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We knew it was coming, but this article from Ars Technica does a good job of reminding folks of the importance of making sure that their updates are installed (and…

One of my favorite Linux distributions is Backtrack.  Backtrack is a penetration testing distribution and includes (among a *lot* of other things) the Metasploit framework, which is the tool that…

According to iMore.com, we may see iPhone 5 pre-orders as early as 12 September with an official launch 9 days later on 21 September.  Not sure if this is a…

The sidebar is enabled by default in most new installations of MS Windows Vista and MS Windows 7.  Microsoft has confirmed potential security issues with this and has issued a…

It’s patch time again, and the August 2012 batch promises to be exciting.  Microsoft has 5 bulletins listed as critical and Adobe has an update to Acrobat Reader that’s also…

Everyone, we were just notified that there had been an issue with one of the RBL (realtime blacklists) that we use for managing SPAM.  We have removed the RBL from…

It’s no secret that Samsung has a good (great?) thing going with it’s latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy SIII, so it was kindof surprising to me to hear that they…

The Zeus trojan [kit] has been HUGE in the past and is probably the favorite crimeware toolkit for those looking to break into the biz.  It’s targetd Android devices for…

It’s been said over and over and over (ad nauseum) but, just in case, I’ll go ahead and say it again.  The folks that write (and use) viruses and malware…

I’ve had a few people point me to this story (linked below), some legitimately concerned and some simply pointing it out, and I wanted to take a moment to add…