Feb 23

Solid State Drives – Difficult to erase deleted data

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Just as it’s difficult to completely erase data from a hard drive, it’s even more difficult for some of the newest solid state storage devices.  There are some military grade programs that will erase the contents of a hard drive (changing everything to binary zeroes).  These should be used for disposal or equipment resale purposes. Solid State […]

Feb 23

Zeus Malware containing forged Ariva certificate circulating

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Digital Certificates should only be loaded from trusted sources as they are sometimes used in advanced malware attacks Malware Digitally Signed With Fake Certificate http://blogs.pcmag.com/securitywatch/2011/02/malware_digitally_signed_with.php http://techblog.avira.com/2011/02/21/malware-signed-with-fake-avira-certificate/en/ QUOTE: German security software company Avira has uncovered a malware sample digitally signed with a fake certificate listing them as the signer. The certificate is issued to Avira GmbH […]

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