Residents in states with a high concentration of small and medium-sized businesses are targeted most by spammers, according to a recent report by e-mail security vendor MessageLabs, a Symantec subsidiary that analyzes billions of inbound messages collected by its data centers around the world.Residents in states with a high concentration of small and medium-sized businesses are... more
As sites like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter have grown more popular, they have become a hot target for hackers. According to Kaspersky Lab, malicious code distributed via social networking sites is ten times more effective than malware spread via e-mail. Here are the Top 8:As sites like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter have grown more popular, they have become... more
Twitter suspends accounts of users with infected computers; South Korea blocks sites to help end cyber attacks; Kansas audit raises computer security questions; Apple still mute to iPhone complaints; U.S. State Dept. workers beg Clinton for Firefox; Snooping through the power socket; New York official: Tagged site stole identities; Firefox 3.5 vulnerability rated ‘highly critical; Probe into cyberattacks stretches around the globe; BlackBerry update bursting with spyware; French workers threaten to blow up Nortel factory; FBI charges satellite descramblers…Twitter suspends accounts of users with infected computers; South Korea blocks sites... more
Social Networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, LiveJournal, etc.) are under attack by a variation of the Koobface worm which began to spread in August ‘08. This new variant, tracked as WORM_KOOBFACE.AZ has the potential of a fast infection rate. Most importantly, after propagating itself from the infected device, the Worm remains active on the user’s computer transmitting the computer’s data, settings, control information, and system information to over 300 international collection sites.Social Networking sites (Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, LiveJournal, etc.) are under attack... more
Se siete registrati a Facebook e lo usate regolarmente, probabilmente conoscete il virus Koobface e sapete quanti problemi sta causando ai suoi utenti. Solitamente il virus, che si attiva se avete già uno specifico malware sul vostro computer, vi richiede di cliccare su un video. Gli esperti consigliano, quindi, di non cliccare a vanvera e soprattutto di usare più di un antivirus per ripulire il vostro pc.Se siete registrati a Facebook e lo usate regolarmente, probabilmente conoscete il... more
