Computer Safety & News

Users should update Adobe products as prompted and below is a new OOB emergency update released just a few days ago http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002768.html http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-26.html   Adobe has released an out-of-band update to fix a vulnerability in Flash Player which was reported by F-Secure. We discovered the vulnerability while analyzing a Flash exploit from an exploit kit […]

Symantec documents that high risk during the forthcoming holiday seasons still remains high.  While it is likely many companies have strengthened controls, it still is a cat-and-mouse game in staying ahead of latest malware developments http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/pos-malware-potent-threat-remains-retailers   As Americans gear up for another holiday shopping season, the threat posed by point-of-sale malware remains high. More […]

Symantec documents a highly advanced form of spyware that is very stealth-like and difficult to detect and may have been used in variety of attacks http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/regin-top-tier-espionage-tool-enables-stealthy-surveillance http://www.symantec.com/content/en/us/enterprise/media/security_response/whitepapers/regin-analysis.pdf http://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2013-121221-3645-99   An advanced piece of malware, known as Regin, has been used in systematic spying campaigns against a range of international targets since at least 2008. A […]