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Wed, May 23 2012 15:58

Spyware Blaster database updated May 23 2012

• 15206 total items in database • 29 new IE CLSID's • No new IE Restricted site zone entries • No new entries for Mozilla
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Fri, Nov 4 2011 3:23

Microsoft Security Advisory (2639658)

Microsoft Security Advisory: Vulnerability in TrueType font parsing could allow elevation of privileges • Advisory » technet.microsoft.com/en-us/secu···/2639658 • Fix It » support.microsoft.com/kb/2639658
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Thu, Mar 24 2011 0:31

Microsoft Security Advisory | Fraudulent Digital Certificates Could Allow Spoofing

<paste> Executive Summary Microsoft is aware of nine fraudulent digital certificates issued by Comodo, a certification authority present in the Trusted Root Certification Authorities Store on all supported versions of Microsoft Windows. Comodo advised...
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Sun, Oct 10 2010 19:17

Facebook allows users to download their info

Facebook is attempting to answer critics who say it is maintaining a "walled garden" by adding a feature that lets users download all of their information from the social-networking website, to do with as they please. The company introduced...
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Fri, Jun 4 2010 21:47

Facebook's Canadian users top 16 million

Privacy concerns don't seem to have scared Canadians off Facebook. Canada passed the 16 million users mark in May, according to research firm Inside Network. More than 912,000 Canadians signed up for the social networking site last month, a six per...
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Sun, May 30 2010 22:50

Facebook announces new privacy settings

Social-networking site Facebook has introduced a number of new policies and settings amid growing concerns over how it uses members' private information. The website will allow users to completely opt out of the Facebook platform, which will block...
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Wed, Feb 24 2010 22:26

Google vital for Chinese scientists: survey

A survey of scientists in China has found that a large majority of them use Google in their research and their work would be hampered if the search engine left the country. The journal Nature surveyed 784 Chinese researchers and found that more than three...
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Thu, Feb 18 2010 17:13

Yahoo-Microsoft ad deal gets OK (finally)

Microsoft and Yahoo have received clearance from regulators in Washington and Europe to proceed with a search partnership intended to challenge Google. The companies announced Thursday that the partnership has been approved without restrictions by the...
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Wed, Feb 17 2010 17:35

Microsoft adds Facebook, MySpace to Outlook

Microsoft is taking another step toward turning Outlook, its desktop email program, into a hub for information from popular social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace. On Wednesday, Microsoft is releasing a "beta" test version of the...
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Wed, Oct 21 2009 12:16

Online advertising regaining momentum

After bogging down in the recession, internet advertising is regaining the momentum that has made it the decade's most disruptive marketing machine. The signs of an online revival are emerging even while advertising in print and broadcasts remains...
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Thu, Oct 1 2009 21:52

Google results flog millions of compromised webpages

Two ongoing scams are tricking Google and other search engines into prominently displaying millions of compromised webpages that attempt to hijack end users' computers or steal their credit card numbers, researchers said. http://www.theregister.co...
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Thu, Apr 9 2009 16:29

Conficker worm sends new instructions: grow botnet, then die

The Conficker worm has begun to update the machines it has infected with a new set of instructions to spread to other machines and then self-destruct, security experts say. Security researchers tracking the worm said some of the infected computers began...
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Wed, Apr 1 2009 12:04

Conficker botnet remains dormant - for now

Conficker changed the way parts of the botnet communicated overnight, but little else of note has happened so far. The malware is far from an April Fool's joke, but it's obviously a long way from the Skynet botnet, as depicted in Terminator 3...
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Tue, Sep 9 2008 21:56

Antitrust litigator looking at Yahoo-Google ad deal

In a possible blow to Yahoo Inc.'s hopes for an advertising partnership with Google Inc., the U.S. Justice Department has hired an antitrust litigator to review evidence for what could become a legal challenge to the deal. The Wall Street Journal...
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Tue, Sep 9 2008 8:49

Google publishes Chrome patch details

Carpet-bombing fix looks threadbare Google has belatedly released details of a security update to its newly released Chrome browser, days after it actually pushed out the patch. The update was published on Friday and users of Chrome were automatically...
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Sun, Sep 7 2008 14:10

New Seinfeld TV ad for Microsoft draws negative reviews online

NEW YORK - No soup for Microsoft? The software giant's new ad starring Jerry Seinfeld has drawn largely negative reviews online, after premiering Thursday night during NBC's broadcast of the National Football League's season kickoff game....
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Thu, Sep 4 2008 12:25

History shaped Google's Trojan Horse

Analysis When people buy software - buy it in seriously large amounts - it isn't just today's binary they're choosing. They're buying what they think is a bit of the future - they're buying a piece of risk insurance. This explains...
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Wed, Sep 3 2008 12:04

Burned by Chrome

Burned by Chrome Your copyright goes up in smoke Astute Reg readers have pointed out a Chrome condition of service that effectively lets Google use any of your copyrighted material posted to the web via Chrome without paying you a cent. Here's the...
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Wed, Sep 3 2008 9:13

Google Chrome

A fresh take on the browser At Google, we spend much of our time working inside a browser. We search, chat, email and collaborate in a browser. And like all of you, in our spare time, we shop, bank, read news and keep in touch with friends - all using...
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Wed, Sep 3 2008 7:27

Carpetbomb bug tarnishes Google Chrome

Carpetbomb bug tarnishes Google Chrome Shiny new vulnerabilities winkled out already Google Chrome isn't officially out yet, but security researchers have already picked the browser apart to discover a security vulnerability. The WebKit engine used...
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