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IOBit Caught Stealing MalwareBytes database.
Nov 2nd
According to MalwareBytes, the security company IOBit, based in China has stolen their database of signature and incorporated it into their software’s database of signature. They determined this by using a fake detection that would have only appeared in their database and caught them red-handed.
You can read more about it at: http://www.malwarebytes.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=29681
Secure Registration and Login Fixed
Mar 19th
If anyone has tried registering on the forums lately and was presented with a security warning, the issue is now fixed. Seems I didn’t read the manual as good as I thought I did 
Web Server and Browser Security: Microsoft vs Open-Source
Apr 17th
I know that this subject has been dragged out over and over but every one that does seems to be bias of one side or the other. Personally I prefer using open source servers and browsers; Firefox, Apache, and PHP; over Microsofts offering. My reasons for this are varied. I use Firefox because it is more secure than Internet Explorer and more customizable, and I use Apache/PHP because I am more familiar with it and I can also get make use of it’s advanced features on home and workstation versions of Windows. I also prefer FreeBSD over Linux because of being familiar. But how secure is all of this software. The results might or might not suprise most people.
Freshing a Website is a Felony?!
Jan 9th
After reading about this on both Slashdot and Techdirt, I am actually surprised this did not happen in my own state of Alabama. A teenage who was telling his friends or classmates to goto the school website and hold down the refresh (F5) key and see if the webserver will crash, according to all the sites reporting on this story. While this boy is being charged with a felony for this, some kids were charged with a misdemeanors for entering the school and illegally accessing the computers to change grades. Now, how backwards is this?. The thing that gets worse is that the server never crashed and he may not have actually done it himself… For more into visit these site:
It is funny to note that having Slashdot involved in this has already made their server stall and not respond, so this publicity has done more damage than that kid could have ever done.