Viewing a malicious Web page using the Safari browser on Windows 7 could expose the computer to attack, advisory says.
Beware of potential Christmas scams
E-mail scams and other attempts to coerce people into giving up personal information online is nothing new, however, scammers may make extra effort to use Apple’s popularity.Scam e-mail letter
Recently, MacFixIt reader Martin F. wrote in about a scam e…
Windows 8 to offer ‘picture password’ log in
Windows 8 will offer a new way to log in via a ‘picture password’ system that will combine images from the user’s own collection with a unique touchscreen gesture.
In another mammoth post on the Buildings Windows 8 Blog, Zach Pace wrote that the pictur…
‘Android malware must be kind of thrilling for Microsoft’
Plus: ‘Young people are fed up with iPhones’
QuotW This was the week when in a rather ironic about-turn, peer-to-peer veterans decided to start a suit against companies like Google, Amazon, Dropbox and VMWare for using their intellectual property to ma…
Researchers Accuse Google of Plotting to Undercut Firefox
A security testing firm today said a recent report that named Google’s Chrome as the most secured browser was flawed — and part of a campaign by Google to undermine Mozilla’s Firefox. Google denied the charges.
The work done by Denver-based security c…
Windows 8 to kill password pain
Protecting yourself on the internet typically requires the use of passwords, but that process has never been easy or truly safe. Most people either try to remember too many passwords, or just simply use the same passwords for all of their accounts. Bot…
Microsoft copies Google with silent browser updates
No more clinging to old IE versions
Internet Explorer is about to do more than just look like Chrome – it’ll silently update on your PC just like Google’s browser, too.…
Patch Tuesday December 2011
Microsoft finishes out this year of patching with a heavy release that’s all over place. While techs were notified of an anticipated 14 bulletins, 13 were released for the month of December. Headline grabbing events and code are addressed in one of th…
Microsoft fixes Duqu hole, but not BEAST problem
Microsoft pulls patch to protect IE users from flaw in SSL protocol after running into compatibility issue.
