Spyware Weekly is back!

My favorite newsletter, Spyware Weekly, is back.  Yayy!

Read or subscribe to Spyware Weekly at SpywareInfo.  SpywareInfo are hijackware and spyware removal specialists.  I’ve found the information shared on this site to be reliably top notch and timely.  There’s lots of background information for those who want to learn, and only excellent products are recommended.  Mike Healan’s opinions, rants and raves about privacy, security, and the state of computing are thought provoking, as well.

Welcome back Mike!

What’s Your Document’s Security Risk Rating?

Download Trace! Document Security Freeware for Microsoft Office, from Workshare. You can run Trace! against any Microsoft Office document on your computer, company network, or oninternal or external websites. Trace! analyzes your document’s security risk rating. Workshare provides a Quick Reference Guide and Trace! Release Notes in PDF.

Symantec Anti-Virus Flaw Patched

CNET news.com reported on May 30 that researchers at eEye Digital Security discovered a vulnerability in Symantec's Client Security 3.1 and AntiVirus Corporate Edition 10.1 software; the Norton line of consumer antivirus products remained unaffected. From eEye's website: "Description: A remotely exploitable vulnerability exists within the Symantec Antivirus program. This flaw does not require any end user interaction for exploitation and can compromise affected systems, allowing for the execution of malicious code with SYSTEM level access."

On May 31 CIO Today reported that the vulnerability had been patched.

Symantec has released Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) signatures via LiveUpdate for Symantec Client Security, to provide protection against the vulnerability.

Suspicion is Healthy!

Jeff Beard, in his LAWTECH GURU BLOG, airs his concerns about the Google Desktop. I agree, you must be committed to really understanding what these tools do and how they do it, so you can make wise choices. Read New Google Desktop: Configure It Carefully, or Forget It.

Food for Thought … Stay Outta Trouble!!

• Follow "The Ten Net Commandments" brought to you by SpyWare Info

• From the January 2006 issue of PC World magazine, written by Andrew Brandt, and posted on Wednesday, November 23, 2005 — Privacy Watch: More Criminals Use Keystroke Loggers
  A computer security firm reports that the array of software programs that cybercrooks use to record every character a user types has grown significantly in recent months.

• Keep up to date with spyware goings on … read Spyware Info News

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Sharing and Google

I try to browse CIO Today's newsletters as often as possible – there's always a thought-provoking, not too technical article or three …

Check out their two articles on Google – "Google Has Your Data: Should You Be Afraid?" – Parts One (8/17/2005) & Two (8/18/2005)

Back Door Attacks

Experts Warn of Trojan Onslaught – in an article dated July 13, 2005 security firm McAfee found back door attacks increased by more than 60%. Visit CIO Today for the complete article.

Another article of interest at CIO Today is Coalition Works to Define Spyware.

Visit Microsoft More Often!

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While we're visiting Microsoft, check out Dealing with an infected PC, written by Charlie Russell, Microsoft MVP.