A rouge anti-spyware program called TotalSecurity is circulating the Internet, downloading itself on users’ PCs to produce false malware scan results and prevent legitimate anti-spyware products from working.
One of the most enjoyable aspects of writing about IT security is following the latest in social engineering. While the technology that cybercriminals employ in attempts to swindle Internet users is interesting, what’s really impressive are the devices they use to try and lure people into responding to their offers.
With all the fanfare surrounding the release of Apple’s Snow Leopard operating system upgrade today, it comes as little surprise that cybercriminals are taking advantage of the event to spread malware.
Despite the repeat recommendations from Mozilla to upgrade to Firefox 3.x in order to browse as safely as possible, some users prefer to stay put with Firefox 2.x. Mozilla decided to find out why.
In the past year, the number of PCs infected with malware has doubled, jumping from 253.4 million systems in the first six months of 2008 to 491.2 million in the first half of 2009.
Imagine that, for some crazy reason, you’ve been following a Twitter user with the account name Upd4t3. Here’s a portion of a typical tweet that you might see:
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Sidekick: The Good News & the Bad News Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
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