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Tag: Security

Facbook Video Chat

Posted on July 12, 2011July 13, 2011 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Facbook Video Chat

Last week Facebook announced a new video chat powered by Skype. The question is, what does this mean for privacy? Facebooks announcement last week of now having the ability to have video chats with friends was a big announcement. It meant that Facebook was doing something other chat systems have had for years. The partnership…

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Internet/Music, Security

TDL-4: Is it the Godfather of Botnets?

Posted on July 5, 2011 By Michael Kavka No Comments on TDL-4: Is it the Godfather of Botnets?

“I’ll make them an offer, they can’t refuse.” Remember that line? Well it seems that the TDL-4 botnet is using the same line, and very effectively. TDL-4 has over 4.5 Million Zombies according to recent reports. It removes Malware it doesn’t like. It hides in the MBR of a machine, making it difficult to remove….

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Rants, Security

Firefox 5 is out, this is not good.

Posted on June 22, 2011 By Michael Kavka No Comments on Firefox 5 is out, this is not good.

Mozzila decided to be aggressive with Firefox releases. Not a problem, just keep the old version till add-ons are all compatible. Doesn’t work that way if you want to be secure. Mozzila announced that Firefox 5 is the security update for Firefox 4. There will be no other updates unless there is a major, and…

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