Tag Archives: Security
Top 3 Reasons to Download From Usenet
What is Usenet? Depending on when you first found the wonderland that is the Internet, you may or may not have heard of Usenet before. Most people are surprised to learn that Usenet began in 1979 as a computer network system where you could post messages, sort of a virtual bulletin board. The Facebook of [...]
Full StoryWordPress 3.1.3 Adds Improved Security
WordPress just released their latest open source version 3.1.3 yesterday, and this new update has several added security improvements. If you haven’t upgraded, please do so, but backup your WordPress before upgrading to any newer versions. WordPress Added Security Prevent sniffing out user names of non-authors by using canonical redirects. Improves file upload security on [...]
Full StoryFake Antivirus Outpaces Real Antivirus
I have published more articles about Fake Antivirus than any other topic. It’s apparent why cyber criminals peddle their rogue antivirus programs, it’s because they’re making more revenue than legitimate antivirus vendors. There are an estimated 500,000 unique fake AV binaries on the Internet today according to what was noted at RSA this year. What’s [...]
Full StoryRegDefense Cleans More than Your Registry
RegDefense is a misleading application that reports false scan alerts. RegDefense is typically first encountered when visiting web sites that try to lure you to download a free version of its software. Once a user downloads and runs a scan, it falsely reports errors on the computer. The program than tries to fool the user [...]
Full StoryAVCare is trying to Steal Your Money
AvCare is a misleading application that reports false scan alerts and deceptive advertising to promote itself. AvCare is typically first encountered when visiting web sites that display a pop-up stating that your computer is infected and that you should run an online anti-malware or anti-virus scanner in order to check for infections. The program than [...]
Full StoryMac OS X Botnet Appears on Web
Mac users are no longer in the clear when it comes to botnet attacks. We predicted that it wouldn’t be long for this to happen. A recent research has pointed out the emergence of what could be referred to as the world’s first ever Mac OS X botnet, which inflicts infected systems to trigger denial [...]
Full StoryMac Users Have No Fear
Mac users can breathe easy, but for how long? The latest Conficker worm has no affect on the Mac OS. Windows users aren’t that fortunate as the popular Conficker has infected more than 10 million systems World wide. In a recent attack, University of Utah officials say a computer virus has infected more than 700 [...]
Full StoryMalware Authors Target Social Networks
When you have millions of users, 175 million to be exact, it makes for an easy target for Malware authors and Hackers to invest time and energy. Facebook has been under fire lately with the well known Koobface worm. The Koobface worm finds the social-networking cookies, it makes a DNS query to check IP addresses [...]
Full StoryMisleading Software Spoofs ZDNet
Impersonation is a form of flattery by itself, however, not when it comes to the very latest round of rogue security software this time impersonating ZDNet, CNET’s and PC Magazine’s reviews section, making it look like legitimate and highly respected technology sites have actually reviewed and recommend the rogue security software. According to Lawrence Abrams [...]
Full Story10 Tips for Better Business Travel
My last job I traveled a lot, I am starting to travel more with my current job and here are my 10 Tips for better Business Travel. If you follow even a couple of these it will make your trip go much easier. Get you boarding pass and seat assignment ahead of time. This will [...]
Full StoryTwitter Accounts Hacked by Phishing
The popular site Twitter has been experiencing a tremendous amount of phishing attacks that stole the usernames and passwords of site users. Many of these accounts were prominent Twitter accounts. Fox News’ account declared for about an hour that “Bill O’Reilly is gay” while Barack Obama’s account, which was last used in November on election [...]
Full StoryHackers Break SSL Certificates
SSL certificates have become a huge part of Internet security. SSL certificates use hash codes generated by a variety of algorithms, to verify their issuer’s identity. The hash code is an important feature of public-key cryptography, which SSL is based on. SSL is used to protect the secret, private code that CAs uses to sign [...]
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