Spyware Security

Small businesses must concentrate their time and energy on knowing their own industry — and that often means that effective technology practices get overlooked. Erik Eckel explains the most common tech missteps he’s encountered, along with preventive measures to protect businesses and prevent serious problems. In today’s microwave society — in which just-in-time manufacturing models, heightened customer expectations, and 24×7 accessibility demands burden both manufacturers and service pr

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February 27th, 2009 | Category: Market news | Leave a comment

In a second attack, extremely reminiscent of the one that took place this weekend, Facebook users have once again been victimized by cybercriminals. Reports started surfacing this afternoon of yet another rogue Facebook application posting notifications to user profiles that said: (Name on my friend’s list) has just reported you to Facebook for violating our [...]

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A Second Rogue Facebook Application in Just a Week?

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February 27th, 2009 | Tags: Malware | Category: Malware | Leave a comment

One of the ways the Conficker worm and other, similar malware slimes its way from computer to computer is by taking advantage of the Autorun feature in Windows. If Conficker finds removable media (like a USB drive) on a PC it infects, it will infect that media in such a way that it will exploit Autorun to attempt to automatically infect a new computer when the drive is connected.

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February 27th, 2009 | Tags: Exploit, Malware | Category: Market news | Leave a comment

UK Justice Secretary Jack Straw had his web based email account compromised last Thursday. Jack Straw, former Home Secretary used a Hotmail account as his sole public email address.

Figure 1. Jack Straw’s contact information from http://www.jackstrawmp.org.uk/contactus.asp
In a variation of a theme currently being used on social networking sites, 419 scammers used the compromised account to [...]

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UK Justice Minister Jack Straw’s Account Used for 419 Scam

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February 26th, 2009 | Tags: Hackers, Malware | Category: Malware | Leave a comment