Archive for October, 2008
Thursday, October 30th, 2008
GO Chicken Heart!
Sorry, a flashback to my days as a kid. Yes, I was a kid!
Make sure your Firewall is properly configured to thwart attacks or you may be getting a trick instead of a treat this Halloween.
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Don’t Be Dragooned Into the Botnet Army
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A favorite multipurpose weapon of online thieves is growing larger and more powerful, according to those who combat the threat. |
The malware armies are growing, with a sharp rise in the number of computers corralled into botnets–far-flung networks of infected PCs that digital crooks use to steal financial account data, relay spam, and launch crippling Internet attacks. Now that popular Web sites can invisibly and unwillingly spread malicious software, the days of staying safe just by being careful where you surf are sadly long gone. But you can take steps to protect yourself and your PC from these threats. |
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Saturday, October 25th, 2008
Be careful as Virtual becomes the target of the nasty people.
| Real Threats in Virtual Worlds and Online Games |
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Thought you could avoid the pitfalls of real life by living in a virtual world? Wrong. Living virtually does not make you immune to the same kinds of online threats you experience in the real world. Unfortunately, the growing popularity of virtual worlds has attracted the attention of both hackers and organized criminals. |
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Saturday, October 25th, 2008
Another great service out there to help us.
Way to go guys!
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Phone Spam Filter Reaches The 1 Million Mark
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“The million mark means we’re really providing a service to consumers and businesses across the country,” said Phone Spam Filter’s Chief Information Officer John Steffins.
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Saturday, October 25th, 2008
My concrats to all involved. Your work is appreciated.
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Spain’s Battle Against Online Child Pornography Yields 121 Suspects
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The operation against the network of the Internet pornographers included 75 countries. Aside from the 121 arrested, 96 people were charged by the Spanish police with possession and distribution of child pornography.
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Friday, October 24th, 2008
Malware products are waiting for you out there kiddies!
Be careful when you visit sites you dont normally go to.
| Compromised Halloween websites passing along rogue software |
An internet search using the keywords “halloween costumes”?may turn up?a number of legitimate sites that have been compromised, and users might end up with rogue anti-virus software on their machine. |
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Wednesday, October 15th, 2008
I know its early, but alot of use are buying a lil at a time, and most of it online.
So be careful cause the nasties are out in force.
| PandaLabs Issues Orange Security Alert: Economic Crisis is Forcing Cyber-crooks to be More Sophisticated |
| 30 Million Computers are Infected by Fake Antivirus Programs Generating Nearly $14 Million for Cyber-crooks Every Month |
| - Distribution of more than 7,000 variants of this type of adware tricks millions of Internet users who spend an average of three days disinfecting their systems |
| - Scam is designed to obtain users’ bank details as users are directed to Web pages selling fake antivirus products |
| - Three percent of those infected actually end up buying the fake product |
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Tuesday, October 14th, 2008
I ran across another great explanation about ClickJacking this morning.
You can never be too safe, take the time to read this post.
On its own ClickJacking doesn’t sound to be a very serious vulnerability, since user interaction is required. However as I have always said, in the world of vulnerabilities 1+1 does not always equal to 2, and might just equal to 10^2. By this I simply mean, that ClickJacking in combination with other vulnerabilities could become a very serious issue. |
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Sunday, October 12th, 2008
over at LifeHacker theres some great info on which is the best Firewall.
You can also vote for your fav.
| Earlier this week we asked you to share your favorite Windows firewall, and today we’re back with the five most popular answers. Keep reading for a closer look at the five best Windows firewalls, then cast your vote for your favorite. |
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Sunday, October 12th, 2008
The article is a good explanation of what happens with Clickjacking and how to take steps to defeat it.
| Stop “clickjacking” with Firefox and?NoScript |
Clickjacking is one of the newest and most dangerous web browser vulnerabilities discovered to date. Every browser is vulnerable, even those that can defend against the similar Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability. |
How clickjacking works: when you visit a compromised web site, your browser loads an invisible button that hovers below the mouse pointer. When you visit a legitimate site like online banking or e-mail, when you click on a link, you’re actually clicking the invisible button placed there by the malicious code. As explained by Jeremiah Grossman, CEO of Whitehat Security: |
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Saturday, October 11th, 2008
If we only had a dollar for each spam we recieved, we could end the worlds money crisis!
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40 Trillion Spam E-mails This Year
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ComputerWorld did a nice story called Spam Filters: Making Them Work relying on the Ferris numbers. However, the lesson we should learn is buried deeper in the details: spam is no longer a nuisance that clogs inboxes, it’s a security issue. The majority of spam messages now try to breach security on the computer reading the message, or redirect the user to a Web site full of malware etc.
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