Internet Security News for End Users, Firewallguide.com, August 24, 2009

Patches & Updates

• Microsoft Fixes 19 Windows Security Flaws, Brian Krebs, Security Fix, Washington Post, August 11, 2009
• Apple patches 6 Safari security vulnerabilities, Gregg Keizer, Computer World, SFGate, August 11, 2009

Reviews

• The Best Security Suites for 2010 [not really, these are the first ones out], Neil Rubenking, PC Magazine, August 24, 2009 -- BitDefender, eScan, K7, Kaspersky & Panda
• TwitBlock Helps Root Out Spammy Followers, Brian Krebs, Security Fix, Washington Post, August 19, 2009
• Internet security suites, Nathan Taylor, Netguide, August 19, 2009 -- AVG, BitDefender, CA, F-Secure, Kaspersky, McAfee, Norton, Trend Micro, ZoneAlarm, ESET & Bullguard
• F-Secure Internet Security 2010 versus Sunbelt Vipre, Ian Williams, V3, August 18, 2009
• BitDefender Total Security 2010, Neil Rubenking, PC Magazine, August 17, 2009
• Kaspersky Internet Security 2010, Neil Rubenking, PC Magazine, August 17, 2009
• K7 TotalSecurity Version 10.0, Neil Rubenking, PC Magazine, August 15, 2009
• Web of Trust, Neil Rubenking, PC Magazine, August 13, 2009
• Panda Internet Security 2010, Barry Brenesal, Computer Shopper, July 2009

How-To

• Is Your PC Bot-Infested? Here's How to Tell, Robert Vamosi, PC World, August 24, 2009
• Practical Internet Privacy, Paul Green, LewRockwell.com, August 13, 2009
• Gearing Up for College, Mary Landesman, antivirus.about.com, August 13, 2009
• Surviving ZLob: Lessons Learned, Tim Higgins, SmallNetBuilder, August 11, 2009

Cookies

• ACLU Blasts Proposed Federal Cookie Policy, Roy Mare, eWeek, August 11, 2009
• You Deleted Your Cookies? Think Again, Ryan Singel, Wired, August 10, 2009

Articles

• Compiler virus infects thousands of programs, Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus, August 20, 2009
• Rogue Facebook apps steal log-in data, send spam, Elinor Mills, CNet, August 19, 2009
• Smartphone Users Oblivious to Security, Michelle Megna, eSecurityPlanet, August 19, 2009
• Symantec identifies 'Dirtiest Web Sites of Summer', Larry Magid, CNet, August 19, 2009
• Georgian cyber attacks launched by Russian crime gangs, Dan Goodin, The Register UK, August 18, 2009
• TJX Hacker Indicted in Heartland, Hannaford Breaches, Brian Krebs, Security Fix, Washington Post, August 17, 2009
• Researchers Boot Million Linux Kernels to Help Botnet Research, Brian Prince, eWeek, August 12, 2009

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