Many people may think that spyware is only reserved for thieves and criminals, but that is not the case. It looks like the FBI has been known to use a little spyware of its own to collect evidence on potential suspects. While this article discusses the use of a Trojan Horse to find […]

When Microsoft releases a report about malware, you can bet that it is going to be pretty accurate. With their own anti-malware tool installed in Windows Operating Systems, they have the opportunity to analyze billions of scans to see how many traces of malware can be detected. Well, this year the frequency of […]

Forbes - Harry Smith also faces charges of forgery, possession of a forged instrument and identity theft. Each charge carries a maximum prison term of up to seven years. Cuomo says the victims were a 71-year-old resident and an 87-year-old hospice patient
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One thing I never really thought about is people using stolen credit cards to donate to charities. But thieves aren’t doing this out of the kindness of their heart, they are doing it to verify if a card is legitimate or not. This must be very tough for non-profit organizations that rely on […]

I stumbled into this and thought it was worth discussing. Ryan Naraine recently wrote an article on how to properly secure Firefox. While his recommendations can not provide 100% security (since that is nothing less of impossible), his does describe it in a way where anyone can understand. With his use of […]

I would like to say Kroll is changing the paradigm as to how to get your identity back. While other companies just offer resources and support to help you regain your identity, Kroll will actually do all of the work for you. Personally, I think a business model like this will do very […]

It looks like Trojans continue to be a prized method of distributing malware, especially in the second quarter of 2007. In comparison with all the other malware in Quarter 2, Trojans led the way with occupying 83 percent of the category in its entirety. While the article doesn’t specifically talk about all of […]

To all of the visitors who frequently read my blog, I would bet I get two reactions from the title of this blog. The first one would be that hackers should just be thrown in jail while the other one would be that hackers could be hired as a valuable asset to help patch […]

Interesting concept: people register for an auction-like site and sell vulnerabilities they discover to software companies. If you are like me, you will have immediately thought that this was probably something developed by criminals, but it was in fact created by a Swiss security company. While the company says they will validate the […]

NewsFactor Business Report - The I-Spy Act criminalizes the illicit indirect use of protected computers and appropriates money to aid the Justice Department in prosecuting phishing and pharming. Earlier versions of I-Spy were opposed on the grounds that they contained language
Who’s Stealing Your Identity? Feb. 2006 Cover StoryPopular Mechanics - Pharming Using […]