Computer Security Weblog

I’m moving my blog.  Click here to read this post.

A little vacation is a really good thing.  But I’m back now and since I haven’t posted too much this month, thought I could inform you of a couple of things.  Attackers go to where the numbers are.  And with Wimbledon Tennis coming up, the ATP site was attacked with those nasty injectioin attacks.  Be careful out there folks.  It’s a scary world we live in.

Thought I might tell you that Adobe has an update to the PDF reader that almost everyone has so open the reader up and click on Help, then select the Check for Update option.  If you aren’t patched, patch now.  Attackers depend on you not updating your software.

It’s getting hotter and more humid in the middle of the heartland of America.  Stay cool, stay safe, and have a safe celebration with the 4th of July coming next week!

Hey, if you haven’t taken the plunge and started browsing the Internet with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, this may be a good time. Starting tomorrow, Firefox 3.0 is being released to the masses. Some of us have been using the beta version of Firefox 3.0. Now is as good any time to try something new. We’ve talked about Firefox and using the NoScript add on for a more secure Internet experience.

Click here to read about and download the new version of Firefox Tuesday! Rock on!!

We’ve talked about all the legitimate sites that have been hacked lately and I read this story with all the statistics from a security company ScanSafe.  The article is from the online website vnunet.com.  Click here for the link to this story.  I found it interesting but then I easily entertained.

Stay safe and patch patch patch if you aren’t already.  Try FireFox browser and use the NoScript add on.  It’s awesome.

Adobe Flash Player made a lot of headlines last week.  Well the injections of sites exploiting the Flash Player has increased to over 800,000.  Doing a Google search on com/b.js has 825,000 pages indexed.  It is being hosted on many domains, some have been noted in this blog and others.  After all the shakeout, it was determined that the current Flash Player (9.0.124.0) is not vulnerable.  So as I’ve stated in the past, patch, patch, patch.  This time it’s the Adobe Flash Player.

Click here to check which version of Adobe Flash Player is installed on your PC.  If it is not the current version listed above, then download and install it now.  Stay safe as we are now over the hump for the week. Can’t wait till the weekend!  Rock Chalk Jayhawk!!!