Security

Spam: This Tactic Is Just Weird

InfoWar: Cyber Hactivist Group Anonymous Attacks WikiLeaks’ Founder’s Swedish Prosecutors

The Hacktivist group, Anonymous, has targeted WikiLeaks' founder, Julian Assange's Swedish prosecutors among other targets that have taken action against WikiLeaks. This is all a part of "Operation: Payback" which has now expanded into "Operation Avenge Assange."  This poster has been being passed...

Walgreens Pharmacy Data Breach

Hackers Target Holiday Trending Topics on Twitter to Spread Malware

Why Will Some People Fall for Anything?

Shortened URLs Can Hide Malicious Sites

There's no question that URL shortening services like tinyurl.com and bit.ly are useful.  After all, it's a lot easier for me to send "http://tinyurl.com/23gycsl"than it is to send "http://www.subscriberstronghold.com/freetraining/theanswersexposed.php?hop=jvrodger," not to mention that it takes...

Anti-virus Protection: It Isn’t Enough Anymore

If your business is still relying solely on an anti-virus program to protect you from all the bad stuff out there, then it's vulnerable on several fronts. AV software is designed for one thing and one thing only: to protect systems from threats that are already known or those that are as yet...

What the Heck are Intrusion Detection Systems?

One-Third of All Malware Created in First 10 Months of 2010

On Wednesday, PandaLabs, Panda Security’s anti-malware laboratory, reported that one-third of all malware in existence was created in the first 10 months of 2010. The average number of malware threats created every day, including new malware and variants of existing families, has risen from...

Happy Thanksgiving to All My Readers Who Celebrate the Holiday!

Whether or not you celebrate the American holiday known as "Thanksgiving Day," I ask you to take a moment and reflect on things that you have to be thankful for. Me, I'm almost overwhelmed this year by the blessings I reflect upon:

• A new, healthy grandchild (who was born premature, but...