Tag Archives: Malware
Malware Getting More Sophisticated
We recently wrote a blog about Malware is at an all time high, totaling more blocked in July than in all of 2007 according to SaaS vendor ScanSafe. Every time you turn around, there is another phishing scam, email disguised as a FedEx notification, or outlandish news headline. Online attacks will be dominated by smarter [...]
Full StoryMobile Users Should be Concerned
Kaspersky, via PC Magazine, has graciously told the public to worry about mobile phone worms. According to Adam O’Donnell of ZDNet he doesn’t think you should be too concerned with mobile viruses just yet. Hush up Adam! Mobile users should at least be aware of the facts and also safe guard them selves from any [...]
Full StorySearch Engines Need to Stop Serving Harmful Pages
It’s up to Google and Yahoo to come together on a solution to stop serving up web sites in their index that pose a threat to an end user. There are many sites that are indexed that offer fake software for antivirus and spyware protection. One site recently reported as badware, was selling antivirus software [...]
Full StoryFake Anti-malware Products Threaten Internet Users
The latest trend of security threats against Internet users employs software products which pretend to be security tools that help rid your computer of spyware. In a new video series, WOT shows what can happen to your computer if you visit a risky or dangerous site. In the first of these video presentations, you will [...]
Full StoryHow to Avoid Malware and Viruses
We recently wrote a blog about Malware is at an all time high, totaling more blocked in July than in all of 2007 according to SaaS vendor ScanSafe. Every time you turn around, there is another phishing scam, email disguised as a FedEX notification, or outlandish news headline. Of course, all of these are simply [...]
Full StorySurf Safer with WOT
WOT, Web of Trust, warns you about risky websites that try to scam visitors, deliver malware or send spam. Protect your computer against online threats by using WOT as your front-line layer of protection when browsing or searching in unfamiliar territory. Surf safer and add WOT to your Firefox now. Protect yourself from online threats [...]
Full StoryMalware on the rise!
Phishing is a well known way to entice you to visit a Web site that can exploit your browser and plant malware on your machine. Web content filtering isn’t enough to combat malware deployed over the Web because content filters usually analyze entire sites and not specific pages. So if malware is hosted on a [...]
Full StoryRussian Hacker Gang at it Again!
What do they use? The Coreflood Trojan horse to infect massive numbers of PCs that gathers confidential information, including bank account numbers and passwords. The Russian hacker group is at it again using a Microsoft administration tool to steal passwords. This is not new as they have been doing this for years. A sampling of [...]
Full StoryFacebook Users Beware!
After two recent worm attacks on Facebook, the popular social networking site responded last night with a statement about its security practices. Regarding the attacks, Max Kelly, head of security at Facebook, wrote this in a blog post: “We spent most of last night working on a fix for a worm, which was targeting people [...]
Full StoryFake Flash Player Hits Major Web Sites
In what is called a sophisticated attack, hackers sending out spam email to users with links to what looked like CNN.com news feeds. When users go to the site and click on the news “stories” they get a message saying their flash player is incorrectly installed. While some savvy users decided to click “cancel”, the [...]
Full StoryLegitimate Web Sites Transmitting Malware
We’re all vulnerable when it comes to malware, viruses, and browser hijacking, but not from legitimate web sites, think again! It’s a known fact that many popular web sites are in fact transmitting malware. Hackers or in this case cyber-criminals are trying to monetize their evil doings. The first form stems from the phishing business, [...]
Full StoryBeware of .ru Domains!
If you run a web site, forum or blog, it’s best that you block any domains with the extension of .ru. There has been a lot of spam bots originating from this domain extension, and for most web administrators, it has been a nuisance.
Full Story