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Revision Note: V1.0 (July 12, 2011): Bulletin Summary published.Summary: This bulletin summary lists security bulletins released for July 2011. Link Removed due to 404 Error

I've heard and seen mixed reviews about this same question - some about where its specifically located to differentiate whether its the backdoor trojan or it being the real program I've scanned my system with MalwareBytes and Norton 360 Heres a few lists pertaining to my system: Tasklist...

LulzSec has launched a new hacking campaign dubbed Operation Anti-Security and calls on everyone, supporters and enemies alike, to attack Web sites belonging to any government agency or government-friendly organization This sounds very serious. Banks and large corporations seem to be their...

To find out if your e-mail address was one of the 62,000 listed by LulzSec, click the Read Full Story link and paste it in this box: Mine has been running for half an hour and still has not gotten a response. Could be that the site is being bombarded with requests, I'm not sure. Read Full...

I have used Secunia without incident for years and it alerts me to any programs that are a threat, end of life, or need patching. I think it woud solve many of the problems I have read on this page. Peter

Just hours after Apple updated a security update to protect Mac users against a rash of scareware attacks, a new variant began circulating that completely bypasses the malware-blocking measure. The trojan arrives in a file called mdinstall.pkg and installs MacGuard, a malicious application...

Intel claims ARM is not a threat, but it is quick to point out that legacy software won't work, and how it is hedging its bets with Linux and Android. Link Removed

IDG News Service - The next time a website says to download new software to view a movie or fix a problem, think twice. There's a pretty good chance that the program is malicious. In fact, about one out of every 14 programs downloaded by Windows users turns out to be malicious, Link Removed...

WASHINGTON – Some of the first information gleaned from Osama bin Laden's compound indicates al-Qaida considered attacking U.S. trains on the upcoming anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. But counterterrorism officials say they believe the planning never got beyond the initial phase and have no...

Link Removed - Invalid URL Link Removed Free, open source package designed to detect Trojans, viruses, malware and other malicious threats. Included in the software, which now comes preinstalled in several Linux distributions, are a multithreaded scanning daemon, command line utilities for...

Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities Syndicated from the United States Security Readiness Team (US-CERT). Link Removed - Invalid URL

Revision Note: V1.0 (April 12, 2011): Advisory published. Advisory Summary:Microsoft is announcing the availability of the Office File Validation feature for supported editions of Microsoft Office 2003 and Microsoft Office 2007. The feature, previously only available for supported editions of...

Bulletin Severity Rating:Important - This security update resolves one publicly disclosed vulnerability and one privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Office. The vulnerabilities could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Office file or if a user opens a...

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A new exploit for IE9 bypasses all security measures in even the latest fully patched version of Windows 7, according to a French security company Vupen. Link Removed - Invalid URL

Three men are in court after two allegedly secretly filmed their friend having sex with a woman, before threatening to release the footage if she complained. University of Westminster student George Iaponas, 24, met the victim via social networking site Facebook and she agreed to meet in...