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Security News for End Users
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September 4, 2008: Patches, Social Networks,
Reviews & More
Patches
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Microsoft to Release Four Critical Patches [next Tuesday], Grant Gross, IDG
News Service, PC World, September 4, 2008
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Apple confirms iPhone security bug, promises patch, Gregg
Keizer, Computerworld, August 28, 2008
Social Networks
Reviews & Previews
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F-Secure Internet Security 2009, Neil Rubenking, PC Magazine,
September 3, 2008
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Researchers offer new way to avoid bogus Web sites, Jordan
Robertson, AP, SFGate, August 27, 2008
- Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer 8 Beta 2, Michail
Muchmore, PC Magazine, August 27, 2008
- Panda Releases 2009 Security Line, Neil Rubenking, PC Magazine,
August 27, 2008
- Build
Your Own Free Security Suite, Erik Larkin, PC World, August 26,
2008 -- AVG Free 8.0, Online Armor Personal Firewall Free, Vista
Firewall Control, SiteAdvisor, CCleaner
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Check Point Releases ZoneAlarm 8.0, Neil Rubenking, PC Magazine,
August 25, 2008
- Bake-Off:
Desktop Security Suites, Fahmida Rashid, CRN, August 22, 2008 --
McAfee, Norton 2009 beta, Kaspersky 2009, Trend Micro, and CA 2007
[?]
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Review: Kaspersky Internet Security 2009 -- fast, lean, effective,
Preston Gralla, ComputerWorld, August 11, 2008
Articles
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Security
of Google's [new Chrome] browser gets mixed results, Robert
Lemos, SecurityFocus, September 4, 2008
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Number of Bot-Infected PCs Skyrockets, Brian Krebs, Security
Fix, Washington Post, September 4, 2008
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Microsoft proposes age-limited digital playgrounds, Elinor
Mills, CNet, September 3, 2008
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'Net ad targeting
may lose to privacy concerns, Anick Jesdanun, AP, MSNBC,
September 2, 2008
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Parties at odds over cyber security, Joseph Menn, LA Times,
Seattle Times, September 2, 2008
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Report Slams U.S. Host as Major Source of Badware, Brian Krebs,
Security Fix, Washington Post, August 28, 2008
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Hijacking huge chunks of the internet - a new How To, Dan
Gooding, The Register UK, August 27, 2008
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Rising fraud threats in virtual worlds, Elinor Mills, CNet,
August 27, 2008
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White House Imposes New Security Mandate for Federal Agencies,
Brian Krebs, Security Fix, Washington Post, August 27, 2008
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Houston, we have a virus, Dan Goodin, The Register UK, August
26, 2008
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Why Can't Google Stop Malware Ads on Adwords? Larry Seltzer,
eWeek, August 26, 2008
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The Specs That Matter [and the Specs That Don't], Darren
Gladstone, PC World, August 25, 2008 -- Networking Equipment
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Web Fraud 2.0: Thwarting Anti-Spam Defenses, Brian Krebs,
Security Fix, Washington Post, August 25, 2008
- New StopBadware
guidelines take aim at software update bundling, Ryan Naraine,
ZDNet, August 25, 2008
- You've Got Malice
[cyber war], Travis Wentworth, Newsweek, August 23, 2008
- Dalhousie to help U.S. catch cyber terrorists, Devin Stevens,
The Chronicle Herald Metro, August 22, 2008
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