US-CERT is aware of public reports of malicious code circulating via phishing email messages that appear to come from the Social Security Administration. The messages indicate that the users’ annual Social Security statements may contain errors and instruct users to follow a link to review their Social Security statement. If users click this link, they [...]

Since it was founded in 2005 by former employees of the popular online money-management site, Paypal, YouTube has become the leader in the online video community. It’s not a surprise however that most users of YouTube do not know how easy it is to upload their own videos, much less how to make them look [...]

It’s hard to believe it has been almost a year since Google launched it’s much-anticipated web browser, Google Chrome. With an estimated 35 million users already making it their browser of choice, it’s not hard to understand why Google wants to capitalize on that and has now announced their own Operating System, Chrome OS. Chrome [...]

Because of its popularity, the internet has become an ideal target for advertising. As a result, spyware, or adware, has become increasingly prevalent. When troubleshooting problems with your computer, you may discover that the source of the problem is spyware software that has been installed on your machine without your knowledge.

Apple has released Safari 4.0.4 to address multiple vulnerabilities in a number of components. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial-of-service condition, conduct cross-site request forgery, or obtain sensitiveinformation. These vulnerabilities affect Safari running on both the Mac OS X and Windows platforms.AlexPC encourages users and administrators [...]

There is no denying the fact that Apple’s iPhone has changed the game when it comes to touch-screen phones. It’s become the standard for competing companies to compare themselves to. Lately though you may have noticed competitors finally speaking out and putting up a fight against the iPhone. Commercials such as “iDont” and “There’s a [...]

Apple has released Mac OS X v10.6.2 and Security Update 2009-006 to address multiple vulnerabilities in a number of applications. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial-of-service condition, conduct a man-in-the-middle attack, operate with escalated privileges, or obtain sensitive information.AlexPC encourages users and administrators to review Apple article HT3937 [...]

Research in Motion has released Security Advisory KB19701 to address a vulnerability in BlackBerry Desktop Manager. This vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.

AlexPC encourages users to review BlackBerry Security Advisory KB19701 and apply any necessary updates.

Would you like update your Facebook status from Twitter, without logging in to Facebook? Here’s how to do it:

Log in to your Facebook account.

Type in “Twitter” in the top-right search box.

The Better Business Bureau is warning consumers to be on the lookout for fraudulent e-mails and Web sites trying to take advantage of the H1N1 (swine) flu pandemic and the growing public concern over it. “Scammers are successful, because they use current headlines as hooks to catch a lot of fish,” said BBB president Tom [...]

It’s called lock-in, folks: The tactic that works by ensuring that once you sign on with a product or a company, you have virtually no way to escape. You’re stuck for life. Apple does this with the iPod by locking iTunes to its music player. Online e-mail providers do this regularly by making it impossible [...]