Securing Your Web Browser

Securing Your Web Browser
By the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team or US-CERT

Browser security and browser vulnerabilities are big topics that I soap box about all the time to customers about just because it's the most attacked vector of the user's computer (other than email).
Today I found a fantastic article explaining the importance of securing and using a safe web browser as well as goes over many details of why your browser needs to be secure and how it is exploited!
The article was written by the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team and is the best and most thorough explanation I have ever come across! This is an excellent, definite MUST read article!

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Twitter Got Hacked... Again !

"I just learned that Twitter has contacted the FBI so i decided to delete all my posts."

What does it take for a company to realize,

"We need to invest into the security of our website!"

Here is a brief list of the security incidents I have read about Twitter since the dawn of the new year...
(In the best chronological order I could put them in!)

January '09:
Monday Morning Madness @Twitter
Phishing Scam Bursts Twitter's 'Trust' Bubble
Hackers Hi-Jack's Obama's, Britney's Twitter Accounts
Twitter Hack: How it happened and what's being done
Weak Password Brings ‘Happiness’ to Twitter Hacker

April '09:
Twitter Worm Targets Celebrities
Wow - my Yahoo mail account was just hacked
This week, unauthorized access to Twitter was gained by an outside party...

May '09:
Hacker: I Broke Into Twitter

July '09:
The Month of Twitter Bugs
The Anatomy Of The Twitter Attack
Twitter: A Growing Security Minefield

August '09:
Why Attack Twitter!?
Hackers attack Twitter, Facebook also slows down
Twitter meltdown raises questions about the site(s) stability
Twitter Attack Looks Politically Motivated
Twitter and Facebook DDoS attack 'targeted one person'
Twitter still recovering from DDoS attack

Twitter definitely needs to get their act together! Especially with a month of investigative exploitations down, now a DDoS attack; what's next!?!?

Even if they finally "Batten Down the Hatches", safe online user account security practices are always a must when you any online or user based website; especially social networking web sites!
You always want to secure your account to the gills and try to avoid using "web apps" and similar Java & Flash applications. (like Quizzes, User2User Games, etc.)

With our world's growing dependency on computers, we also need to be growing the security and safeguarding of the personal information that the world stores on these systems.
Best Practice Guide to Safe Social Networking

Well, as any business that is "up-and-coming" would do,
We now have a Facebook and MySpce Pages!

If you are a social net-worker; check it out!

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IE-0day Exploit Domains List

This is something that it is important to know for applications of IT and computer security; especially in corporate and government environments....

" ...list of domains that are exploiting the new IE-0day exploits as well as secondary domains that are hosting potentially malicious binaries utilized in these attacks... "

IE-0day Exploit Domains (constantly updated)

The Botnet Sagga Continues...

This is the Stuff, Die Hard Movies are made after! But, it is also a very serious and very REAL, day to day threat!

Botnet worm in DOS attacks could wipe data out on infected PCs

Say Hello to USB 3.0!

Running at 5Gbps and Nicknamed "SuperSpeed"....

U.S.B. 3.0!

"Sound the death knell for good old USB 2.0"

Sources say it can be in computers as early as Christmas...