Microsoft has released a new tool to help with their never-ending battle to defeat mal-ware on Windows PCs. Called Microsoft Standalone System Sweeper or MSSS it is a bootable live CD that is just a basic Windows environment with MS Security Essentials on it.
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Security Sweeper Beta
Posted: June 6, 2011 in SecurityTags: antivirus, live CD, malware, Microsoft, MSSS, System Sweeper, Windows
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Wow! That was quit cool. I was just doing some research for a presentation that I’m doing and ran across something which I’ve only dealt with its aftermath.
The Secunia PSI is a FREE security tool designed to detect vulnerable and out-dated programs and plug-ins which expose your PC to attacks. The only way to avoid these attacks is to always keep your software up to date. Windows Update does this for your Windows operating system but what does it for the rest [...]
Security Essentials In Windows Updates
Posted: November 13, 2010 in SecurityTags: anti-virus, Microsoft, Security, Security Essentials, Software
Microsoft’s very good security suite “Security Essentials” will now be offered in Windows Updates. This is a great step forward in making this very good and free antivirus available to everyone not just to the geeks how know where to find it.
HTTPS Everywhere
Posted: November 9, 2010 in SecurityTags: EFF, extension, Firefox, Firesheep, HTTPS, HTTPS Everywhere, Security
In my previous post Firesheep I told you about a very easy hacker tool that enables the user to log in to password protected accounts of others user where the site is not using HTTPS correctly.
Firesheep
Posted: November 8, 2010 in SecurityTags: codebutler, Firesheep, password, passwords, Security, Security Now, Steve Gibson, TWiT
Firesheep is a Firefox extension that monitors traffic on a network and records session information that is stored in a Web browser’s cookie. It was introduced last month at Toorcon (a hacker conference in San Diego CA” by Eric Butler of “codebutler” to demonstrate the danger of sites changing their sessions back and forth between [...]
Gina On Lastpass
Posted: September 25, 2010 in SecurityTags: LastPass, password, password manager, passwords, Security, Software, TWiT
Programmer extraordinaire and Lifehacker founder Gina Trapani and Leo Laporte talk about Lastpass the incredible cloud based password manger.
Create Secure Passwords
Posted: July 17, 2010 in SecurityTags: LastPass, password, passwords, Security, Security Now, Steve Gibson
The longer your passwords are the harder they will be to crack. How long should they be and what sort of characters should you use? Steve Gibson on episode 256 of Security Now suggest ten characters.
The Lastpast You’ll Ever Need
Posted: July 13, 2010 in SecurityTags: LastPass, password, password manager, passwords, Security, Security Now, TWiT
For the last six months I’ve been using Lastpass a password manager that is truely extraordinary. Lastpass is easy and safe. Lastpass is everywhere you are. It works on PCs, Macs, Linux and other operating system.
Most POP Not Secure
Posted: July 7, 2010 in SecurityTags: email, encryption, POP, Security, Security Now, SSL, Steve Gibson, TWiT
I will tell them that Gmail with its 256bit AES plus SSL is more secure then what they’re using now, unencrypted POP mail. (Assuming a good pass word is being used.)
