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| Today's internet is probably one of
the least safe places to be in regards to the health of your
computer and the safekeeping of your personal data. This page
will be continually updated with info on new threats as they
appear. If you have any questions please feel free to
contact us. One of the most common questions we get asked is "I have current, reputable anti virus software installed, why did my PC still get infected?" Antivirus vendors are having trouble keeping up with e-mail viruses, according to a new security report. The Commtouch Q2 2009 Internet Threats Trend Report noted a spike in the number of e-mail viruses that slipped past major antivirus engines between late May and June 2009. The security vendor based its findings on the analysis of over 2 billion e-mail messages and Internet transactions daily in its cloud-based global detection centers. Read More >> There is software you can install and services you can use to try and help prevent the many infections floating around the web. Nothing is a 100% guarantee that you'll be safe, common sense plays a big role in your safety. |
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| We recommend the following products to help in your efforts to stay safe online | |||
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Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware is an
anti-malware application that can thoroughly remove even the
most advanced malware. It includes a number of features,
including a built in protection monitor that blocks malicious
processes before they even start. Malwarebytes is free to try (the free version does not include realtime monitoring) and can be downloaded here You can purchase the full version here |
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| SUPERAntiSpyware
Detects and Removes Spyware, Adware and Malware, Trojans,
Dialers, Worms, KeyLoggers, HiJackers, Parasites, Rootkits,
Rogue Security Products and many other types of threats. It's Light on System Resources and won't slow down your computer like many other anti-spyware products. Won't conflict with your existing anti-spyware or anti-virus solution! SuperAntiSpyware is free to try (the free version does not include realtime monitoring or other features). To purchase the full version please contact us directly or click the image above. |
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WOT
is a free Internet security addon for your browser. It will help
keep you safe from online scams, identity theft, spyware, spam,
viruses and unreliable shopping sites. WOT warns you before you
interact with a risky website. It's easy and it's free. WOT can be downloaded here |
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| What is
OpenDNS? OpenDNS is a free service that works for networks of all sizes, from home networks to K-12 schools, SMBs and large enterprises. It provides protection against known malware and phishing websites, along with parental control, giving you complete customization of the websites visited by any computer on your network, it can be set up here If you want to set it up on your network and need help, we can assist in setting it up via remote support, just call us to set up a remote session. |
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Access to information and entertainment, credit and financial services, products from every corner of the world — even to your work — is greater than ever. Thanks to the Internet, you can play a friendly game with an opponent across the ocean; review and rate videos, songs, or clothes; get expert advice in an instant; or collaborate with far-flung co-workers in a "virtual" office. | ||
With awareness as your safety net, you can minimize the chance of an Internet mishap. Being on guard online helps you protect your information, your computer, and your money. To be safer and more secure online, visit Onguard Online. Read More >> |
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| The following article should be required reading for ANYONE with a computer connected to the internet. | |||
| The Scrap Value of a Hacked PC | |||
| One of the most common infections today is rogue or scareware applications, the following article is a must read, even with current anti virus software installed you're not immune to these infections. | |||
| The ultimate guide to scareware protection | |||
| The following links provide a continually updated source of info on the latest threats, along with some general information, please visit them for daily updates on the latest scams and threats. | |||
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Bill Mullins’ Weblog - Tech Thoughts Brian Krebs - Krebs on Security Threat Post, Kaspersky Labs Security News Service Tech - for Everyone by Tech Paul |
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| Current Security News | |||
| 9-1-10 | |||
