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Archive for August, 2010

Some viruses, however, disable system restore and other important tools such as Task Manager and Command Prompt. An example of a virus that does this is CiaDoor.

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There is a method that has the ability to detect viruses that anti-virus security firms have yet to create a signature for. The Windows Computer Registry is an important configuration database that holds and stores settings and options on Microsoft Windows operating systems. The computer Registry Keys are similar to folders – in addition to values, each key sometimes contains subkeys, which may contain further subkeys.

There are differing yet common methods that an anti-virus software application uses to detect viruses. The users of Microsoft software (especially networking software such as Microsoft Outlook and Internet Explorer) are especially vulnerable to the spread of abundant dangerous viruses.

The first, and by far the most common method of virus detection is using a list of virus signature definitions that must be updated. Various users install anti-virus software that can detect and eliminate known viruses after the computer downloads or runs the executable.  Read more... (429 words, estimated 1:43 mins reading time)

Cyber-criminals would have to find another job, could they not rely on two big “friends”. Human nature, with its traits of trusting, credulousness, negligence and curiosity is certainly the most powerful leverage in any hacker’s arsenal. Even in a world of perfect technology, crackers will use human weaknesses to open otherwise secure doors. Technology is not perfect though and technical “flaws” in software, computers and telecommunication systems offer plenty of opportunities to be exploited. Those technical flaws are what we call “vulnerabilities”.

Vulnerabilities in the entire World Wide Web are exploited all the time to obtain control of computers and entire networks and gain access to confidential data. Those vulnerabilities can be found everywhere, but particularly in Internet browsers and their plug-ins; in Web servers and application software; and even in core devices of the underlying network infrastructure of the Web.

Unfortunately, the list of Internet security threats doesn’t stop there. Major flaws can be found and exploited in many other areas, like office programs (e.g. the ubiquitous Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook), all operating systems, mobile devices platforms and applications, networking equipment, to mention but a few.  Read more... (585 words, estimated 2:20 mins reading time)

Because of recent events and reports on Bloomberg and other media, Opolis Secure Mail has started an initiative to support “Secure Flirting in the Middle East” on Facebook and Twitter.

As Bloomberg – among others – reports, dating and meeting of unmarried couples may get harder as the State of Saudi Arabia pressed Research In Motion Ltd. to let it monitor BlackBerry messages. The Bloomberg report continues that many among the country’s growing youth population rely on technology to bypass social restrictions. RIM’s BlackBerry messenger service were one of the most popular means, and posting access codes that let users chat with one another on rear car windows and Internet group pages is a common flirting technique.

As a response, Opolis Secure Mail (http://www.opolis.eu) has started an initiative to support secure flirting of boys and girls in the Middle East. Opolis users communicate entirely safe via encrypted emails on servers in Western Europe, and for free! – The Facebook Fan-Site is a means to collect further support for this topic.

With Opolis all messages and attached documents are securely sender-to-recipient encrypted and can therefore not be read by anyone else. The sender can monitor and follow the entire path of a message. Hence, the sender sees immediately if and when the recipient has opened the mail and the attached document.  Read more... (318 words, estimated 1:16 mins reading time)

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