http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/11/28/intuit-free-trial-email-launches-malware-attack/

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/news/article.cfm?c_id=3&objectid=10769803
Facebook agrees to tighten privacy
Facebook agreed to tighten its privacy policies in order to settle charges that it abused users' personal data, the US Federal Trade Commission had said.

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/11/29/hp-laserjet-printers-at-risk-of-fiery-hacker-attack/
HP LaserJet printers at risk of fiery hacker attack
In that demonstration, a thermal switch shut the printer down - basically, causing it to self-destruct - before a fire started.
In another demonstration, Cui showed how printing a tax return on a compromised printer could lead to the information being sent to a second computer under the control of a hacker. The second PC then scanned the document for sensitive data and published it to a Twitter feed.
http://redtape.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/29/9076395-exclusive-millions-of-printers-open-to-devastating-hack-attack-researchers-say

https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222293/Duqu_hackers_scrub_evidence_from_command_servers_shut_down_spying_op
"The attackers wiped every single server they had used as far back as 2009," Kaspersky said, referring to the Oct. 20 cleaning job.
The hackers not only deleted all their files from those systems, but double-checked afterward that the cleaning had been effective, Kaspersky noted. "Each [C&C server] we've investigated has been scrubbed,"

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/25/google_secure_search/
Scareware slingers stumped by Google secure search
Last month Google made secure search the default option for logged in users – mostly to improve privacy protection. But there is a beneficial side-effect - it is harder for fraudsters to manipulate the search engine rankings of scam sites.
Users signed into Google are now offered the ability to send search queries over secure (https) connections last. Search queries sent while using insecure networks, such as Wi-Fi hotspots, are no longer visible (and easily captured) by other users on the same network.
All so ixquick HTTPS, DuckDuckGo SSL, Blekko SSL.

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/11/25/paypal-says-you-have-changed-your-email-address/
Reason to be careful if 'PayPal' says you have changed your email address
PayPal is one of the most phished brands on the internet, as unlike traditional banks it has a truly global presence increasing the chances of a scammer successfully hooking a victim when they spam out their attacks en masse.
PayPalTo its credit, PayPal offers advice about phishing on its website, and has even created a "Can you spot phishing?" challenge to help educate its users about the dangers.
The PayPal website asks that if you receive a spoof email to forward it to their security team.
Make sure that you take care when receive unsolicited emails, seemingly from PayPal. It could be that in your haste to fix a security problem you are handing your credentials over to a criminal.
https://www.paypal.com/fightphishing

http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2011/11/25/13-million-maplestory-players-at-risk-after-hack-casting-a-cloud-over-nexons-ipo/
If you're about to float your video game company on the stock exchange, probably the last thing you want is for a hacker to break into the personal details of some 13 million of your players.
But that's exactly what has happened to South Korean firm Nexon, which runs the massively-popular MMORPG "MapleStory".

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/london/uk-government-8216planning-to-launch-stuxnet-like-attacks-against-hostile-states/1128
UK government ‘planning to launch Stuxnet-like attacks’ against hostile states
Though Russia and China were not named in the cyber-security strategy, Baroness Neville-Jones, the UK’s former security minister, previously named the two countries as two of the “worst culprits” in cyber-attacks on the UK’s networks.
2.5: Some of the most sophisticated threats to the UK in cyberspace come from other states which seek to conduct espionage with the aim of spying on or compromising our government, military, industrial and economic assets, as well as monitoring opponents of their own regimes.

https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/unlucky-supermarket-chain-tells-customers-self-service-checkout-lanes-20-stores-were-outfitted
Unlucky: Supermarket Chain Tells Customers That Self-Service Checkout Lanes In 20 Stores Were Outfitted With Card Skimmers
authorities in New York arrested three men on charges that they planted card skimming devices on ATMs in Manhattan. The three men, aged 31, 28 and 24, were charged in an 81-count indictment with crimes including identity theft, grand larceny and burglary in what authorities described as a five day "skimming spree" across Manhattan in January, 2011. In February, a criminal gang planted card skimmers in close to 200 gas pumps in Utah.

https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/new-java-vulnerability-coming-bundled-exploit-kits-112811

https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/facebook-worm-spreading-installing-zeus-bot-112911
A new worm has popped up on Facebook, using apparently stolen user credentials to log in to victims' accounts and then send out malicious links to their friends. The worm also downloads and installs a variety of malware on users' machines, including a variant of the Zeus bot.

