Security Updates for iTunes
Apple released the latest version of iTunes (11.0.3) today, which includes a number of important security fixes. The update addresses one vulnerability in the Apple OSX version, and forty-one vulnerabilities in the Windows version. For more information, see About the security … Continue reading
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Patch Tuesday Roundup for May 2013
Today is Patch Tuesday for May 2013. Microsoft released ten security bulletins addressing over thirty vulnerabilities. One critical bulletin addresses a recently discovered “zero-day” vulnerability in Internet Explorer 8 and, if you are using that browser, should be installed as … Continue reading
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Phish 2013-05-11 #1
Many people received multiple copies of the following phish. They came from multiple source email addresses. There are many signs that the message was illegitimate. The senders are non-USC addresses and were most probably compromised accounts since it does not … Continue reading
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Phish 2013-05-08 #5
Another over-quota phish. We do not delete accounts that are over quota. And they did not even bother to change the text of their phish from their previous victim site, East Tennessee State University.
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Phish 2013-05-08 #4
Another your-email-will-be-disabled-unless phish. Sent from a compromised account at another institution. The link goes to an obviously unrelated site. Typo in Subject.
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Phish 2013-05-08 #3
Phishers used a compromised faculty account to send Phish 2013-05-08 #1 to other USC addresses. They managed to send about 100 before we detected and blocked it. Phishers often use this technique because it bypasses blocks of external sites and … Continue reading
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Phish 2013-05-08 #2
Another phish sent to around 100 people this morning. We were only forwarded the body of the phish so we do not have full headers. Mail logs show that the claimed sender was MaryJane.Hahner.2@nd.edu. They put some effort into this because … Continue reading
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Phish 2013-05-08 #1
Many people received the following phish this morning: There are many signs that the message was illegitimate. The basic premise, used by many phish, is flawed. Users never need to “upgrade their email account”. email/webmail ugprades occur on the server. … Continue reading
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End of Support Date for Windows XP
Microsoft will stop supporting the decade-old Windows XP operating system (OS), now several generations behind the current release, Windows 8, on April 8, 2014. Once support ends, security patches and OS updates will no longer be available for Windows XP. … Continue reading
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Phish 2013-05-01
Many people received the following phish this morning: There are several signs that it was a phish instead of a legitimate message from JP Morgan Chase. The message came from “no-reply@bb-lab.com”. It was not directly addressed to you as a … Continue reading
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