hackers

In a way, this is creative - and diabolical. It takes advantage of people’s routine to be secure and to update. However, it is a malware trap:
“Analysts at Websense Security Labs have detected a wave of attacks directed at people who use Microsoft’s Outlook Web Access.
The web security company said on Wednesday that [...]

Spoofing is creating limitimate looking content to dupe people into behaviour such as downloading programs or revealing personal information. Apparently, Comcast is initiating a trial of a malware alert program.
Elinor Mills reports:
“Comcast is launching a trial on Thursday of a new automated service that will warn broadband customers of possible virus infections, if the [...]

With striking predictability, criminals are exploiting the death of Patrick Swayze to deliver malware. The hackers are aware that this is a news item that people online will search and hackers are prepare to exploit this interest:
“… just as web miscreants have recently used immense interest in the deaths of Michael Jackson, Farah [...]

There was a myth online about internet security that some people still believe. That notion is that if someone online stays away from “bad’ websites, then there is no danger. That security belief is false.
An illustration of how invalid that notion is can be found with the recent problems linked with The New [...]

It is really good news for criminal and hackers. They already know but the present economy is having an impact on security budgets. The funds are not available and so the amount to be spent on security is lowered:
“Due to strained budgets, some IT departments are cutting funding for technologies that could help [...]

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 [...]

There used to be telltale signs when the computer had been infected with malware. The computer might slow down to the point where it would take minutes to load programs and pages on the internet. Another example is the blue screen appearing and indicating that the computer had crashed - and most likely [...]

Apparently, there is some joy to destruction. It is purposive. And it is malicious. The assumption has been that hackers are motivated by financial incentives. A recent study shows that simply causing havoc remains the end goal of some hackers:
“A study of 57 Web site hacks from last year showed [...]

It is an old ploy but it is still effective. The scam is a clever duplicate site to spoof legitimate businesses and genuine security products. The site visitor is duped into buying useless software:
“…Hackers are tricking people with a false warning, saying that the computer is infected with a Trojan and [...]