PC Magazine - All the security software in the world won’t do a bit of good if you fall for one of those heavy-handed phishing e-mails that purport to come from your bank or Web sites such as eBay or PayPal but are really efforts to pilfer your credit card
Shadowcrew: Web MobsBaseline […]

With the immense popularity of online videos, it really shouldn’t come as a surprise that hackers are targeting one of the primary elements that make online videos possible: codecs.  Thought making or modifying innocent-looking codecs, people unconsciously continue to download them so they can watch a quick clip of whatever.  So, if you are a […]

Computerworld - December 27, 2007 (Computerworld) — The ongoing Storm Trojan attack that began Monday has morphed again, security researchers said today, changing the malicious file’s name, shifting to new malware hosting servers, and adding a rootkit to cloak the
Bell Stole Phone Ideas, New Book ClaimsTechNewsWorld - Spyware is more insidious and […]

Mac Central - This is particularly helpful for college students, for example, who want to keep hackers on the same local network away from the contents of their Macs. Connect360 lets you access playlists you ve created in iTunes on your Mac as well, so you have a

Here is an interesting story.  Imagine a guy with no relation to security whatsoever who became one of the most respected authorities on identifying and capturing phishers.  I’ll tell you what, I certainly would not mind having a chat with this man.  With any luck, who knows: maybe he’ll write a book or something that […]

Fosters Daily Democrat - Those charges involved three felonies and three misdemeanors involving identity theft and title fraud, said Arnold. Federal charges claim that Dematteo used someone else’s Social Security number to obtain a license and possibly gain federal benefits
Takahashi: Tech trends in 2008Silicon Valley - Cybercrime and identity theft will mushroom […]

I don’t know if the developer of this Trojan has lost their mind, but they created something that could be very crippling to the Google empire.  By creating a Trojan that replaces Google ads from another source, it is literally disabling one of Google’s primary income streams.  Chances are this Trojan will not last for […]

Zanesville Times Recorder - ZANESVILLE -Many children may have found a computer under their Christmas tree, but with it comes responsibility. Child predators, cyber bullying, identity theft, illegal downloads, pornography, harassment, sexual exploitation or enticement and

Now here’s something that people with HP and Compaq computers should think about; HP’s software update system is susceptible to an exploit that will ‘brick’ your computer.  Don’t know what bricking is?  Well, let me put it this way: when a computer (or anything digitally-oriented) is ‘bricked’, that means it can only be used as […]

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