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Latest survey findings demonstrate a lack of understanding in protecting against real-time threats. Southall, UK (22nd February 2007) – Of the 73% of businesses that suffered a spyware invasion in 2006, 19% were unable to identify the source, raising the question of how organisations can thoroughly protect their networks, when they clearly haven’t identified [...]
Removing spyware is as much art as it is science. The rogues who create spyware make removing their malicious programs as difficult as they can. In addition, some types of spyware download and install additional components, often hiding pieces of code from Windows to make removal even harder. The instructions below will wipe out most [...]
Malware authors in Russia are now offering service contracts with their spyware. Yes you read right: You can now get a service contract to provide upgrades for spyware, Trojans, rootkits and key loggers, just like you get with your computers, Oracle databases and CRM software. You have to marvel at the sheer brass of it [...]
Popular models of routers from Netgear, D-Link, Linksys were found by Symantec to be vulnerable to drive-by pharming attacks, and now Cisco has admitted many of their routers are vulnerable, too. While protecting yourself is still easy today, cyber attacks are only on the increase, so be prepared! Drive-by pharming, where your computer is ‘infected’ [...]
Almost 64 percent of spyware detected in January by PandaLabs was adware. There are currently three sub-categories of spyware: spyware itself, adware and PUPs. Adware is a type of spyware that displays advertisements on infected computers using pop-ups, banners, etc. Spyware compiles information about users’ Internet activity, such as Web sites visited, searches made, etc, [...]
PC Tools announced today the results of an independent comparison by Enex Testlab of anti-spyware software including Microsoft’s own Windows® defender. PC Tools hired independent testing facility — Enex Testlab — to evaluate how Windows Defender stacks up against Spyware Doctor(1) and other third party vendors. The internationally renowned, independent lab has been performing comparison [...]
Banner advertisements for a security application said to report false or inflated threats appeared for at least a few days on Microsoft’s instant messaging (IM) program, prompting warnings from security analysts. Microsoft appears to have removed the ads, which were displayed in the contacts panel for its IM program, Windows Live Messenger, said Sandi Hardmeier, [...]
There are currently three sub-categories of spyware: spyware itself, adware and PUPs. Adware is a type of spyware that displays adverts on infected computers using pop-ups, banners, etc. Spyware compiles information about users’ Internet activity, such as websites visited, searches made, etc, but does not display any adverts. This sub-category was responsible for just over [...]
Why do you think PayPal is targeted so much by attackers? Actually, there are two reasons. One is we have a very large customer base by the standards of most companies — 133 million customers on a global basis. We also have a business model that makes it easy by design to move money around [...]
Over the past few years, computer crimes and annoyances have become an increasingly important part of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s work. In the past year, the FTC has announced settlements with spammers, adware distributors, and even Sony BMG Music Entertainment, over its distribution of rootkit software. FTC Chairman Deborah Platt Majoras recently sat down [...]
Turkish police have arrested 17 people who allegedly hacked into internet banking accounts and stole $300,000. The men are accused of collaborating with three Russian cybercriminals, who are believed to have provided them with usernames and passwords stolen from computers they infected with spyware, Turkish authorities said. Officers from the Izmir organized crime bureau discovered [...]