| Crooks Who Stole $600,000 From Catholic Diocese Said Money Was for Clergy Sex Abuse Victims Organized cyber thieves stole more than $600,000 from the Catholic Diocese of Des Moines, Iowa earlier this month. The funds were spirited away with the help of dozens of unwitting co-conspirators hired through work-at-home job scams, at least one of whom was told the money was being distributed to victims of the Catholic Church sex abuse scandals. | |||
| 8-24-10 | |||
| Zurich Insurance slammed with £2.28 million fine for losing customer data The UK branch of Zurich Insurance has been fined a whopping £2.28 million after losing details of 46,000 customers. | |||
| 8-20-10 | |||
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Trojan horse suspected of contributing to 2008 Madrid aircrash
Authorities investigating the 2008 Madrid air crash, which
resulted in the deaths of 154 people, have discovered that a
central computer system used to monitor technical problems in
aircraft was infected with Trojan horses. It's important to note - malware didn't cause the plane to crash. |
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| 8-10-10 | |||
| Fighting Today's Malware If malware were biological, the world would be in the grip of the worst pandemic in history. In 2009, more than 25 million different unique malware programs were identified, more than all the malware programs ever created in all previous years. That's a pretty incredible statistic. Malicious programs now outnumber legitimate ones by many orders of magnitude. | |||
| 8-5-10 | |||
| Adobe confirms remote code-execution flaw in Reader (again) A security researcher has uncovered yet another vulnerability in Adobe Reader that allows hackers to execute malicious code on computers by tricking their users into opening booby-trapped files. | |||
| Two Unpatched Flaws Show Up in Apple iOS The technique that the Jailbreakme.com Web site is using to bypass the iPhone's security mechanisms and enable users to run unapproved apps on their phones involves exploiting two separate vulnerabilities. | |||
| Microsoft's Not-So-Secret Plan to Cripple Windows XP If you haven't installed service pack 3 on your Windows XP installation you need to do it now, if not sooner. | |||
| 7-29-10 | |||
| Hacker Demos Remote Attacks Against ATMs Using home-brewed software tools and exploiting a gaping security hole in the authentication mechanism used to update the firmware on automated teller machines (ATMs), a security researcher hacked into ATMs made by Triton and Tranax and planted a rootkit that dispensed cash on demand. | |||
| Persistent, Covert Malware Causing Major Damage Security technology and practice have advanced quite a bit in the past few years, but one thing that has become clear is that whatever gains have been made are just not keeping pace with the innovation of attackers. The advances being made by malware authors and crimeware gangs are keeping them well ahead of the curve and will continue to do so for the foreseeable future, researchers say. | |||
| Russian gang uses botnets to automate check counterfeiting A researcher has uncovered a sophisticated check counterfeiting ring that uses compromised computers to steal and print millions of dollars worth of bogus invoices and then recruit money mules to cash them. | |||
| Android malware steals info from one million phone owners A developer of Android apps has been accused of using their apps to steal information from more than one million smartphone users. | |||
| Details of 100 million Facebook users were *already* exposed on the net At first glance these headlines might appear frightening. But there's one thing you need to know. All of this information was already available to anyone on the internet. | |||
| 7-27-10 | |||
| Rogue Antivirus Victims Seldom Fight Back | |||
| Attacks Cost $3.8 Million on Average Per Year Organizations are getting hit by at least one successful attack per week, and the annualized cost to their bottom lines from the attacks ranged from $1 million to $53 million per year, according to a newly published benchmark study of 45 U.S. organizations hit by data breaches. | |||
| 7-23-10 | |||
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More malware exploiting Windows shortcut vulnerability It
probably won't come as a surprise to anyone, but more evidence
has come to light that cybercriminals are actively exploiting
the Windows shortcut vulnerability (also known as
CVE-2010-2568). Another article on the subject can be found here. |
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| Investigation into Google's WiFi snooping now 38 states strong A majority of U.S. states have joined the fight by Connecticut Attorney General Richard Blumenthal against Google, demanding answers about the accidental collection of data over unsecured WiFi networks while Street View cars snapped outdoor photos. | |||
| 7-22-10 | |||
