeptical of […]

Microsoft Launched the Internet Explorer -9

Ranjeet Menon / 15 years
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Hey All, Microsoft has worked diligently in the area of online privacy and Web tracking protection to propose industry solutions and to adopt the proposals of others to further the ability of industry self-regulation. Microsoft launched the Internet Explorer-9 having following improvements. Fast: With IE9, the Web delivers a new level of performance by unlocking […]

Adobe warns of zero-day vulnerability in Flash

Vishal Dodke / 15 years
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2 min read

Adobe has issued a security warning over a zero-day vulnerability in its Flash Player, Adobe Reader, and Acrobat software packages which can lead to remote code execution The attack, which exists in Flash Player on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris, and Android along with the Windows and Mac OS X versions of Adobe Reader […]

Microsoft March Patch Tuesday Released

Ayush Sonavane / 15 years
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Microsoft has released March’s Patch Tuesday updates which comprise of 3 patches, one critical and two important, that fix four vulnerabilities. MS11-015 – Vulnerabilities in Windows Media Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2510030) The only critical vulnerability belongs to Windows Media, specifically DirectShow, Windows Media Player and Windows Media Center which could allow remote code […]

Tips and Tools to Backup data

Vishal Dodke / 15 years
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4 min read

Backing up data is one of the most important, yet also one of the most neglected areas of computing. It should be at the top of your computer maintenance list, right next to virus protection. Without data backup or virus protection, you are running the risk of losing your data. And it will happen, don’t […]