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The problem with ditching Flash and Java

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 28 Oct 2015 11:00:35 +0000

Last week Adobe issued an out-of-band Flash patch, and once again Brian Krebs urged people to ditch Flash, noting that he’s done so and hasn’t missed it. We decided to try ditching Flash at work a few months ago, but it

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More Home Depot details emerge

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 22 Sep 2014 11:00:04 +0000

Late last week, Home Depot finally released a statement about its data breach. At least they had the decency to call the attack “custom” and not spin it as “advanced” or “sophisticated.” Even “custom” is really a euphemism, as the attack

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Five malware myths

Dave Farquhar — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 11:00:07 +0000

I found a story called Five Malware Myths and take no issue with anything it says. Run antivirus, whitelist your program directories, run EMET, and you’re reasonably protected but not invincible. But nobody is as invincible as the majority of

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EMET protects against what your antivirus cannot–and it’s free

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 01 Jul 2013 11:00:24 +0000

A few years ago, Microsoft quietly released a security tool called EMET–the Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit. EMET is now in version 4.0, and it’s probably the best security tool you’ve never heard of. And that’s a real shame. Modern versions

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