I have published the December 22 2006 COOLSITES newsletter by Mark Donaldson.
The following is an excerpt from this weeks newsletter. To see the full newsletter with all of the COOLSITES links please go to my website at:
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December 22 2006 COOLSITES by Mark Donaldson
This is the 92nd newsletter
I hope you and your's spend a lot of happy time together this holiday weekend. And don't forget the alkaline batteries, which cost less than a penny to make, so buy the cheapest.
Wherever you go if you see the user name LUEM42 that's me
COOLSITES is a list of fun, useful, informative and just plain cool websites and programs that are FREE, FREE and FREE. All of the programs and websites I list are free. If I list anything that is so good but isn't free I will list the price with it.
Security News
Yesterday Websense Security Labs reported on our blog that there was a potential Worm propagating via Skype (see: http://www.websense.com/securitylabs/blog/blog.php?BlogID=101 ). After investigation we have discovered that this is not a self propagating worm and is actually a Trojan Horse.
After discussions with the very helpful Skype security team, the behavior of this Trojan using the Skype API is as per the specifications of the API. The end-user who is running Skype does get notified that a program is attempting to access it and must acknowledge it.
*there is no vulnerability in Skype at this time that has been uncovered*
For more details on the Skype API see https://developer.skype.com/Docs/ApiDoc/Overview_of_the_Skype_API
Bargain sounds too good- Stay away - USATODAY.com: http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/2006-12-10-gray-market-stories_x.htm
Do You Lie On Skype. In addition to starting to charge for its service, Skype has announced it will be including a free lie detector to go with it: http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/news/2006/12/15/do-you-lie-on-skype/
Federal, State Law Enforcers Complete Bogus Business Opportunity Sweep: http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2006/12/falsehopes.htm
Flaws found in antivirus apps from CA, BitDefender, ClamAV, Sophos, and Norton - Alpha Blog - alpha.cnet.com: http://reviews.cnet.com/4531-10921_7-6678739.html?tag=nl.e724
Mozilla Addresses Multiple Vulnerabilities: http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-354A.html
New. SmoothWall Express is an open source firewall distribution based on the GNU,Linux operating system: http://www.smoothwall.org/
New. Winpooch - Windows watchdog helps to detect spywares and trojans - opensource - anti spyware and trojan: http://winpooch.free.fr/page/home.php?lang=en&page=home
Nintendo to replace 3.2M Wii straps - Boston.com: http://www.boston.com/business/technology/articles/2006/12/15/nintendo..._replac
PC World - Security Hole Found in Windows Media Player. Windows Media Player versions 9 and 10 are affected by the flaw: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,128119/article.html?tk=nl_cxanws
PC World Downloads - TrueCrypt. This free, open-source encryption program lets you place files and folders in -safes- of any size: http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file/fid,63661/description.html?tk=nl_hsxdwn
Software Inspector - Secunia. Detects insecure versions of applications installed: http://secunia.com/software_inspector
Update. Comodo Firewall 2.4.8.122 Beta Firewall Free Firewall Protection Best Firewall Test Firewall Software Network Security Internet Attacks Computer Personal Firewall: http://www.personalfirewall.comodo.com/
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To see the full newsletter with all of the COOLSITES links please go to my website at:
http://luem42.com/coolsites.aspx Thank you. Mark.
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