Security
What is Plan B?
At some point we have all had that heart stopping moment when we realise that ‘I can’t Find My Phone’. Plan B is the first and only ‘find my phone’ app that you download AFTER you’ve already lost your phone.
I can’t find my Phone –
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Safe Browsing protects from Phishing and Malicious Sites
Lookout have extended Lookout Premium to add Safe Browsing on your Mobile Phone. Now you can click with confidence on links from Facebook, email, text messages, etc. and Safe Browsing checks it out first to make sure it is safe and alerts
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Get all the features of Malwarebytes Anti-Malware Free plus:
The new evaluation of Malwarebytes Pro allows you to test the features of the Professional edition for 14 days before it reverts to the feature set of the Free Edition. Malwarebytes Pro adds the following features to the set available in the
Read the rest of this entry »Critical Android Vulnerability
Yesterday, researchers from Germany’s University of Ulm reported that some Android applications transmit sensitive authentication data without properly securing it, making people vulnerable to having their private data (e.g. Calendar Contacts, Pictures) accessed by an attacker.
When a vulnerable device transmits its authentication data, an attacker can
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Its a US video, so unfortunately has the mandatory 15 second commercial at the beginning, but is well worth watching to see how Lookout Mobile Security helps in real life.
What is Lookout Mobile Security?
Lookout is a Mobile Security application which works on Blackberry, Android phones
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Lookout recently patched a security vulnerability in their Android app. The vulnerability, which was first reported by Tavis Ormandy of the Google Security Team, is not known to have compromised any devices or user data. Lookout worked with Google to fix the problem and release
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The Microsoft Malware Protection Center shows the latest information from Microsoft about the new additions to Security Essentials and Forefront, for Enterprises.
What the Microsoft Malware Protection Provides
The Microsoft Malware Protection Center provides:
- Information about the latest Viruses and Malware that have been discovered
- Detailed information about
Free Anti-Virus Software – should I use it?
Everyone who uses a computer should have anti-virus software installed, but should you use the Free Anti-Virus Software that several companies offer? The free products typically use the same core anti-virus engine as the companies chargeable products, they are just missing some
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If you are looking for the best free anti virus product on the Internet for your home PC, or Small Business, now you can work and play on your PC more safely. With Microsoft® Security Essentials, it’s easy to help protect your PC from viruses, spyware, and other
Read the rest of this entry »Disable Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration in Windows 2008
When you are building your new application server you normally need to download software, drivers and patches from various places. With a clean installation of Windows 2008 Server, every time that you try to download an application Internet Explorer will tell
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