https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/zeus-now-using-autorun-infection-numbers-rise-110111
Microsoft’s Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) removed the common banking Trojan horse program from 185,000 computers in September
Autorun infection numbers initially tumbled in February after Microsoft pushed a Windows’ update that changed the function’s behavior. But that reduction appears to have been short lived.

https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/feds-take-down-131-counterfeiting-sites-112811?utm_source=Home+Page&utm_medium=Top+Graphic+Bar&utm_campaign=Position+4
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/28/feds_seize_130_sites_in_cyber_monday_crackdown/
Black Friday that signals the start of the US holiday shopping season.
Seizedservers.com is an ICE-owned name server that directs all traffic to a place-holder stating that "This domain name has been seized by ICE – Homeland Security Investigations" and warning of the various criminal penalties associated with copyright infringement.
Seized domains in this round primarily relate to the sale of branded goods. They include discount-louisvuitton-handbag.com, dvdsetonline.com and googlenfljerseys.com.
The seizures come a year after the first big ICE crackdown, in which it took control of over 80 domains. The seizedservers.com name server currently hosts 372 domains, according to data compiled by DomainTools.

https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/sms-trojans-spreading-rest-world-112811?utm_source=Home+Page&utm_medium=Top+Graphic+Bar&utm_campaign=Position+1

https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/google-researchers-propose-new-plan-shore-ca-system-112911?utm_source=Home+Page&utm_medium=Top+Graphic+Bar&utm_campaign=Position+3

https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/hacker-says-texas-town-used-three-digit-password-secure-internet-facing-scada-system-112011
The hacker, using the handle "pr0f" took credit for a remote compromise of supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems used by South Houston, a community in Harris County, Texas. Communicating from an e-mail address tied to a Romanian domain, the hacker told Threatpost that he discovered the vulnerable system using a scanner that looks for the online fingerprints of SCADA systems. He said South Houston had an instance of the Siemens Simatic human machine interface (HMI) software that was accessible from the Internet and that was protected with an easy-to-hack, three character password.
"This was barely a hack. A child who knows how the HMI that comes with Simatic works could have

https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/hacking-group-teamp0ison-leaks-email-passwords-un-staff-government-officials-112911
Hacking Group TeamP0ison Leaks Email, Passwords for UN Staff, Government Officials
UNThe e-mail addresses and account passwords for more than one thousand United Nations staff and other users of a UN development Web site were leaked online by the hacking group TeamP0ison, which has been linked to past attacks on governments in the U.S. and India.
The information, comprising was posted to the online file sharing site Pastebin.com on MOnday, along with a message castigating the UN as a "Senate for Global Corruption," a "fraud" and a "beast that must be stopped."

https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/stolen-government-certificate-used-sign-malware-111411
F-Secure researchers claim that malware spreading via malicious PDF files is signed with a valid certificate stolen from the Government of Malaysia

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/nov/28/peter-hain-computer-private-investigators?INTCMP=SRCH
Peter Hain warned computer may have been hacked by private detectives
Police tell former Northern Ireland secretary he may have been targeted by investigators employed by News International

https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/malware-writers-use-block-cipher-latin-america-111011

https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/google-implements-forward-secrecy-112311
http://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/

https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/researchers-demonstrate-tor-network-hijack-method-102411
Researchers at the Hackers To Hackers Conference in Brazil will detail a method of hijacking the TOR anonymity network, potentially putting its users at risk, while The Tor Project accuses one of the researchers of irresponsible disclosure.
At Hackers to Hackers, Filiol and fellow researchers Oluwaseun Remi-Omosowon and Leonard Mutembei will demonstrate a method for hijacking part of a Tor network using self propagating malicious program to infect Tor nodes, then forcing network traffic through the nodes they control using denial of service attacks on uninfected nodes.
This isn't the Tor Project's first brush with security concerns. A number of the network's servers were compromised in early 2010 prompting the Tor Poject to require its users to upgrade to a more secure client.

https://threatpost.com/en_us/blogs/researchers-publish-new-attack-xml-encryption-102411
Researchers in Germany have developed an attack that enables them to decrypt supposedly private messages sent via XML. Their attack affects messages encrypted with any of the algorithms supported by the XML encryption standard, including DES and AES.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/4922840/Pak-n-Scram-tests-morality

Shoppers who took advantage of a supermarket that accidentally opened with no staff could be considered part of a "real life candid camera" or patients in a "mad experiment" that explored morality, a professor of religion says.

About 24 people cruised the aisles at Hamilton's Mill St Pak 'n Save on Good Friday morning after a computer glitch incorrectly opened the doors at 8am without a checkout person in sight.

