Entries Tagged ‘viruses’:
filed in Computers, Internet on Nov.01, 2008
This weekend marks the 20th anniversary of the Internet Worm, the first major worm that propagated on the Internet. Even though many years have passed and underlying media has changed, worms are still able to wreak havoc and keep system administrators up at night. Today the damage done by worms is far less visible and [...]
Tags: Internet, Melissa, security, viruses, Worms
filed in Hardware, Software on Oct.01, 2008
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 threat [...]
Tags: Applications, cell phones, mac, malware, viruses
filed in Internet, Software on Aug.28, 2008
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 [...]
Tags: email, Internet, malware, scams, viruses
filed in Internet, Software on Aug.05, 2008
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, where malware [...]
Tags: hijacking, Internet, malware, viruses, web sites