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This story may sound common, but it wasn’t for me. I was inexperienced fighting malware and Trojans, so I had to follow my basic instincts. Yesterday I was searching through some simple and safe-looking Web sites. I had heard from my friend about the Windows Black XP edition and was told it was easy to [...]
Security firm Webroot Software has identified five million websites hosting malicious spyware during October. One of the most widespread infections in the UK was Comet Cursor, a piece of adware capable of tracking a user’s online habits and transmitting the information to a third party. Adware also delivers pop-up ads which can cause overall system [...]
Apple’s reputation for bullet-proof security could soon be blown away, with the most high-profile attack targetting its coolest device – the iPhone. An iPhone virus, spyware or other piece of malicious software is almost inevitable. “It’s 80-90% likely that we will see malware targetting the iPhone” predicts Runald, Security Response Manager for F-Secure Security Labs. [...]
The Macintosh isn’t inherently invulnerable to malicious software. In fact, last week it was reported that there is a new scam on the Web that can plant a malicious “Trojan Horse” program on the Mac. However, this is a rare event. There have been practically no viruses, spyware or other malicious programs written for the [...]
Think your wife may be cheating on you? Wondering who your boss might be talking to? “Learn the truth. Spy today.” So reads an ad for “Bluetooth Spy Pro-Edition,” one of nearly 200 mobile phone spyware products currently listed for sale on eBay. The software, which costs as little as US$3.99, can be used to [...]
Working to improve network security doesn’t ease security concerns, at least among government officials. Federal IT decision makers are more concerned about security than in previous years, even after spending more time attending to security than in the past, according to a survey of 200 agency officials. Things are so bad that half of the [...]
A new study by Barracuda Networks, a California-based manufacturer of security Relevant Products/Services software and hardware, shows that more than half of all businesses block one or both of the Web’s two most popular social-networking sites, MySpace and Facebook. Four times as many companies — nearly 25 percent — block MySpace, while just one in [...]
Some time back, Microsoft got caught up in the security suite race and entered with what they titled “One Care,” and we were in on the beta when “Windows Defender” was known as “Microsoft Anti-Spyware.” It was, and still is, a free program and doing a commendable job. With other pressing matters, we dropped off [...]
Spyware and malware programs are emerging at rates of 5,000 to 10,000 per day and as many as one in six PCs may be infected, according to a recent study made by U.K. security vendor Prevx of 300,000 personal computers. Of the 300,000 PCs, the ones with no security software installed at all had infections [...]
The general rule for dealing with e-mails from people or companies that you don’t know or have no affiliation with is to delete or forward them to us at: spam@goucher.edu. Forwarding the e-mail to the spam address will let us know if there are any new types of spam that need to be blocked in [...]
We’ve talked several times over the past year about spyware and how to keep it off your computers. Now we’re going to talk about “good” spyware — the kind a responsible employer puts on the company network to prevent intrusion, protect against lawsuits and reduce employee distraction. Responsible parents also want to consider installing parental-control [...]