The laptops are missing - or stolen. And the number of laptops is staggering. Christopher Null is reporting that in American airports, there are over a half million laptops missing each year:
“…1,200 laptops a week go missing at Los Angeles International Airport, and 12,000 laptops are lost or stolen nationally at airports every [...]
Each one of us has hundreds of dollars invested in that desktop computer and/or laptop. For some people, the value of the computer is in the thousands, with modifications and improvements. It seems ludicrous to think that your machine would be sold for pennies. However, if your machine is infected by malware, [...]
It seems that hackers and criminals have a touch of nostalgia. They are re-cycling an old ploy. It has been called ‘hit-man spam’. This old scam has resurfaced:
“…The faux-assassin attempts to extort money by threatening bodily harm if the recipient doesn’t send a payment by e-mail.”
link: The return of ‘hit man’ [...]
I follow Chris Pirillo on Twitter. He is among the hundreds of people whose one hundred and forty characters I read daily. If Chris posts a link in my Twitter stream, it is more than likely that I will click on that link and see what Chris has found interesting. I use [...]
A tragedy, whether man-made or natural, is an opportunity for hackers. The Better Business Bureau has issued an advisory about online information about this current health concern:
“…The Better Business Bureau has issued a warning over possible email scams involving information on the swine flu outbreak.
The BBB is warning consumers to be on the look-out [...]
The laptop may cost a thousand dollars - perhaps two thousand dollars. The lost data on the laptop could cost the state of Oklahoma millions of dollars. One million people in Oklahoma are at risk of identity theft:
“The Oklahoma Department of Human Services (DHS) is notifying more than one million state residents that [...]
Every computer user soon learns about security software. It may be through a friend or it may be through having the computer not functioning properly. Security applications are a necessary expense and hackers / criminals know that too…
“Chasing massive profits, crooks have unleased a flood of rogue antivirus programs that attempt to fool [...]
Chris Pirillo, the head gnome, pops up in some unexpected places. Today, while wandering through the CNN site, there he was:
“…You could even make precious mix tapes for your soda-sharing sweetheart with songs copied from ‘em, though this made recording industry executives more than a little nervous. And it wasn’t long before their weaselly [...]
Chris Pirillo is offering a software program that efficiently monitors attempted installation of malware and spyware onto the computer. The program, WinPatrol, offers constant surveillance of computer system and alerts when there are any changes. Some of these changes may be legitimate and the computer owner may want to allow the changes. [...]
Valentine’s Day may bring thoughts of romance. It may also bring thoughts of spyware. It seems that suspicions of infidelity also trigger increased sales of spyware:
“…Private investigators agree. “Valentine’s Day is a day of lovers, and sometimes the lover is not a spouse,” says Jimmie Mesis, editor of PI magazine. That’s why, he [...]
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