Monthly Archives: May 2010

Review Round-up

Review Round-up

on May 31, 2010

What better way to understand whether a specific product is right for you than to read a detailed review from someone who has already used it? We’ve gathered the latest reviews of GFI WebMonitor, GFI MAX RemoteManagement, GFI MAX MailProtection …

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Microsoft really wants to eradicate IE6

Microsoft really wants to eradicate IE6

on May 28, 2010

Insanely, the world’s second most popular browserMicrosoft actually has someone in charge of moving millions of Internet Explorer 6 users to a version of the browser that is safer. Ryan Gavin, the head of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer business group told …

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Performing Network Management tasks with GFI LANguard scripts

Performing Network Management tasks with GFI LANguard scripts

GFI LANguard concentrates many products into one – Network Audit, Patch Management and Vulnerability discovery. Network Audit is useful in order to get centralized information about hardware, software and configuration of scanned computers. Moreover you can control and remediate other …

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"Surviving 2.0 in the workplace": ISSA Ireland

"Surviving 2.0 in the workplace": ISSA Ireland

Yesterday I gave a talk at one of the regular ISSA Ireland meetings (ISSA being a non-profit Org that does all sorts of awesome security related things) on the subject of social networking in the workplace, and some of the …

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Sunbelt anti-virus is now in Spiceworks

Sunbelt anti-virus is now in Spiceworks

Mr. Wizard sez: “Alright!! Sunbelt AV detection!!” Sunbelt anti-virus protection has been incorporated into the free Spiceworks network management software version 4.7.51538. Spiceworks is advertising-supported software that provides an IT Desktop that will inventory, monitor and manage software and hardware. …

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Patch Tuesday++

Patch Tuesday++

H-online is quoting an Adobe spokesman as saying the company is considering moving from a 90-day patch schedule for Adobe Reader to a 30-day schedule that would coincide with Microsoft’s monthly “Patch Tuesday” routine. Brad Arkin, Adobe’s Director of Product …

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GFI EventsManager 2010 Launched!

GFI EventsManager 2010 Launched!

GFI EventsManager 2010 and its ReportPack are now released with which IT network and systems administrators will benefit from optimized performance in terms of CPU and memory utilization, improved events management dashboard and increased usability.

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U.S. indicts three for $100 million rogue operation

U.S. indicts three for $100 million rogue operation

on May 27, 2010

Malware Alarm, Antivirus 2008 and VirusRemover 2008The U.S. Department of Justice announced today that it has brought indictments in the Northern District of Illinois against three men in connection with a rogue security software scam that bilked victims in more …

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Buy-passport-on-line scam

Buy-passport-on-line scam

Started from buyfakepassports.com re-directing to fakepassportsale.cc. Hmmm. Country domain “cc” = Cocos Islands. buyfakepassports.com whois registration date: Created: 2010-04-26Expires: 2011-04-26 The sites are together in the same IPs with the FakeVimes rogues and other exploits and malware. “For entertainment only…” …

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The expanding universe of video gaming and associated crime

The expanding universe of video gaming and associated crime

VentureBeat is quoting market research firm DFC Intelligence as predicting that video gaming will be a $70 billion industry by 2015. That includes console, portable, PC and online games. Games have vast appeal. A Harvard economist, Lawrence Katz, even theorized …

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