Posted by vijai on Thursday, September 16, 2010,
In :
Security
This pie chart shows the different threats that
can come from visiting Web sites that advertise unauthorized content.
(Credit:
McAfee)
It's common knowledge that you can catch computer viruses on porn Web
sites. But did you know it's also risky to surf the Web searching for
free movies or music? A study from McAfee to be released on
Tuesday finds that adding the word "free" when looking for entertainment
content in search engines greatly increases the chances of landing on a
site hos...
Posted by Oyya-Info on Tuesday, July 20, 2010,
In :
Security
VeriSign is adding malware scanning to its authentication services
for Web site operators, the company announced on Monday. The
"VeriSign Trusted" check mark seal indicates to Web surfers that
VeriSign has verified that the site represents the organization or
company that it purports to be and that it is using encryption to
protect communications between the site and its visitors. Now, existing
and new VeriSign SSL customers will have their sites scanned daily to
check for malware as ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Oyya-Info on Tuesday, March 16, 2010,
In :
Security
Matt Drudge and Michael Arrington found themselves this week in an
unpleasant position when visitors to their respective Drudge Report and
TechCrunch sites were targeted by malware that appeared to have come
from ads. While Drudge vehemently denied it
and blamed accusers with playing politics, Arrington acknowledged on
Thursday that there had been malware-laden ads on TechCrunch on
Wednesday. It's unclear which ad network served up the malware and what
type of malware it was, althoug... Continue reading ...
Posted by Oyya-Info on Thursday, October 29, 2009,
In :
Security
More midsize companies are being attacked by cybercriminals at the
same time they're spending less on security, says a McAfee report
released Wednesday.
Across the world, more than half of the 900 midsize businesses (51 to 1,000 employees) surveyed by McAfee for its report, The Security Paradox,
said they've seen an increase in security breaches over the past year.
Despite the threat, the recession has caused most of these companies to
freeze their IT security budgets.
M... Continue reading ...
Posted by Oyya-Info on Saturday, September 19, 2009,
In :
Security
Malware developers are going open source in an effort to make their malicious software more useful to fraudsters.
By giving criminal coders free access to malware that steals financial
and personal details, the malicious software developers are hoping to
expand the capabilities of old Trojans.
According to Candid W?est, threat researcher with security firm
Symantec, around 10 percent of the Trojan market is now open source.
The move to an open source business model is allowing criminals t... Continue reading ...
Posted by Oyya-Info on Tuesday, August 4, 2009,
In :
Webware
Twitter's new malware filter is a sign the social media site is
stepping up efforts to stem attacks, but the measure has its
shortcomings, say security experts.
Twitter's filtering mechanism was highlighted by Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer of F-Secure, in a blog post Monday. When a user tries to submit a tweet with a suspect Web link, the following warning appears:
"Oops! Your tweet contained a URL to a known malware site!"
Twitter's latest security measure was a positive one, es... Continue reading ...
Posted by Oyya-Info on Friday, June 19, 2009,
In :
Security
Microsoft will launch a public beta of its anti-malware service,
Microsoft Security Essentials, on Tuesday as it phases out its Live
OneCare suite in favor of a simpler free consumer security offering.
Microsoft Security Essentials, which will run on Windows XP, Vista, and
Windows 7, will be available in the U.S., Brazil, and Israel in English
and Brazilian Portuguese. A public beta version for Simplified Chinese
will be available later in the year.
The service works like traditional antivi... Continue reading ...
Posted by Oyya-Info on Tuesday, June 16, 2009,
In :
Security
Last week, PBWorks founder David Weekly found out from some customers
that his hosted collaboration site had been blacklisted by Symantec for
hosting malware and, thus, visitors to any of the 10 million pages on
PBWorks were being warned that the site wasn't safe.
"(Damn) you, Norton Safe Web. Whenever one file on one PBWorks space
has a virus, all of PBworks is marked unsafe?!" a frustrated Weekly
wrote on Twitter and Facebook on Thursday. In a follow-up interview, he
said: "That's tarnishi... Continue reading ...
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