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Microsoft revokes DigiNotar certificates from Windows, Mac users still vulnerable

07

Sep

2011

Microsoft has just released an update to security advisory 2607712 permanently moving all five of DigiNotar’s root certificates to the “revoked” certificate store. How is this different than the previous update Microsoft released? It provides protection for all supported versions of Windows (XP, 2003, Vista, 2008, 7 and 2008R2). It covers all five root certificates […]

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A Peek Inside Web Malware Exploitation Kits

29

Aug

2011

With web malware exploitation kits, continuing to represent the attack method of choice for the majority of cybercriminals thanks to the overall susceptibility of end and enterprise users to client-side exploitation attacks, it’s always worth taking a peek inside them from the perspective of the malicious attacker. In this post, we’ll take a peek inside […]

Category Security Written by Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge 0 Comments

24

Aug

2011

Let’s compare the major computer operating systems at the moment. We have Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. We have various Linux distributions. And we have Mac OS X. Of these, obviously Windows XP has the weakest security, by far. And Windows XP has the biggest marketshare, too. Globally close to half of all […]

Category General Written by F-Secure Antivirus Research Weblog 0 Comments

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