Archive for the ‘SECURITYS’ Category

Olympics – A Major 2008 Computer Threat

Thursday, December 6th, 2007

2008 may be a busy year when it comes to computer threats, as the attackers prepare an avalanche of malicious attempts over our systems, Websense wrote in the "2008's Top Ten Security Threats" report published today. Although the security vendor presented all the top ten threats which may appear next ...

Not Everyone Should Switch to Mac

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

CNN Money writer Jonathan Blum weighs in on "the switch to Mac" and how it can be quite beneficial for some companies, but also costly and unnecessary for others. Blum speaks from the point of view of a small business and highlights a few aspects that should be taken into ...

Legitimate Screensavers Used in Malware Attacks

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

Malware writers turn to all kinds of techniques in order to trick people, infect their computers and reach their goal, no matter if we're talking about stealing some data or just luring them on malicious websites. As part of their latest attempt, attackers who built rogue security applications even implemented ...

Beware, Monster Attack Confirmed!

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

It's been a while since Monster.com left out the news and remained focused on its businesses. But today, the famous employment website is again one of the main news topics as it got hacked once again after a few months of calm and quiet atmosphere. Roger Thompson of Exploit Prevention ...

Dangerous Virus Delivered Through Box Office Movie Downloads

Monday, November 19th, 2007

It happens again and this is a pretty obvious sign that the virus creators are evolving as they attempt to adapt their infections to every new event happening all over the world. Today, Li Ting of Rising International Software Co. Ltd., told Reuters that a new virus is currently targeting ...

Windows Live Messenger Targeted By Virus

Tuesday, November 13th, 2007

Although it happened in the past, I decided to write this article because this type of threats tends to become too dangerous affecting more and more users. Back in October, The Hindu reported that some sort of virus aims to steal the usernames and the passwords of MSN/Windows Live Messenger ...