Monthly Archives: May 2006

McAfee Reveals 'OneCare' Competitor, Falcon

May 31, 2006 elamb.security

McAfee announced today an all-in-one security subscription service codenamed Falcon. Falcon will contain all major security suite components as well as PC backup and tune-up tools. It's essentially a competitor to Microsoft's Windows OneCare, expected soon, and Symantec's Genesis (also … Continue reading →

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Delete Search Results: Cover your tracks

May 31, 2006 elamb.security

Ever search for something questionable on someone else system and go into a hyperventilation panic when you notice that their computer is retaining the keywords you typed into their search engine?     You typed in “boobies” on your mom's computer … Continue reading →

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Review: Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH) via Self Study

May 31, 2006 elamb.security

In his latest column for EH-Net, wireless hacking guru, Dan Hoffman, offers up his experience of attaining the CEH credential. Great read with fantastic advice for all you budding ethical hackers out there. read more | digg story

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First mobile phone virus nears 2nd birthday

May 31, 2006 elamb.security

The first real mobile phone virus, which was found in the wild and could replicate on its own, was discovered almost two years ago. F-Secure's chief research officer Mikko Hyppnen reports that although there are now over 200 mobile phone … Continue reading →

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China preparing information warfare army

May 31, 2006 elamb.security

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) is developing information warfare reserve and militia units. Also, China is developing the ability to launch pre-emptive attacks against enemy computer networks in a crisis, according to the document, “Annual Report to Congress: Military … Continue reading →

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Certified Ethical Hacker Cert and Certified Pen Testing Expert

May 31, 2006 elamb.security

I'm going to go for the Certified Ethical Hacker Cert and eventually the Certified Pen Testing Expert Certification.  That is the direction that I'd like to go with my Information Security Career.  As of right now, I have a CISSP.  … Continue reading →

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18 Days of Reckless Computing

May 31, 2006 elamb.security

Someone over at wired gives tests his new Dell to see how many viruses and how much malware it takes to get the Geek Squad to call it a total loss. read more | digg story

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10 Security Suite Reviews : Who's Got Your Back

May 30, 2006 elamb.security

All-in-One Security Suites of antivirus, antispyware, and firewall software can provide convenient, solid protection against today's worst threats. Our tests of ten contenders show who's got your back. read more | digg story

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Computer Viruses Monitored via Dynamic Worldmap

May 30, 2006 elamb.security

You'll be able to view Previous Hour, Previous Day, Previous Month, This Year, and Previous Year. Color Coding has 6 Ranges (No Data, Quiet, Low, Medium, High, and Epidemic) read more | digg story

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fraud – RE: OUTSTANDING PAYMENT:

May 26, 2006 elamb.security

OUR REF: UBN/435/xo/024 DEAR SIR, RE: OUTSTANDING PAYMENT: THISBANK HAS BEEN MANDATED BY THE GOVERNING BOARD OF CENTRAL BANK OFNIGERIA, BANK OF ENGLAND AND IN THE PRESENCE OF DIRECTORS OFCOMMERCIALBANKS IN UK, TO VERIFY AND PAY OFF ALL DELAYED GENUINECONTRACTFUNDS/INHERITANCE … Continue reading →

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