Friday, August 22nd, 2008
Remember the UPS spam runs that were popular last month (see previous blog posts here and here)? Spammers have chosen a different courier this time, but the message was basically the same.Posing as FedEx notifications, these email messages have the same format as their earlier UPS counterparts: tracking number (perhaps ...
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Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
IT security and control firm Sophos is reminding computer users to exercise diligence when checking their email in the wake of a new widespread wave of dangerous spam messages that claim to be breaking news alerts from MSNBC. Samples intercepted at SophosLabs, Sophos's global network of virus, spyware and spam ...
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Thursday, August 7th, 2008
One of the worst privacy invaders the world has ever seen is the Internet. When you surf, Web sites can find out where you've been and can gather other information about you. Trojan horses and spyware can snoop on you. Key loggers can capture your keystrokes as you type. Eavesdroppers ...
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
A recent study of Web browser installations showed that far too few are up to date with the latest security patches. And browsers aren't alone; as my dear old mum can attest, it can be hard to keep up with OS and application patches when all you want to do ...
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Tuesday, July 29th, 2008
New research by IT security and control firm Sophos has identified Blogger (www.blogspot.com) as the leading host for malware. The popular blogging service now accounts for 2 percent of all of the world's malware hosted on the web.
Attacks on Blogger involve hackers either setting up malicious blogs on the service, ...
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