Sex, Not Spam, Led to Murder
Wednesday July 27, 2005
The Russian newspaper Kommersant reports that the murder of notorious spammer Vardan Kushnir was the result of sex turned robbery and not a hate crime related to spam.
On Sunday, ... Read More
Russian Spammer Found Murdered
Monday July 25, 2005
Russia's most infamous spammer, Vardan Kushnir, was found bludgeoned to death in his Moscow apartment on Sunday, July 24th. Kusnir's spam antics earned him the wrath of a nation, some ... Read More
Computer Viruses Leading Financial Losses
Monday July 25, 2005
According to the 2005 CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey, computer virus attacks present the greatest financial losses but overall financial losses from cybercrime are decreasing. >> Full Story
Trojan Nabs Headlines From London Attacks
Friday July 22, 2005
Just hours after BBC published a news report titled London attackers 'meant to kill', the Agent.AD Trojan email stole the headline and part of the copy, using it as a ... Read More
AIM Worm Impersonates iTunes
Thursday July 21, 2005
IM worms continue to expand their repertoire of social engineering tricks. W32/Olameg-net, a.k.a. Opanki.Y and AIM/Megalo, installs itself to the Windows System directory as itunes.exe, presumably trying to disguise itself ... Read More
Spammer vs. Microsoft
Tuesday July 19, 2005
A spammer takes on Microsoft by launching a spam rampage. And he's using zombie PCs to do it. But is it revenge or is it really fear? >> Full Story
Zombie Alert
Monday July 18, 2005
Botnets, collections of Trojaned PCs under the control of attackers, are a pressing problem today. One vendor has a unique solution to help. >> Full Story
Check Your Trusted Sites List
Friday July 15, 2005
Some spyware and adware will add miscreant links to your Internet Explorer Trusted Sites Zone. This may allow the sites to run with fewer security restrictions. Make sure you periodically ... Read More
Is All Adware Badware?
Monday July 11, 2005
Microsoft has received no small amount of flack for their decision to downgrade Claria (aka Gator/GAIN) detection in the Windows AntiSpyware beta. Though Claria software is still detected, the recommended ... Read More
Netsky, Sasser Author Admits Guilt
Wednesday July 6, 2005
As expected, Sven Jaschan, author of the Netsky and Sasser worms, pled guilty in German court yesterday. His country of jurisdiction (Germany) and his age at the time of the ... Read More
Disabling System Restore to Remove Viruses
Sunday July 3, 2005
Windows ME and Windows XP both come with a feature known as System Restore that enables you revert to specific restore points without impacting data files. Unfortunately, System Restore backs ... Read More