Archive for January, 2008
Scammers are posing as IRS agents to get identity-theft data
0 Comments Published January 31st, 2008 inKYTV - Another scam making the rounds by e-mail and the Internet is designed to capitalize on people s desires to get money from the Internal Revenue Service, either through tax rebates or just-discovered tax refunds. Congress hasn t even approved the
NanoHigh kicks off ‘08 with lectures and […]
All I could think about when I read this article was ‘ouch’. If it was $7m, I probably wouldn’t have thought too much about it (yeah I know, that sounds horrible), but $7b… not only is that a major financial dent, but think about how that will damage this bank’s reputation. Heck, if I knew […]
CRN - Once clicked, the malicious URL will then lead users to a compromised Web site, complete with keystroke logger Trojans, viruses or other forms of malware. “With malicious code, it doesn’t matter who you bank with, they’re going to get that data,” said
Warning issued on two new computer wormsDaily Breeze - […]
This is an interesting topic that I personally really never though much about. Well, I shouldn’t say that. While I have thought about it… I never really considered them as ‘online security guards’. Nonetheless though, they are not only desperately needed now, but they will only grow in more demand as time progresses. The idea […]
TechWorld - According to Microsoft, the vulnerability can be exploited by sending malicious data packets to unsuspecting users, who could Windows Home Server owners have been offered the patch via the software’s update mechanism, Microsoft said in the revised
Archive for: January, 2008ZDNet Blogs - And if you really want to […]
Apache-Hosted Sites Can Protect Themselves
0 Comments Published January 29th, 2008 in Computer ProtectionFor any websites running off of Apache (which is quite a bit), you can help protect yourself from attacks by just disabling one simple thing: dynamic loading. It looks like this feature has enabled hackers to attack websites in the U.S, U.K and India… thousands of them (them being websites). This will probably be a […]
ITP.net - These show up on popular search engines by using common seasonal phrases such as “Eid Mubarak” or “Christmas gift shopping”. When shoppers obtain their search results, they can also acquire links to sites hosting various malware designed to steal a
This is somewhat ironic: a Swiss anti-piracy group is being threatened for breaking the law regarding privacy of data. Even though their goal is to reveal the identities of people stealing copyrighted information, Swiss law states that identities can not be revealed unless there is a criminal intent. Even though a lot (well… probably everyone) […]
Santa Cruz Sentinel - This new efficiency creates a security risk. With so many machines inside one box, how do you protect everything that’s inside? Enter Doug Michels, the Santa Cruz computer whiz. After graduating from UC Santa Cruz, he and his father built up The Santa
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