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Internet Security News for End Users
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In our next newsletter:
Alerts
- Tool Blunts Threat from Windows Shortcut Flaw, Krebs on Security, July 21, 2010
- Firefox, Thunderbird security fixes released, Seth Rosenblatt, CNet, July 20, 2010
- Apple iTunes 9.2.1 Fixes One Critical Hole, Larry Seltzer, PC Magazine, July 19, 2010
Routers
- How to Buy a Wireless Router, Samara Lynn, PC Magazine, July 15, 2010 -- editor's choices included Cisco Valet Plus, D-Link DIR-825 Xtreme N Dual Band Gigabit Router, D-Link Xtreme N Duo Media Router (DIR-855), D-Link Xtreme N Storage Router (DIR-685), Linksys by Cisco Dual Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router WRT320N.
- Millions of routers vulnerable to hack attack - Is yours? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, ZDNet, July 14, 2010
- Is Your Router One In A Million? Tim Higgins, Small Net Builder, July 14, 2010
Antivirus
- Norman Antivirus & Antispyware 8, Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, July 14, 2010
- The rise of the rogue AV testers, Costin Raiu, ZDNet, July 13, 2010
Articles
- Bank Lost Your Account Data? Here's What to Do, Robert Vamosi, PC World, July 21, 2010
- Adobe Reader to block attacks with sandbox tech, Elinor Mills, CNet, July 20, 2010
- McAfee announces Internet Security, Family Protection for Mac, Dan Moren, Macworld, July 20, 2010
- Security Secrets the Bad Guys Don't Want You to Know, Robert McMillan, PC World, July 18, 2010
- Cyber-security Report Highlights Progress, Future, Brian Prince, eWeek, July 15, 2010
- Microsoft Security Updates, and a Farewell to Windows XP Service Pack 2, Krebs on Security, July 13, 2010
Security Blogs & Newsletters That We Like
- Crypto-Gram Newsletter
- The Redtape Chronicles MSNBC
- Sans News Bites [technical] and Ouch! [end user]
- Krebs on Security
- The Last Watch Dog, USA Today
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