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Popular network tool Nmap in CNET security brouhaha
CNET offers a download of the free Nmap software, but not from Nmap's own site. Instead, CNET has wrapped the Nmap installer with a program of its own. On your way to Nmap, you're pushily offered a...
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Oracle, please stop sneakily foisting third-party toolbars on us with your...
If you're installing a critical security update on your computer, caused by the software vendor's sloppy code quality, you probably wouldn't dream that your software vendor is trying to make some money...
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SSCC 134 - Patching, foisting, hacking and obfuscating [PODCAST]
Here's our latest security podcast, featuring Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin. Join the dynamic duo as they turn the latest news into a quarter-hour podcast that is informative,...
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Anti-piracy group warns about malware-riddled sites - fair, or scaremongering?
According to a study carried out by Incopro and published the Industry Trust, all but 1 of 30 sites investigated served malware, potentially unwanted software or some form of credit card fraud. But the...
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"Oops! I'm sorry about that" - 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
Here it is - this week's 60 Second Security video. News that will amuse, and it only takes a minute...
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Fancy a cryptocoin miner with your Torrent client? "Foistware" back in the...
If product X suddenly wants you to install product Y as a "recommended extra", is that a good thing or a bad one? In the latest brouhaha, X = torrent client and Y = cryptocoin miner...
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SSCC 189 - Hey, is that your CPU on fire? [PODCAST]
Join Sophos experts Chester Wisniewski and Paul Ducklin for our weekly security podcast. Sharp, witty and educational, as usual (if we do say so ourselves)...enjoy!
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If you hammer your RAM, won't that break it? 60 Sec Security [VIDEO]
From CPUs on fire to hammered memory modules - here's our latest 60 Second Security video! Why not give it a try...
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Java updater to stop pushing Ask Toolbar, will foist Yahoo search on you instead
Oracle's Java, infamous in the past for bundling the Ask Toolbar as part of its install and update processes, is ditching Ask in favour of Yahoo's search engine.
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