| Safari AutoFill Feature Exposes User Data A prominent security researcher is urging users of Apple’s Safari browser to immediately turn off the AutoFill feature to block hackers from stealing sensitive information. According to Jeremiah Grossman, founder and Chief Technology Officer of WhiteHat Security, the AutoFill Web Forms feature can be hacked to steal data from the computer’s address book. | |||
| New Koobface Variant Installs Highly Invasive Rogueware Security researchers warn that the latest Koobface variant drops a scareware program, which severely impacts the victim's ability to use the infected system. The application, which poses as an antivirus, makes Web browsing impossible and prevents almost all programs from running. | |||
| Widespread Compromise Impacts Thousands of Legitimate Websites The eSoft Threat Prevention Team has detected a new widespread compromise, with tens of thousands of domains infected. Cybercriminals have used stolen credentials, placing specially crafted pages into legitimate websites that lead visitors to malicious payloads. | |||
| In-store Fuji photo kiosks spread malware Earlier this month reports began to come in from Australia that some Windows-based Fuji photo kiosks were infected by malware, and spreading worms to unsuspecting shoppers when they inserted their SD cards and memory sticks to print out their digital snaps. | |||
| South Shore Hospital warns 800,000 patient records may be missing South Shore Hospital, in Weymouth, Massachusetts, has found itself in the highly embarrassing situation this week of admitting that the personal information of about 800,000 patients may have been lost in what can only be described as a data destruction disaster. | |||
| Apple Location Data Collection Policies: What You Need To Know Your iPhone, iPad and Mac computers are helping Apple build a location information database, according to a recent letter Apple sent to two concerned congressmen. The letter was in response to concerns raised over how the company collects location data information from Apple devices, and what the company is doing to safeguard user privacy. | |||
| 7-20-10 | |||
| Why anti-malware software doesn’t always work Everyone should know by now that they need anti-malware protection and that it needs to be kept up-to-date. But did you know that your computer can still get infected with malware? | |||
| Hacker arrested for spying on schoolgirls via their own webcams A man has been arrested for spying on more than 150 girls in their bedrooms by hacking into their computers and using their webcams to watch them, provoking warnings that others will be doing the same thing. | |||
| ProfileSpy Facebook scam could cost you money There seems to be an increasing amount of Facebook spam that spreads by social engineering – which is tough to stop since it’s Facebook users who are being tricked into “liking” the site. | |||
| Skimmers Siphoning Card Data at the Pump Thieves recently attached bank card skimmers to gas pumps at more than 30 service stations along several major highways in and around Denver, Colorado, the latest area to be hit by a scam that allows crooks to siphon credit and debit card account information from motorists filling up their tanks. | |||
| 7-16-10 | |||
| The Case for Cybersecurity Insurance, Part II When cyber crooks stole nearly $35,000 this year from Brookeland Fresh Water Supply District in East Texas, the theft nearly drained the utility’s financial reserves. Fortunately for the 1,300 homes and businesses it serves, Brookeland had purchased cyber security insurance, and now appears on track to recoup all of the unrecovered funds in exchange for a $500 deductible. | |||
| Experts Warn of New Windows Shortcut Flaw Researchers have discovered a sophisticated new strain of malicious software that piggybacks on USB storage devices and leverages what appears to be a previously unknown security vulnerability in the way Microsoft Windows processes shortcut files. | |||
| Possible New Rootkit Has Drivers Signed by Realtek Security researchers have identified a new suspicious program that is copying itself to PCs via USB mass storage devices and is digitally signed with the certificate of Realtek Semiconductor, a major manufacturer of computer products based in Taiwan. | |||
| Credit Card Hackers Visit Hotels All Too Often Here's something that the struggling hotel sector prefers not to spotlight: it is a favorite target of hackers. | |||
| 7-7-10 | |||
| UH computer breach may have compromised 53,000 people More than 53,000 people, who did business with the University of Hawaii at Manoa parking office's data base from 1998-2009, are being notified by mail that they may be affected by a computer security breach. | |||
| iTunes App Store hit by developer and account fraud Apple's iTunes Store users are increasingly being targeted in a number of fraud cases, some of which appear to be orchestrated by iOS app developers seeking to boost their sales rankings, and others which appear to be a widespread hack of user accounts. | |||
