Panda Says...
Friday January 30, 2009
...Only 8.4% of email that reached companies in 2008 was legit. That pretty well sums up what I've experienced with my own email. Several years ago I realized it was ... Read More
Of Politics and Viruses...
Thursday January 29, 2009
Apparently, soon-to-be-former CEO of Symantec John Thompson may be in the running for the U.S. Commerce Secretary - the last remaining seat on President Obama's new cabinet. Thompson has a ... Read More
Life Owner / Mail Server Report
Wednesday January 28, 2009
Yet another bogus email warning, the Life Owner / Mail Server Report Hoax is almost an exact copy of the old Life is Beautiful hoax. If someone you know forwards ... Read More
How Some WoW Accounts Get Pwned
Thursday January 22, 2009
Blizzard, makers of the very popular World of Warcraft series of MMORPG, has been aggressively warning players to the risks of keyloggers and other trojans that can lead to compromise ... Read More
Heartland Payment Systems Exposes Credit Card Transactions
Tuesday January 20, 2009
Credit card processor Heartland Payment Systems has disclosed that the Heartland systems were infected with malware which led to the exposure of an untold number of credit card accounts over ... Read More
That's One Big Worm
Thursday January 15, 2009
F-Secure has been tracking the Downadup worm, a retro-style malware threat that spreads in part by exploiting vulnerabillties in certain Windows services' handling of malformed RPC requests. Downadup also spreads ... Read More
AVG Acquires Sana Security
Tuesday January 13, 2009
AVG, makers of the free and very popular AVG Antivirus, has announced the acquisition of Sana Security which specializes in behavior-based technologies. This could be good news for users as ... Read More
Fischer to Users: Screw You
Friday January 9, 2009
Herein lies the reason that the U.S. Patent system is a joke. An award of a patent "grants the right to exclude others from making, using, offering for sale or ... Read More
Verified by Malware
Thursday January 8, 2009
Seems like the scammers have had no problem getting back into the swing of things after the holiday. Here's an example of one of the latest phishing scams:
Dear client,
The VISA ... Read More
Malware Reunion
Tuesday January 6, 2009
The new year is upon us and for some that means a walk down memory lane, reminiscing about college or high school friends and perhaps anticipating a reunion with your ... Read More
Autorun FAQs
Monday January 5, 2009
A reader asks, "How do we protect jump drives, will having our security software set to scan on access prevent an infected jump drive from infecting the primary system are ... Read More