Dec 10, 2012 | Adware, Spyware and Trojans, General Security
Are recent Sophos blog post explains how some recent ransomware makes it ESSENTIAL to have good backups of your data… Ransomware is malicious software that attempts to extort money out of unsuspecting users, normally by locking them out of their machines. This...
Dec 4, 2012 | General Security, Threat News
By Jaikumar Vijayan Computerworld – A Maine construction company that sued its bank after losing $345,000 in an online banking heist has settled its dispute after a protracted legal battle that raised questions about the bank’s responsibility in protecting...
Nov 30, 2012 | Adware, Spyware and Trojans, General Security
FBI details latest Citadel malware that can deliver Reveton ransomware to extort money from consumers By Michael Cooney The Internet Crime Complaint Center, a partnership with the FBI, today issued a warning about an uptick in a new version of Citadel malware that...
Nov 30, 2012 | Adware, Spyware and Trojans
by Dan Goodin Information on one of Japan’s newest rockets was stolen from a desktop computer that was infected with malware, according to a published report that cited officials from the country’s space agency. The computer, located in the Japan Aerospace...
Nov 29, 2012 | Adware, Spyware and Trojans
2012 has been a memorable year – perhaps not the number of massive infiltrations that we saw in 2011, but memorable all the same. Why? Because this was the year in which the prediction that mobile malware would become more than a theory – and it has....
Nov 5, 2012 | Adware, Spyware and Trojans, General Security
Spammers took advantage of the Zeus botnet earlier this month to spread a phishing email claiming that “Romney will soon be President” – the links in the email pretended to be from CNN – but instead took those who were clicking them to a fake...