| New Trojan Disguised as Windows IME There's a new attack technique in use right now that enables attackers to inject Trojan code onto victims' machines by disguising it as a Windows input method editor (IME). | |||
| Flaw in Core IE 8 Component Could Enable Remote Attacks There's an unpatched vulnerability affecting Internet Explorer 8 running on most current versions of Windows that could give attackers the ability to run code on remote machines. The flaw is a memory leak that gives attackers key information on the location of a specific address in memory, even with memory protections such as ASLR enabled. | |||
| Six Messy Database Breaches So Far In 2010 From a National Guardsman's external hard drive faux pas to a financial services firm's slack practice of password-sharing, this year has already had its share of shocking database exposures. | |||
| 7-6-10 | |||
| Trojan attacks now almost solely from legitimate websites According to reports, surfers are now almost always attacked from the hacked web sites of legitimate providers. Previously the general assumption was that malware was only found on sex sites and other shady web sites, but these days all you need to do is visit the site of your favorite newspaper to come under attack. | |||
| Newest Social Net Scam: Stranded Friend The FBI and its Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) says they are seeing an uptick in the complaints about online scammers trying to steal your money posing as a good friend left stranded somewhere in need of quick cash. | |||
| Natural Disasters and Global Warming Fuel the Malware Flames | |||
| Google issues fix for hacked YouTube Google has plugged a hole hackers used Sunday morning to festoon YouTube videos with off-color pop-ups and adult-site redirects, according to a news outlet. | |||
| Beware of cold call scammers pushing rogue antivirus Malware-pushing scammers appear to be stepping up their use of telephone-based pitches, resulting in an increase in reports from the UK of high-pressure cold calls designed to trick people into installing rogue antivirus products and other nasties. | |||
| The Secret FarmVille Cow of Fail 31,769 have clicked the “Like” button for this, and that doesn’t appear to be automated – after jumping through hoops, my test account hasn’t given this the “Thumbs up” so it seems like they’re just hitting “Like” because they like being scammed. | |||
| 7-2-10 | |||
| Bank details at threat from undetected malware Criminals are using virtually undetectable malware to steal personal and bank information and commit fraud, security experts have warned. | |||
| Regular domains beat smut sites at hosting malware 99 to 1, study finds New research pours scorn on the comforting but erroneous belief that Windows surfers who avoid smut and wares on the web are likely to avoid exposure to malware. | |||
| Top Apps Largely Forgo Windows Security Protections Many of the most widely used third-party software applications for Microsoft Windows do not take advantage of two major lines of defense built into the operating system that can help block attacks from hackers and viruses, according to research released today. | |||
| 7-1-10 | |||
| Huge Increase Seen in Attacks on Windows Help Center Flaw Attackers are ramping up their attempts to exploit the recently disclosed vulnerability in the Windows Help and Support Center in Windows XP. There have been targeted attacks against the flaw for two weeks now, but experts have noticed a major increase in the volume and spread of them in recent days. | |||
| Apple Security: Vulnerability Inevitability | |||
| 6-30-10 | |||
| Notorious Kraken botnet rises from the ashes The Kraken botnet, believed by many to be the single biggest zombie network until it was dismantled last year, is staging a comeback that has claimed almost 320,000 PCs, a security researcher said. | |||
| Destination Hotels card-processing system hacked Hackers have broken into the payment processing system of Destination Hotels & Resorts, a high-end chain best known for its resort hotels in destinations such as Vail, Colorado; Lake Tahoe, California; and Maui, Hawaii. | |||
| 6-29-10 | |||
| e-Banking Bandits Stole $465,000 From Calif. Escrow Firm A California escrow firm has been forced to take out a pricey loan to pay back $465,000 that was stolen when hackers hijacked the company’s online bank account earlier this year. | |||
| 6-28-10 | |||
| Anti-virus is a Poor Substitute for Common Sense A new study about the (in)efficacy of anti-virus software in detecting the latest malware threats is a much-needed reminder that staying safe online is more about using your head than finding the right mix or brand of security software. | |||
| Gmail Suspension Notice Phishing Attempts Continue | |||
| Facebook 'likejacking' spam scams continue | |||
