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  2. F-secure Says Stop Using Adobe Acrobat Reader

    in Security Alerts

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    April 21, 2009 2:42 PM PDT

    F-Secure says stop using Adobe Acrobat Reader

    by Elinor Mills

    With all the Internet attacks that exploit Adobe Acrobat Reader people should switch to using an alternative PDF reader, a security expert said at the RSA security conference on Tuesday.

    Of the targeted attacks so far this year, more than 47 percent of them exploit holes in Acrobat Reader while six vulnerabilities have been discovered that target the program, Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer of security firm F-Secure, said in a briefing with journalists.

    Just last month, Adobe issued a fix for an Acrobat Reader hole that attackers had been exploiting for months, after issuing a patch for a critical vulnerability in Flash player the month before.

    In 2008, the favored targeted attack vector was Microsoft Word, which had 15 known vulnerabilities (compared to Acrobat Reader's 19) and which represented 34.5 percent of the attacks (compared to 28.6 percent for Acrobat Reader), he said.

    CNET Story: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10224449-83.html

    "Time To Change PDF Readers?" = http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/2009/...readers_i_d.php

  6. Mebroot Rootkit Infects Thousands Of Websites.

    in Security Alerts

    Posted · Edited by sultan_emerr

    "Thousands of websites have been rigged to deliver a powerful piece of malicious software that many security products may be unprepared to handle." = http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?newsid=114364

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    Massive UK and US botnet uncovered

    Finjan finds Ukraine-controlled network of nearly two million compromised PCs

    http://newswires.vnunet.co.uk/c/13GcvUR8HjDhYMEDa

  7. Caution Regarding Links

    in BestTechie News

    Posted · Edited by sultan_emerr

    AVG Unveils LinkScanner to Fight Malware on the Web:

    04.20.09 =

    by Larry Seltzer

    AVG Technologies has released AVG LinkScanner, now a separate product.

    It's been known for years that the web is the distribution mechanism for the large majority of malware. While e-mail is still heavily used to lure users, the e-mail contains links to the web, not attached malware. LinkScanner pre-screens web sites as you surf, looking for malicious activity. = http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,23455...S_042109_STORY2

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    AVG launches LinkScanner free web security app

    http://email.pcadvisor.co.uk/go.asp?/bPCA001/qBNQP7/xSZU5P

  8. Caution Regarding Links

    in BestTechie News

    Posted

    Good links =

    Angry talking kitty

    http://www.wxpnews.com/GYHR8H/090421-Cat-Talk

    Strangest things in space

    http://www.wxpnews.com/GYHR8H/090421-Space-Things

    World's weirdest hotels

    http://www.wxpnews.com/GYHR8H/090421-Hotels

    Play Collider (you have to watch annoying commercial first)

    http://www.wxpnews.com/GYHR8H/090421-Game

    20 cool clouds

    http://www.wxpnews.com/GYHR8H/090421-Clouds

    Top Ten strangest Lego creations

    http://www.wxpnews.com/GYHR8H/090421-Lego-Creations

    Low level flight through the Swiss Alps in a Swiss Air Force fighter jet:

    http://www.wxpnews.com/GYHR8H/090421-Jet

    One of the most unexpected performances on "Britain's Got Talent". 47 year-old Susan Boyle singing "I Dreamed a Dream" from "Les Miserables":

    http://www.wxpnews.com/GYHR8H/090421-Susan-Boyle

    In the category "Weird Japanese" video, this one is pretty high on the scale. A rendition of Beethoven's fifth symphony set in a restaurant. ("Asagohan" means breakfast in Japanese.)

    http://www.wxpnews.com/GYHR8H/090421-Breakfast

  20. Power Outtage Season Returns, In Spectacular Fashion!

    in Open Chat

    Posted

    I have to say, this has been the most windy season I remember. As I said before, the PowCo began some serious line maintenance in Jan., after several long outages last spring/summer. I mean SERIOUS! There are Davy tree service trucks everywhere! PowCo is even running around replacing poles. It's dang well about time, as the last trimming was cursory at best.

    Want to rent our generator? I don't think we'll be needing it for a few years.

    Best wishes to you, my friend.

    I hope that you do not need it any time soon.

  25. Fascist Elements Target Obama Administration.

    in World and Politics

    Posted

    " Obama appointee on leave after FBI raid, arrests" = "An employee of the D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer and a private contractor were charged with corruption Thursday after an FBI raid at the former office of one of President Obama's appointees, Vivek Kundra.

    Kundra is on leave from his White House job until further details of the case become known, a White House source tells the Associated Press. Last week, Kundra resigned from his post as D.C. chief technology officer to take a job in the Obama administration as the federal government's chief information officer." = http://wtop.com/?nid=596&sid=1622618