Secure instant messaging for the masses
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Today's blog post discusses methods with which a non-technical user can secure their own instant messaging conversations such that an attacker is unable to listen in (be they the government or a nosy neighbor sniffing the wireless network from next door).
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IMlogic has joined with leaders in the instant messaging and security community to create a new IM Threat Center. The center claims to be the first broad-based initiative to help IM users protect themselves against malware threats.
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A new device capable of detecting and throttling encrypted BitTorrent traffic hits the shelves. The game of cat and mouse between ISPs and BitTorrent users continues. In Monkey Bites.
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bulk messages clogging instant-messaging accounts. AOL and its Anti-Spam Alliance partners -- EarthLink, Microsoft, and Yahoo
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Users will receive free warnings of worms and viruses targeting their chat client.
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After years of being deluged with ever-increasing loads of spam, Internet users are starting to turn to instant-messaging applications instead of e-mail.
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Most e-mail users are aware that opening an executable file (.exe) from an unknown source is a danger, but many don&#39;t know what an IM threat looks like.
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Easy-peasy-sleazy: A new piece of PHP code making the malware rounds can install a phishing site on a compromised server in about two minutes.
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Rethinking privacy in an immodest age.
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Yahoo fixes a serious vulnerability in its Messenger instant messaging client.
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Miranda IM is a smaller, faster, easier instant messenger with support for multiple protocols. Miranda IM is designed to be resource efficient and easy to use while still providing many features including support for AIM, Jabber, ICQ, IRC, MSN, Yahoo, and more. Supplemented by hundreds of plugins and other content, Miranda IM is very flexible and provides many avenues for customisation.   The Miranda IM 0.6.2 release fixes some critical issues with the AIM protocol that prevented users from receiving messages.  Improved UPnP support along with several bug fixes are also included.  If you are using Miranda IM 0.6.1 or earlier, this is a required upgrade to ensure proper functionality with AIM.  Donate: http://www.miranda-im.org/donate/  Download: http://www.miranda-im.org/download/
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Backdoor drafts, security moms and up-armoring
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Blog: Popular add-ons could have their update process hijacked by man-in-the-middle attacks.
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In a new post on his blog, Christian Wenz mentions the latest results of the SANS Institute's Top 20 Internet Security Attack Targets list which both includes a new entry ("Users") and several mentions of PHP and PHP-related applications.   Of course you can debate how such a Top list came together and what the real value behind that is, but there are two specific points in this year's list that I found quite interesting.   There's two targets for the PHP community to worry about - sysadmin/hosting and things developers need to keep in mind. Items on these lists include:  Always test and deploy patches and new versions of PHP as they are released Use Intrusion Prevention/Detection Systems to block/alert on malicious HTTP requests. Consider using Apache's mod_security to block known PHP attacks If you use PHP, migrate your application to PHP 5.2 as a matter of urgency. Encode all output using htmlentities() or a similar mechanism to avoid XSS attacks  You can check out the full information over on the SANS Institute website.
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Scammers and hackers are targeting the human factor in system setups. Part of a series on hot security topics.
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The increasingly competitive Web mail market has a new player: Instant messaging provider ICQ. The company now offers a fee-based service that includes 2GB of storage, a calendar feature, task manager, notepad
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Rather Dented Users of the popular Trillian instant messaging client need to update their software following the discovery of a serious security bug.â¦