| Android Also Gives Google Remote App Installation Power The remote-wipe capability that Google recently invoked to remove a harmless application from some Android phones isn't the only remote control feature that the company built into its mobile OS. It turns out that Android also includes a feature that enables Google to remotely install apps on users' phones as well. | |||
| 6-22-10 | |||
| The Case for Cybersecurity Insurance | |||
| New VPN Flaw Can Expose Users' IP Addresses Researchers have identified a bug in the way that some third-party VPN services use the PPTP protocol over IPv6, a problem that enables eavesdroppers to unmask the specific IP addresses of the VPN service's users. | |||
| French regulators: Google snagged passwords, e-mail Google collected passwords and e-mail when the company intercepted and stored data detected on open Wi-Fi hot spots in France, according to the French National Commission on Computing and Liberty. | |||
| 6-21-10 | |||
| A Spike in Phone Phishing Attacks? Readers have written in to say they recently received automated telephone calls warning them about fraud on their credit card accounts and directing them to call a phone number to “verify” their credit card numbers. These voice phishing attacks, sometimes called “vishing,” are a good reminder that today’s scam artists often abuse a range of modern technologies to perpetrate old-fashioned fraud. | |||
| Malicious code on Lenovo driver download page The driver download portal of hardware manufacturer Lenovo temporarily deployed malicious code. Various virus scanners issued alerts about a Java-based Trojan downloader or dropper. The iframe injected by attackers points to the volgo-marun.cn server and can still be found on several pages of the download.lenovo.com server. | |||
| Mobile malware is a reality says Kaspersky Mobile malware has been bubbling along in the background of the security world for the last few years but, according to Denis Maslennikov, Kaspersky Lab's mobile research group manager, the rise in smartphone sales is triggering a surge in mobile malware amongst cybercriminals. | |||
| Understanding Man-in-the-Browser Attacks Targeting Online Banks Malware integrating itself into a victim's Web browser is nothing new. Increasingly however, these man-in-the-browser attacks are being used to successfully bypass authentication mechanisms used by online banking sites, according to a security researcher. | |||
| 6-18-10 | |||
| HP partners with Yahoo for targeted ads Considering one of HP's web-connected printers? You may soon be actually paying for advertisements out of your own pocket (printer ink isn't free). | |||
| First, China. Next: the Great Firewall of... Australia? The concept of government-backed web censorship is usually associated with nations where human rights and freedom of speech are routinely curtailed. But if Canberra's plans for a mandatory Internet filter go ahead, Australia may soon become the first Western democracy to join the ranks of Iran, China and a handful of other nations where access to the Internet is restricted by the state. | |||
| Sophisticated ATM Skimmer Transmits Stolen Data Via Text Message Operating and planting an ATM skimmer — cleverly disguised technology that thieves attach to cash machines to intercept credit and debit card data — can be a risky venture, because the crooks have to return to the scene of the crime to retrieve their skimmers along with the purloined data. Increasingly, however, criminals are using ATM skimmers that eliminate much of that risk by relaying the information via text message. | |||
| Eastern European banks under attack by next-gen crime app Banks in Russia and Ukraine are under continued siege by criminal gangs wielding a sophisticated, next-generation exploitation kit that hacks the financial institutions' authentication system and then hits it with a denial-of-service attack. | |||
| 6-17-10 | |||
| WebKit Security Flaws Haunt Apple iTunes Apple has shipped a critical security patch for its iTunes media player to fix several gaping security holes that expose Windows users to hacker attacks. | |||
| Researchers Find Government Site Hosting Phishing Data Phishing gangs have been getting bolder of late, and there's no clearer evidence than the cache of phishing data that researchers at Sunbelt found on a site owned by the Paraguayan government. | |||
| AT&T Show How Not to Handle a Data Breach Instead of issuing a mea cupla and pledging to do better, AT&T essentially deflected all the blame to the attackers. | |||
| 6-16-10 | |||
| Police arrest 178 in global credit card scam Police have arrested 178 people in Europe and the United States suspected of cloning credit cards in an international scam worth over 20 million euros, Spanish police said on Tuesday. | |||
| AT&T-iPad security breach may be worse than first thought Researchers looking into the security of GSM phone networks are suggesting that the recent breach, which saw tens of thousands of e-mail addresses and ICC-IDs inadvertently disclosed by AT&T, could have far more significant implications than a bit of extra spam: attackers can use the information to learn the names and phone numbers of the leaked users, and can even track their position. | |||