About half paid for their groceries using the self-scan service, but that stopped working when someone scanned alcohol, which requires a staff member to check a customer's age before the system is unlocked.

It's nice to hear about honest, decent people (the ones who used the self-service tills) - Thanks for sharing.

http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/shoppers-flee-store-unpaid-food-4138757

http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/4920204/Good-Friday-free-for-all-at-Pak-n-Save

Shoppers flee store with unpaid food,

One of the country's biggest supermarkets opened for about eight hours without a staff member in sight.
Miller said the cost of the situation was still to be estimated but he was delighted that 12 people had used the self-service tills to pay for items.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/4327230/Vodafone-customers-miss-calls-after-mystery-3G-fault

A fault with Vodafone's 3G network is causing customers with iPhones and other internet-enabled smartphones to miss calls and texts.

Vodafone acknowledged the problem after complaints from customers, many of whom had initially thought their phones were to blame.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/4329057/TelstraClear-problems-continue

Some TelstraClear customers say they are continuing to experience problems with TelstraClear's email service despite a claim by the company that it had fully restored services yesterday following a nationwide 23-hour outage that affected its 180,000 Paradise and Clear email accounts.

Spokeswoman Diane Robinson believed problems would be confined to customers who followed on-screen instructions to change their password yesterday, and who may now need to have their passwords reset.

GONE !! May be !!

http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news

http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/email-files-gone-good-2-45-video-3866138

Email files gone for good

The business and personal lives of 266 New Zealanders have turned upside down with the deletion of their emails

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Thanks everyone for all your helpful comments. For now I'll stick with Movie Maker until I find one that suites my needs. Thanks!

Is there a way for users to opt-out of installing the toolbar? HappyPerson Yes if you get the full Nero and Pay, and un Tick Tool bar,I have to install the trial for the updated version of nero. and Put in the # go to Full in one go or you can add # later.

All that the email thing is that they send you emails for their software. They do not give it to any other vender. I have tested this with other emails that I rarely use and the only email I get is from them and only for promotions.

I have no idea about the promotion though. I own nero and updating is pain. I have to install the trial for the updated version of nero.

Now I know I go to my spot on nero and download and the updated version from my email, but at that time it was a learning process.
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Seems strange that they could make you keep a toolbar to use or functionality in nero.

@ HappyPerson: no, there is no way to install Nero "free" without Ask toolbar.

You may use HiJackThis, if you use Internet Explorer to try to remove that vulnerable and privacy risk toolbar.

Or if you use Firefox you may create a new profile

http://kb.mozillazine.org/Creating_a_new_Firefox_profile_on_Windows

but you must first backup your bookmars and some other data thanks to

Moz Backup

http://mozbackup.jasnapaka.com/

Hope it helps

Cheers

Is there a way for users to opt-out of installing the toolbar?

http://news.softpedia.com/news/Dubious-Tactics-Packaged-into-Free-Nero-9-Lite-126360.shtml

On November 5th, 2009, the free flavor of Nero 9 was “kicked up a notch” and officially offered to end users. But users won’t be able to find the updated links to download Nero 9 Lite Build 9.4.12.708 on Softpedia.

http://www.nero.com/eng/downloads-nero9-free.php

http://www.nero.com/eng/support-nero9-free-system-requirements.html

http://www.msfn.org/board/release-nero-lite-v9-2-6-0-t127399.html

THanks for the wikipedia link GG, some good stuff there.

Virtual Dub, but it only outputs in avi, of course I guess you could always use a converter if you desired anything else. It inputs mpg, bmp, and avi's.

Avidemux, this is mostly used for cropping your videos, but may be useful. Supports way more files than Virtual Dub though.

It depends on what your trying to do... oh, my, yes. if you want to do nonlinear editing (that's what womble mpeg wizard dvd did- full control over what order and timing your video and (separately) audio shows up- well, if you got that.... *use it!*) there are some free- but most with gotchas or heavy learning curves.

Zwei-Stein Video Editor v3.01 is still available.

for more to check out, look at the Closed-source freeware part of the List of video editing software at wikipedia.

dunno where VirtualDub 1.9.7 Stable fits.

if you want to clip commercials or parts of home video that didn't come out right and then stick the rest together- depending on formats- you've got some decent choices that are easy to use- and faster generally since they split and join without re-encoding. and without quality loss.

the ones I use most are Easy Video Splitter and Easy Video Joiner from doeasier.org

dvdvideosoft has a nice set of freebies, including Free Video Dub.

also root around places like the Video Players/Editors section of freewarefiles.

