Barry Welford considers himself lucky. The weekend he decided one of his blogs, Staygolinks.com , needed a cleanup was the same time a hacker chose to splatter the site with a host of unwanted pages. “I was doing something I don’t normally do

Cybersquatter offers threesome with Scarlett Johansson - News.com.au
AN online impostor claiming to represent movie star Scarlett Johansson has started a competition offering the glamorous actress as the prize in a “threesome” with two winners. The anonymously-registered website claims the offer is part of a

Microsoft investigating NSlookup.exe flaw, reported attacks - ZDNet Blogs
Categories: Zero-day attacks , Microsoft , Browsers , Vulnerability research , Spyware and Adware , Botnets , Exploit code , Viruses and Worms , Data theft , Pen testing , Arbitrary Code Execution , Kernel-level Exploits , Malware Tags: Vulnerability

Cross-Platform Malware Risk Growing - WHIR
August 15, 2008 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — A new breed of sophisticated, online attackers are targeting their malware to breech fixed, mobile and social networks, putting pressure on service providers to review security policies to counteract

Stay fast, but keep safe - Financial Times
We all know that defending a PC against online attack is important, but too often the resources taken up by protective security software suites slow a machine down so much that the temptation to turn it off becomes very strong. Also, you may be

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