| Unpatched Windows XP Flaw Being Exploited A security vulnerability in Microsoft Windows XP systems that was first disclosed a week ago is now being actively exploited by malicious Web sites to foist malware on vulnerable PCs, according to reports. | |||
| 6-14-10 | |||
| Hacker charged with threatening US VP using neighbor's PC A hacker tried to frame his neighbour by tapping into his Wi-Fi and sending threatening emails to US vice president Joe Biden, according to search warrant affidavits unsealed last week. | |||
| 6-10-10 | |||
| ZeuS Trojan Attack Spoofs IRS, Twitter, Youtube Criminals have launched an major e-mail campaign to deploy the infamous ZeuS Trojan, blasting out spam messages variously disguised as fraud alerts from the Internal Revenue Service, Twitter account hijack warnings, and salacious Youtube.com videos. | |||
| Thousands Of High-Ranked Webpages Infected With Malware, Including Intljobs.org, WSJ.com, tomtom.com.tw More than 100,000 webpages, some belonging to newspapers, police departments, and other large organizations, have been hit by an attack over the past few days that redirected visitors to a website that attempted to install malware on their machines. | |||
| WordPress-based, GoDaddy-hosted websites hacked WordPress users whose websites are hosted on GoDaddy servers have been targeted by fake AV peddlers - again. | |||
| iPad 3G owners' e-mail addresses hacked Prominent users of Apple's new iPad 3G, including military and government officials as well as media personalities and celebrities, had their e-mail addresses hacked by a group that shared its findings with online publication Valleywag to point out security flaws in AT&T's Web servers. | |||
| 6-9-10 | |||
| Olympus Stylus Tough camera carries malware infection Olympus Japan has issued a warning to customers who have bought its Stylus Tough 6010 digital compact camera that it comes with an unexpected extra - a virus on its internal memory card. | |||
| Bank of America call center worker pleads guilty to data theft A Bank of America call center employee has pleaded guilty to charges that he stole sensitive client information and then tried to sell it for cash. | |||
| 6-8-10 | |||
| Smartphone Malware Multiplies More than twice the number of malware and spyware hitting BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, and Android phones than six months ago. | |||
| Understanding The Porn + Malware Connections For a minimal investment of about $160, a single porn site operator can infect more than 20,000 computers with malware for use in cybercrime, according to an academic study presented at the Workshop on the Economics of Information Security. | |||
| 6-2-10 | |||
| As promised: FBI going after money mules You'd better take a long hard look at that work-at-home job, it could land you in jail. | |||
| 'Clickjacking' worm hits hundreds of thousands on Facebook A vulnerability on Facebook forced hundreds of thousands of users to endorse a series of webpages over the holiday weekend, making the social networking site the latest venue for an attack known as clickjacking. | |||
| Mac spyware infiltrates popular download sites A spyware application that surreptitiously scans chat logs and hard drives of unsuspecting Mac users has found its way onto three of the more popular download sites, security researchers said Tuesday. | |||
| SMS Blockers: The New Face of Ransomware The scareware and rogue anti-virus epidemic that has been earning attackers millions of dollars for the last few years has spawned a devious new offspring: SMS blockers. | |||
| Facebook: The Money Mule Farm Scammers and phishers are continuing to adapt their recruitment tactics, now going so far as to create special Facebook groups for their work-at-home scams. | |||
| 419 scammers kidnap US woman This gets filed under "How gullible can you be?" | |||
| 5-27-10 | |||
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Cyber Thieves Rob Treasury Credit Union Organized cyber
thieves stole more than $100,000 from a small credit union in
Salt Lake City last week, in a brazen online robbery that
involved dozens of co-conspirators. |
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| 5-26-10 | |||
| Vulnerability in iPhone data encryption A lost iPhone is a bigger problem than previously thought. Despite encryption the finder can gain easy access to data including photos and audio recordings, even if the owner has set up their iPhone to require a pass code. | |||
| 5-25-10 | |||
| Devious New Phishing Tactic Targets Tabs Most Internet users know to watch for the telltale signs of a traditional phishing attack: An e-mail that asks you to click on a link and enter your e-mail or banking credentials at the resulting Web site. But a new phishing concept that exploits user inattention and trust in browser tabs is likely to fool even the most security-conscious Web surfers. | |||
