Internet Security News for End Users, Firewallguide.com, December 11, 2007

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Windows Update Today

• Microsoft Plugs 11 Windows Security Holes, Brian Krebs, Security Fix, Washington Post, December 11, 2007

"Securing Microsoft"

• From pain to progress, Ina Fried, ZDNet, December 3, 2007
• Inviting the hackers inside, Ina Fried, ZDNet, December 4, 2007
• The next generation of security threats, Ina Fried, ZDNet, December 5, 2007

Facebook

• Facebook Partners Quiet on Beacon Fallout, Juan Perez and Nancy Gohring, IDG News Service, PC World, December 7, 2007
• Facebook Doesn't Budge on Beacon's Brad User Tracking, Juan Perez, IDG News Service, PC World, December 7, 2007
• Experts to Facebook: Mind Your Manners, Juan Perez, IDG News Service, PC World, December 6, 2007
• Facebook Apologizes, Will Make Beacon Opt-In, Chloe Albanesius, PC Magazine, December 5, 2007
• Facebook Admits Ad Service Tracks Logged-Off Users and Facebook's Beacon Ad System Also Tracks Non-Facebook Users, Juan Perez, IDG News Service, PC World, December 3, 2007

QuickTime

• US-CERT Warns of Unpatched QuickTime Flaw, Sean Kerner, eSecurityPlanet, December 3, 2007
• QuickTime Flaw a Potential Threat to Second Life Fans, Brian Krebs, Security Fix, Washington Post, December 3, 2007

Reviews

• BullGuard Internet Security 8.0, Neil Rubenking, PC Magazine, December 7, 2007
• Windows Live OneCare 2.0, Neil Rubenking, PC Magazine, December 5, 2007
• Firewalls for Windows Approaching Fruition, Scot Finnie, Scot's Newsletter, November 25, 2007

Web Hosting

• Top 10 Best & Worst Anti-Phishing Web Registrars, Brian Krebs, Security Fix, Washington Post, December 11, 2007
• Web Hosting Providers Let Security Sag, Lisa Vaas, eWeek, December 4, 3007

Anti-Virus

• AV Testing Guidelines Coming Next Year, Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service, PC World, December 4, 2007
• Win 2000 anti-virus products fail independent tests, John Leyden, The Register UK, December 4, 2007

More Security Articles

• Ask Rolls Out Search Eraser, But Google Will Still Know, Ryan Singel, Wired, December 11, 2007
• DNS attack could signal Phishing 2.0, Robert McMillan, IDG News Service, Computerworld, December 11, 2007
• Online love seekers warned of flirt-bots, Ian Williams, vnunet.com, December 10, 2007
• Trojans Get Agile with Web 2.0 Tricks, Lisa Vaas, eWeek, December 10, 2007
• Top-secret US labs penetrated by phishers, Dan Goodin, The Register UK, December 7, 2007
• Report: Cybercrime Stormed the Net in 2007, Ryan Singel, Wired, December 7, 2007
• Are You Wasting Your Money Buying Antispyware Software? Erik Larkin, PC World, December 6, 2007
• Researchers Shed Light on Shadowy Russian Botnets, Andrew Burger, Technewsworld, December 6, 2007
• Update: Symantec Screwup Is 'Worse Than Any Virus', Chloe Albanesius, PC Magazine, December 6, 2007
• Your PC Is Vulnerable Without Browser Protection, Larry Seltzer, eWeek, December 5, 2007
• Best (and Worst) of 2007, Sascha Segan and Eric Griffith, PC Magazine, December 4, 2007 -- Best Software -- Norton Internet Security 2008; The Worst Insecurity Software -- Finjan SecrueBrowsing, GarbageClean 2.0, SpyEraser 1.1 Bad & Spyware Terminator 2.0
• Malware Exploded in 2007, Security Vendor Says, Jeremy Kirk, IDG News Service, PC World, December 4, 2007
• Looks like ID protection is up to us, Dean Takahashi, San Jose Mercury News, Seattle Times, December 3, 2007
• Secrets of Shell and Rolls-Royce come under attack from China's spies, James Rossiter, The Times Online UK, December 3, 2007