SENF Finds Credit Card Numbers, SSNs on Your PC

Like most security tools, SENF (Sensitive Number Finder) seems very useful not only for those wishing to up the ante on their personal security and for security experts, but for hackers as well. From Lifehacker:

"Free, open source application Sensitive Number Finder (Senf) scans your hard drive for personally identifying data worth stealing, like Social Security and credit card numbers. The software points out these vulnerable digits so you can remove or encrypt them to keep your personal finances or identity safe."

SENF

Code Execution Vulnerability Found in Firefox 3.0... Already!

It looks lie IE isn't the only one sporting major vulnerabilities these days:

"Just hours after the official release of the latest refresh of Mozilla’s flagship browser, an unnamed researcher has sold a critical code execution vulnerability that puts millions of Firefox3.0 users at risk of PC takeover attacks."

Code execution vulnerability found in Firefox 3.0 | Zero Day | ZDNet.com

What's New in Windows XP Service Pack 3?

Apparently a whole lotta' nuthin'! I finally installed it after finding a fix for the Remote Desktop bug, and searched the Interweb to find out what new toys I had just installed. Turns out it is basically just a roll-up of the patches since SP2 (which you should have already anyway) and a few minor back-end changes.


Even Microsoft says so:

"Windows® XP Service Pack 3 (SP3) includes all previously released updates for the operating system. This update also includes a small number of new functionalities, which do not significantly change customers’ experience with the operating system."

I guess I should have seen that coming with Vista being Microsoft's new (sick) baby.