| Two years later, Apple Safari still open to 'carpet-bombing' After more than two years, Apple's Safari browser for Macs remains vulnerable to attacks that allow websites to litter a user's hard drive with thousands of malicious files. | |||
| 5-24-10 | |||
| Microsoft smacks patch-blocking rootkit a second time For the second month in a row, Microsoft has tried to eradicate a mutating rootkit that has blocked some Windows users from installing security updates. | |||
| 5-21-10 Today is Facebook awareness day | |||
| Facebook caught sharing secret data with advertisers The privacy issues that have been hounding Facebook may be coming to a head. A report in the Wall Street Journal indicates that the Facebook, along with MySpace, Digg, and a handful of other social-networking sites, have been sharing users' personal data with advertisers without users' knowledge or consent. | |||
| 60% of Facebook users consider quitting over privacy Over the last few days we've been running an online poll asking Facebook users if privacy concerns might make them consider quitting the service. The votes have now been counted, and reveal the extent of members' concerns regarding the popular social network's privacy settings. | |||
| ReclaimPrivacy.org: Facebook Privacy 101 If you’ve been watching the slow motion train wreck that is Facebook.com’s recent effort to revamp its privacy promises, you may be wondering where to start making sense of the dizzying array of privacy options offered by the world’s largest online social network. | |||
| Fake joke worm wriggles through Facebook The malware, for now at least, does nothing more malicious than posting a message on an infected user's Facebook wall that point to a site called fbhole.com. Nonetheless, the speed of its spread on the social networking site has net security experts worried. | |||
| IBM Distributes Malware on USB Sticks For the second year in a row, attendees at the AusCERT conference in Australia got an ugly surprise from USB keys handed out at a vendor booth. | |||
| 5-19-10 | |||
| LifeLock CEO’s Identity Stolen 13 Times Apparently, when you publish your Social Security number prominently on your website and billboards, people take it as an invitation to steal your identity. LifeLock CEO Todd Davis, whose number is displayed in the company’s ubiquitous advertisements, has by now learned that lesson. He’s been a victim of identity theft at least 13 times, according to the Phoenix New Times. That’s 12 more times than has previously been known. | |||
| 5-17-10 | |||
| Google Street View Cams Collected Private Content From WiFi Networks Google’s roaming Street View cameras have been doing more than snap pics of your neighborhood; they’ve also been collecting packets of information sent over private WiFi networks, the company acknowledged Friday. | |||
| 5-14-10 | |||
| Thieves Flood Victim’s Phone With Calls to Loot Bank Accounts Bank thieves have rolled out a new weapon in their arsenal of tactics — telephony denial-of-service attacks that flood a victim’s phone with diversionary calls while the thieves drain the victim’s account of money. | |||
| "Kill Your Facebook Page" Backlash Gains Speed Calls for people to delete their Facebook accounts are gathering momentum. Critics cite privacy concerns and plummeting trust in the company and its leader, Mark Zuckerberg. | |||
| Facebook's Eroding Privacy Policy: A Timeline Since its incorporation just over five years ago, Facebook has undergone a remarkable transformation. When it started, it was a private space for communication with a group of your choice. Soon, it transformed into a platform where much of your information is public by default. Today, it has become a platform where you have no choice but to make certain information public, and this public information may be shared by Facebook with its partner websites and used to target ads. | |||
| 5-13-10 | |||
| Stolen Laptop Exposes Personal Data on 207,000 Army Reservists A laptop stolen from a government contractor last month contained names, addresses and Social Security numbers of more than 207,000 U.S. Army reservists. | |||
| 5-11-10 | |||
| FBI Promises Action Against Money Mules Accepting one of those tax or finance job offers you got via email? Are you receiving large deposits and transferring money overseas? This will hopefully land you in jail soon if all goes well. | |||
| Say “Yes” on the Internet and Malware’s Gotcha! Virtually every computer user, at both the home user level (my friends), and at the corporate level, whom I come into contact with, tends to downplay personal responsibility for a malware infection. | |||
| 5-10-10 | |||
| Javascript code "likes this" on Facebook We’re seeing a lot of reports in relation to dubious Facebook pages using Javascript to try and spam anybody who happens to be on your friends list. | |||
