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Wednesday, June 28, 2006 8:29 PM

Voice Phishing

I am never surprised at how far scammers will go in order to get new victims. It seems they are now combining targeted spam with phone numbers that utilize...
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Wednesday, March 22, 2006 10:27 AM

Users guide for email safety

I am often asked by family and business associates, what they can do to protect themselves from malicious emails. There are many email best practices on...
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Friday, February 10, 2006 11:39 AM

Detecting malware by monitoring DNS MX queries

I was checking out worm blog , and saw a post on detecting systems infected with mass mailing worms by monitoring systems doing DNS MX queries. I always...
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Thursday, November 10, 2005 3:09 PM

Guide to Malware Incident Prevention and Handling

Occasionally, I visit the NIST website and browse through their publications. Today, I found a Guide to Malware Incident Prevention and Handling . I read...
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Monday, September 26, 2005 4:35 PM

Security Webcasts

There are a ton of upcoming Microsoft Security Webcasts. http://www.microsoft.com/events/security/upcoming.mspx Here are some that I find particularly...
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Tuesday, June 07, 2005 9:37 AM

A free security product from Microsoft

I wrote Microsoft several times in the past few years over my displeasure that they discontinued releasing Office viewers. Office 97 was the last version...
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Monday, May 02, 2005 1:57 PM

Stopping viruses at the source

I attended a Microsoft Event not too long ago. The topic was outside my normal scope of things, but it is sometimes fun to sit in on a topic that you have...
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Wednesday, April 13, 2005 11:27 AM

Microsoft Security Bulletin Re-Releases

It is important to keep track of Microsoft Security Bulletin Re-Releases from month to month as well as the Microsoft Security Bulletins. I know that with...
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Friday, February 25, 2005 9:53 AM

Recognizing and Avoiding Spyware

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/tips/ST04-016.html Recognizing and Avoiding Spyware Because of its popularity, the internet has become an ideal target for advertising...
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Wednesday, February 23, 2005 12:20 PM

Virus Notifications and Form Response Templates

There was a good question posted in one of the security forums at myITforum in reguards to a virus advisory template. This is the question: “Does...
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Monday, February 14, 2005 9:26 AM

Submit a malware sample

If you were wondering how you can help in the fight against malware, this is one way you can help. If you suspect a file is malicious, then you should...
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Friday, February 11, 2005 9:07 AM

Using Group Policy to proactively defend against malware threats

I received Microsoft's Security Newsletter this morning, and it contained two excellent articles. I have always been an advocate of taking proactive measures...
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Monday, January 31, 2005 2:09 PM

How to Avoid Phishing Scams

So far, I have given you detailed instructions for how to pull off a Phishing scam. I am not however giving you this information so that you can go rip...
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Sunday, January 30, 2005 12:17 PM

On-Demand Security Webcasts

I was checking out Spyware Warrior this morning and Suzi posted a link for Microsoft's Webcast on spyware. While I found the video to be very good, I had...
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Tuesday, January 25, 2005 8:02 PM

Great wireless security information

I just found an awesome wireless security resource, but there is a catch. In order to get the link, you will have to read through the BEST PRACTICES -...
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