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Fix it: Internet Explorer 8 Vulnerability

02

Jan

2013

As mentioned in our previous post, there’s an Internet Explorer (zero-day) remote code execution vulnerability being exploited in the wild which affects IE 8, as well as IE 6 & 7. Those versions of IE account for about one third of all desktop browser market share.Current exploitation is limited but it’s quite likely a reliable […]

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Finnish Website Attack via Rogue Ad

05

Dec

2012

Finland has a rather small population in which F-Secure has a relatively large market share. (Natch.) And every so often, something “big” will occur in such a way that Finland becomes a kind of statistical laboratory. Here’s a graph of malware detections (as in preventions) that occurred in Finland from November 24th to November 27th. […]

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Shylock Likes Smart Cards

04

Dec

2012

Do you ever use your laptop’s Smart Card reader? You don’t? Yeah, we didn’t think so. (Half of you reading this probably didn’t even realize it had one to begin with.) Windows users: open your Control Panel, go to Administrative Tools, Services — and stop the Smart Card service. Adjust the startup type to prevent […]

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