It depends on what your trying to do and what type of computer you have. I finally broke down and got cyberlink power director ultra version8. There are tons of reasons for each editor, but I got this cause it runs on cuda. This lets it run on your gpu. I used to have powerdirector 7, which didnt have this feature and it was so slow, even though I am still using a intel I7.
Now with Power8 and and it using my 285gtx along with my I7, this cuda powered program screams.

The first consumer video editing software to be optimized for Intel Core i7, NVIDIA CUDA, and ATI Stream technology, Power-Director delivers up to 5X faster performance for rendering effects and trans coding videos, with vastly improved editing and previewing speeds.
Learn more about faster performance

Actually anything cuda powered will be faster regardless if your using a 285gtx, just because of how the programing architecture is utilized. Badaboom mediaconverter by nvidia can convert whole movies in about 30 seconds with superb quality using cuda.

check it out- hope this helps in your search
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oops- sorry its not free
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Ok, I rarely post on these forums, I just moderate. But I could use some help on something. I usually use Windows Movie Maker for editing videos. That's ok but the quality isn't that great. Does anyone know of good, free video editing software? I can't afford to buy anything and already know of trials. But if you could point me in the direction to some good software for this I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!

-Chip

Return Virtual System very slow on the web try to send to clipmarks & no go most times so take off now PC is OK I am on dial-up the old RVS was good & not slow me down.
how do you find RVS?

If it is too good to be true, it is.
YET....
there are a few good programs once in a while (concept draw, direct access) and games (jet n guns, hacker evolution)
if you really want something pay for it, otherwise just hope the next giveaway is good
(some programs/games are just ***********, all games for doublegames suck, the dimersoft dvd does not work ect..but it is worth waiting for the good ones.)

Golden rule of GOTD, not every giveaway will be a hit for you, I'd rate my average at about one "Yessss!" per month (usually things I HAVE already heard of), maybe a couple that I install and then rarely use, and another couple that I think about trying but never get round to. Plus several where I'll note the "anytime freeware" alternatives suggested and keep them in stock for whaen I need or can be bothered with them.

Well Mike, click back and never come again.

I have in 6 months or so got 3 excellent apps I have always wanted and got them free.

The other items, don't interest me atall.

This site is great, Bubby works dam hard handing his knowledge over to you and others so does Bill, Michelle, LadyGodiva, Bobby, Swann and others I may have forgotten but they know they do good.

I install stuff I don't need or want so as to pass advice, so do others.

Slava and his team have put a lot of time and effort to give you something for nothing, if eventually they hit lucky and get aquired and make a huge profit I will be first in-line clapping and cheering.

You may think I will suffer from cherry blossom poisoning, however thats my opinion.

my God, the giveaways are getting more boring by the day. Why can't we have something interesting?!

"Demo" ... 8-(

http://www.tucows.com/preview/368321
Good game from childhood!
Battle rush tanks here!

The game is build up on the basis of a well-know and loved by many users Battle City game, with application of 3D technologies.

@ Mikeper94 - yes this forum supports both Giveaway and GameGiveaway. If you have any questions about GameGiveaway you can ask here also.

People who see a program mentioned/advertised or reviewed elsewhere and want to know why GOTD cannot Give it away, must know that the decision whether to offer the program for a giveaway is ultimately up to the developer and not GOTD. If the developer says "no" then that's why it doesn't appear as a giveaway. I'm sure if the developer agreed then GOTD will do everything possible to get the program on this site ASAP.

If it was giveawayoftheWEEK maybe there wouldn't be so many repeats, would you rather it were that way? A program a day is a tough call. There's only so much variety of type especially when you remember limitations. They have to be small enough files so download servers can be accessible to all and developers are small independents. It's funny when people start asking for Photoshop or Office 2007. Commercial companies with big advertising dollars behind them don't need exposure.

Remember new people are finding the site every day and they missed older offers. I have been coming to this site since the very begininng before there were two sites and have seen plenty of repeats. But they are not repeats to new visitors.

The positive thing about the many different offerings of similar programs is that if you are interested you can compare them, and choose to keep what you like. All it costs is a little time and some hard drive space. Since I started visiting this site I've learned alot about the different softwares available and what to expect from them.

One Question, Can you write about Game Giveaway on this forum too?

Thanks so much for your comments guys, yeah, I have told lots of my friends about GOTD too, hopefully that will help it expand and get better, and more varied programs.
I'll keep referring friends and I will soon put a ticker on my site too.
Keep your comments coming :-)