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Friday, June 30, 2006
OpenOffice 2.0.3 Released
This is a must have download that takes care of three recent security holes.
Posted by Matthew Carrick at 12:01.25 AM EDT | Permanent Link
Edited on: Monday, July 31, 2006 4:26.55 PM EDT
| Categories: Alternative Apps, Openoffice.org, Security Alerts
Edited on: Monday, July 31, 2006 4:26.55 PM EDT
| Categories: Alternative Apps, Openoffice.org, Security Alerts
Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Word Macro Trojan
A new Trojan has been spotted arriving withina .zip file containing a Word document named my_Notebook.doc. While not that dangerous your AV application should detect it. Best practice, of course, is to be instantly suspicious of unrequested Word files. Tell 'em plain text works just fine.Thursday, June 15, 2006
MSN Messenger Worm Spreads
A new worm that seems to be based on an old design (BlackAngel.B / W32/BlackAngel.B.worm) is slowly spreading over the MSN. If you use MSN for chatting only accept files from people and/or sources you trust - even then take all the usual precautions. Best practise is to use a safer IM client such as GAIM for chatting and ONLY chatting - file transfers are best accomplished other ways if you must.
Posted by Matthew Carrick at 1:26.45 PM EDT | Permanent Link
| Categories: Alternative Apps, Best Practices, Instant Messaging, Security Alerts
| Categories: Alternative Apps, Best Practices, Instant Messaging, Security Alerts
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Yahoo! Worm on the Loose
A mass emailer is currently spreading through Yahoo! The worm is activated by simply opening the email message thus making it quite dangerous. The subject line to watch for is: "[random word] New Graphic site".Yahoo is working on the problem. More info here.
Posted by Matthew Carrick at 10:52.07 AM EDT | Permanent Link
Edited on: Monday, July 31, 2006 4:26.26 PM EDT
| Categories: Privacy Issues, Security Alerts, Viruses-Trojans-Worms
Edited on: Monday, July 31, 2006 4:26.26 PM EDT
| Categories: Privacy Issues, Security Alerts, Viruses-Trojans-Worms
Thursday, June 08, 2006
AutoRun - Tool of the Devil
If you found a USB storage device at your workplace would you plug it into your PC?
Posted by Matthew Carrick at 5:00.52 PM EDT | Permanent Link
Edited on: Monday, July 31, 2006 4:26.15 PM EDT
| Categories: Best Practices, Privacy Issues, Security Alerts
Edited on: Monday, July 31, 2006 4:26.15 PM EDT
| Categories: Best Practices, Privacy Issues, Security Alerts