| 5-7-10 | |||
| Consumer groups hammer Facebook privacy violations in federal complaint On Wednesday, the Electronic Privacy Information Center filed a 38-page complaint against the company with the Federal Trade Commission, demanding that Facebook cancel new features introduced in mid-April that compel users to share more information than before. | |||
| 5-6-10 | |||
| Phishers want your Apple gift card | |||
| Stealth installs and adware come to Facebook Already under fire for taking liberties with users' privacy, Facebook was outted on Thursday as a distributor of unwanted applications, some of which install adware or are added to user profiles without permission. | |||
| 5-3-10 | |||
| Trojan disguised as a toolbar for Facebook | |||
| Hacked US Treasury websites serve visitors malware Websites operated by the US Treasury Department are redirecting visitors to websites that attempt to install malware on their PCs, a security researcher warned on Monday. | |||
| New IM Worm Spreading Fast Aggressive new variant of an older worm circulating around Yahoo Messenger lets attacker take over a victim's machine. | |||
| 4-29-10 | |||
| Fake Twitter email continues to plague inboxes, leads to malware | |||
| 4-28-10 | |||
| Closeted lesbian sues Netflix for privacy invasion An in-the-closet lesbian mother has sued Netflix for publishing data that she believes could be used to out her. | |||
| Users' passwords exposed by Splunk Splunk, a kind of Google for business technology that boasts it can help reinforce your security, has exposed the details of major customers to hackers following a web site slip up. | |||
| Changes in new ZeuS variants | |||
| Infamous Storm Worm Stages a Comeback The “Storm Worm,” a strain of malicious software once responsible for blasting out 20 percent of spam sent worldwide before it died an ignominious death roughly 18 months ago, was resurrected this week. | |||
| Adobe Vulnerabilities Continue to Rise It's no secret to anyone who has been paying attention that Adobe Reader and Acrobat have become prime targets for attackers in the last year or so. | |||
| PDF Malware Using New Attack Technique A fresh batch of malicious PDFs is making the rounds via email, with the attackers trying to trick users into opening the files by making them look like instructions for an update to their email accounts. | |||
| 4-27-10 | |||
| Fake Anti-virus Peddlers Outmaneuvering Legitimate AV Purveyors of fake anti-virus or “scareware” programs have aggressively stepped up their game to evade detection by legitimate anti-virus programs, according to new data from Google. | |||
| iPad users with PCs threatened by backdoor malware A malicious spam email campaign has been targeting iPad users who own PCs, says Bitdefender. | |||
| Spammers Pay Others to Answer Security Tests | |||
| 4-26-10 | |||
| Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary patient Data Exposed After Laptop Theft | |||
| Website shares user credit cards with world+dog | |||
| 4-23-10 | |||
| UK's NHS computers hit by voracious, data-stealing worm | |||
| 1.5M stolen Facebook IDs up for sale | |||
| 4-22-10 | |||
| New Zeus version targeting Firefox users for bank fraud | |||
| Fire Alarm Company Burned by e-Banking Fraud | |||
| McAfee False Detection Locks Up Windows XP | |||
| Rogue Antivirus Gangs Seize on McAfee Snafu | |||
| Social Engineering Attacks Prove Failure of User Education | |||
| Health Insurer Notifies More Than 409,000 Of Potential Breach | |||
| 4-21-10 | |||
| Drug-dealing spammers hit Gmail accounts | |||
| Researchers Hijack Cell Phone Data, GSM Locations | |||
| Call Centers for Computer Criminals busted | |||
| 4-20-10 | |||
| How Safe Are Trusted Web Sites? Not Very! | |||
| Network Solutions Again Under Siege | |||
| 4-19-10 | |||
| Trojan poses as Google Chrome extension | |||
| Zeus botnet exploits unpatched PDF flaw | |||
| 4-16-10 | |||
| Walmart web site hacked and hosting spam | |||
| 4-15-10 | |||
| New P2P Botnet Forming | |||
| Microsoft acts to avoid Windows blue screen repeat | |||
| Brokerage coughs up $375,000 for website breach | |||
| Attackers Using Malicious PAC Files in Phishing Attacks | |||
| Java Zero-Day Attacks In The Wild | |||
| DNS Trojan poses as iPhone unlocking utility | |||
| 4-13-10 | |||
| The Subscription Trap | |||
| Copyright violation alert ransomware in the wild | |||
| 4-9-10 | |||
| How To Beat Online Shopping Scams | |||
| Serious New Java Flaw Affects All Current Versions of Windows | |||
| Identity Thieves Filed For $4 Million in Tax Refunds Using Names of Living and Dead | |||
| 4-8-10 | |||
| Police cuff 70 eBay fraud suspects | |||
| Health IT data security crude in some companies, says CMS CIO | |||
| Bank of America insider to plead guilty to hacking ATMs | |||
| Customers Sue Countrywide Financial Over Theft And Sale Of Personal Data | |||
| Inside a Banker Trojan | |||
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