Tag Archives: Internet Security
Social Networking Dangers – Do You Know Your Friends Well?
Internet Security will always be a concern, and as more and more social networks emerge, identity theft is becoming more easier than ever. “Tweeting Thieves” may become the next generation’s new label for “hacker” – and the catch is you don’t need the expertise to recover data from hard drives in order to do it! [...]
Full StoryTango Down – Lulz Takes Down CIA
I am not praising anyone here, but to breach the CIA web site is just one more notch in this hacker group’s belt. It amazes me that they have breached so many well known companies. The Lulz group certainly provided enough evidence that they’re capable of anything when it comes to online breaches. You would [...]
Full StoryWhy Email Spam is Big Business
According to the security blog, The Registry, 90% of all email is spam. I was somewhat amazed that the number of spam email was this high. Most of the email I receive and I am sure many of you do as well, are emails that are trying to sell pharmaceuticals such as; Viagra and Cialis [...]
Full StoryInternet Security Checklist
Security is an integral part of computer ownership. While you would like to believe that your computer is absolutely safe from unwanted intrusions, need to be ever vigilant against the growing list of security threats. Malicious entities would love to steal your personal identity. Companies prey on your natural paranoia, duping you into buying their [...]
Full Story9 Tips for Setting Up a Multi-user Family Computer
When setting up the family computer, there are many considerations to take into account. You want every person to have the best experience possible while not wasting their time or jeopardizing their safety. You also want to make sure that each person is productive while using this valuable resource. Here are thoughts on setting up [...]
Full StoryFirefox NoScript Addon Keeps You Safer Online
We all know by now that we need to keep our internet security in high regard by doing the following; Keeping our operating systems and security programs updated. These are the prerequisites in keeping your computer and private information protected. Unfortunately, you will need more than just a security program to keep you out of [...]
Full StoryPayPal New Phishing Scam
The email comes in the form as a “new message” from PayPal and claims that an error has been detected in the recipient’s PayPal account and he or she must submit an attached form verifying his or her details or risk having the account suspended. The email is not from PayPal. The claim that there [...]
Full StoryBlogs Targeted By Cyber Crooks
If you’re one of the lucky blogs that have a good Pagerank and Alexa ranking, your blog could be in danger. In most cases, bloggers work hard to obtain good ranking scores and cyber crooks look for those same ingredients to target attacks. Cyber crooks are using Black Hat SEO to create backlinks to malicious [...]
Full StoryInternet Explorer Exploit on the Loose
This Metasploit exploit is more intelligent and dangerous. It affects older versions of IE that have JavaScript enabled. The versions that are vulnerable are IE6 and IE7. This exploit is for a very popular hacking technique called a drive-by attack. Victims are tricked into visiting Web sites that contain malicious code where they are then [...]
Full StoryThe Business of Hacking You
McAfee H*Commerce is a new series airing on WNBC and other networks. The purpose of H*Commerce is to get you involved in the fight to stop it, and to provide solutions on how to protect yourself, your family and business from this ongoing cyber-crime and scam epidemic. You may think this will never happen to [...]
Full StoryWeb of Trust and Panda Security Join Forces
Web of Trust (WOT) and Panda Security join forces to fight cybercrime. Panda Security is a world leader in providing cloud-based security solutions. This is absolutely great news for everyone that enjoys browsing the internet. These two companies together will deliver a safer web search experience through a new co-branded version of WOT. This cooperation [...]
Full StoryFraud Alert – Beware of this Antivirus Scam
VirusBye is a misleading application that gives exaggerated reports of threats on the computer. The user is then prompted to pay for a full license of the application in order to remove false or exaggerated threats. VirusBye is a scam just like many of the fake antivirus programs that have launched since January 2009. Type: [...]
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