Incidents.org is reporting on the defacement of a security related web site (winsnort.com). They say they usually decline to comment on those because the attention is what the defacers thrive on. However, it does pay to keep your browser updated and antivirus current. What’s more…. Several days ago there was the news that the President of Iran now has a blog (which is ironic in many ways given the restrictions they place on internet use….) But… anyway, I figured he is getting his propaganda tool our and ready in advance of the UN showdown over the nuclear program. Well, it turns out that some have noticed an interesting gift from the visit to Mr. Ahmadinejad’s site….
Tag: Norton Antivirus
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Google Pack
Google has announced Google Pack available for download It sounds as though there’s a nice bundle of Google (and non-google software) included (Google Desktop, Earth, Picasa, Toolbar for IE, Google Pack Screensaver, Acrobat reader, Norton Antivirus 6 month trial, AD-aware SE personal, firefox with google toolbar.) It sounds as though there is an update manager that can keep all the “google pack” components updated and there are rumors of other applications being made available in the not so distant future (OpenOffice for instance.)
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Serious Symantec Antivirus Vulnerability
A few things to catch up on this afternoon, but first up is a Serious vulnerability in Symantec Antivirus. (It’s always serious when security software has a vulnerability.) The securityfix is reporting that a vulnerability has been discovered in the way Symantec deals with rar archived files. A specially made rar archive could make a hidden virus or worm in the archive run. It could be exploited remotely, in other words, as Symantec scans the file/attachments in email, the specially crafted rar file could make Symantec run the enclosed bug.