Archive for December, 2008:


Information Security Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing

Tuesday, December 30th, 2008

Compromised URLs used to distribute malicious code nearly tripled between July 2007 and July 2008. This is corroborated by research from all the major players in the computer security game. The recession ...

Internet Explorer Hit By Zero Day Exploit

Monday, December 29th, 2008

The massive patch issued by Microsoft recently, their December 2008 security bulletin, fixed a great many flaws, including six critical flaws, which affect Windows GDI, Word, Excel, Internet Explorer and Windows Search. ...

‘Tis The Season To Be Scammed

Saturday, December 27th, 2008

What are you expecting to get in your e-stocking this holiday season? Are you expecting a singing card? Are you really expecting greeting from a long lost college buddy? E-cards are an ...

USB Sticks Spreading Viruses

Friday, December 26th, 2008

  Many people use USB sticks to take their files and move them from computer to computer. They use them to easily transfer what they need. USB sticks are incredible easy to use; ...

Final Firefox 2.0 Fails To Feature Antiphishing

Thursday, December 25th, 2008

Mozilla have moved on to version 3.0 of their Firefox browser, but some users haven’t. Thus, Mozilla are releasing one final version of Firefox 2.0 later this month. 2.0 is a bit ...

Fighting Cyber Crime in a Recession

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

The dismal economy has opened the door for consumers to be scammed in a variety of ways. For example, people are receiving phishing emails asking them to provide bank account information so ...

Microsoft’s Free Security Suite: A Threat?

Tuesday, December 23rd, 2008

  When people hear of the fact that Microsoft is going to be offering a free security suite, they think that it will automatically be the best suite available. When a company like ...

Facebook Hit by Koobface Virus

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

A worm virus has sent Facebook users malicious code. It appears to have been limited, but according to security experts, the social engineering attack could be used again. According to a Facebook representative, ...

Economic Crash a Boom For Cyber criminals

Sunday, December 21st, 2008

The economic downturn has given cyber criminals a big advantage in their war against law enforcement, according to a panel of experts at McAfee, the antivirus software manufacturer in a recently released ...

Microsoft Clears Scareware

Saturday, December 20th, 2008

  Many people have never heard of the phrase “Scareware”, even though it is something that they have had to deal with on a regular basis with their personal computer. Microsoft has recently ...

Customers of CheckFree Rerouted to Ukrainian Site

Friday, December 19th, 2008

CheckFree is an online bill-paying site. Its customers rely on it to safely pay their bills. Early in the morning on Tuesday, December 2, however, its customers were redirected to servers in ...

Charges Dropped Against Teacher

Thursday, December 18th, 2008

  Many people who have suffered from spyware and malware on their computer will realize all of the crazy things that can happen. Pop-ups and other issues will bring about a bunch of ...

Computer Security Moves Toward Uniting On Data Security

Wednesday, December 17th, 2008

No one can predict what will happen with the economy in the next year to year and a half. You can be sure, though, that threats to your confidential data will increase ...

Adware is Major Malware Portion

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008

  Many people will find that they have adware on their computer, and are unsure as to how it even got there. While some types of adware will simply get onto your computer ...

Protecting Yourself During Online Shopping

Monday, December 15th, 2008

  People have been turning to the Internet more often for all of their shopping needs. They will use the Internet to find their favorite companies, and to purchase gifts and other things ...

Face Recognition Can Be Faked

Sunday, December 14th, 2008

According to the Vietnamese Internet Security Center that makes the antivirus software BKAV, there are serious security holes in the face recognition based security systems that laptops use. All that is required ...

Apple Says Belay That Antivirus Order

Saturday, December 13th, 2008

The item, recently reported in this blog, that Apple had posted on their support site that urged Macintosh users to use multiple antivirus utilities has been removed from their site. Apple now ...

Microsoft Offers Free Security Suite

Friday, December 12th, 2008

  Microsoft is finally taking the leap and allowing people to have free software to take off of the viruses and spyware on their computer. While Microsoft used to offer a paid type ...

If You Have RemoteSpy, Read This!

Tuesday, December 9th, 2008

  If you have RemoteSpy, a program from the CyberSpy Software company, you need to get rid of it, and you need to look into it more. Many people have never heard of ...

Ashampoo Anti-spyware Upgrade

Monday, December 8th, 2008

  A lot of people will look for pay upgrades when they are looking for an anti-spyware upgrade. They think about the fact that an upgrades is the best way to go, as ...