Security
More Facebook scams
Some new Facebook scams are circulating. gHacks reports:
According to several reports on websites like Computerworld a new phishing scam is currently in the wild that is trying to get the Facebook login data of Facebook users. Pandalabs, who uncovered the phishing scam, did not release lots of details about the attack other than it mimicked [...]
Cyberwarfare is a reality
A new report from the security firm McAfee says that political activities involving Internet attacks are increasing:
McAfee, Inc. today revealed that the global cyberarms race has moved from fiction to reality, according to its fifth annual Virtual Criminology Report. The report found that politically motivated cyberattacks have increased and five countries – the United States, [...]
Can you trust eBay reputations?
An important consideration in dealing with others on eBay is their reputation rating. These ratings are supposed to reflect the feedback from those who have had previous transactions with the person in question. But are those reputation ratings reliable? Science Daily reports a study that says there may be problems:
A new study to be published [...]
Links about anti-malware applications
There is always a debate going on about which is the best anti-malware application. Or whether current anti-malware approaches need changing. There have been some interesting posts on the subject recently and here are some that I thought I’d pass along:
Lifehacker readers pick AVG as their favorite
The How-To Geek says Microsoft Essentials is good enough
CNET [...]
The good guys win a small victory
The odds are on the side of the cybercriminals and their botnets but now and then there’s a small triumph for our side. A major botnet has been temporarily stymied; Ars Technica reports:
Security researchers have taken down a major spam offender, though the dip in spam levels may be only temporary. Members of the FireEye [...]
Can’t anybody play this here game?
I was reminded of the above famous quote by Casey Stengel about the hapless New York Mets baseball team he was managing when I saw this post at InformationWeek, 9 In 10 Web Apps Have Serious Flaws. Can’t anybody out there write safe applications?
Another Facebook phish
The popularity of Facebook means it’s an inviting target for the cybercrooks. Another phishing attack is going around. TrendMicro describes the exploit:
Trend Micro security experts received email messages that supposedly came from Facebook. It asks recipients to update their login credentials for security purposes. It then instructs them to click the URL provided in the [...]
Secure your home wireless network
A lot of us have home networks or at least are using wireless to connect to the Internet. Unfortunately, we are not always careful about making the network secure. I have posted about setting up a wireless network before and here is another article worth reading. It’s at Digital Inspiration and is described:
This article describes [...]
The malware industry
I’ve posted before about how cybercrime has become an organized industry but here’s some more on the subject; it’s a Microsoft report entitled, “Microsoft Security Intelligence Report Volume 7″. PC World comments:
Malware makers – the criminals responsible for viruses and worms – have become increasingly organized and sophisticated, according to a Microsoft security report that [...]
Can whitelisting help combat the malware epidemic?
Malware on the Internet is a bad situation and any good news on that front is welcome. So it is encouraging to see that security expert Roger Grimes says that whitelisting may be an effective defense. Writing at InfoWorld, Grimes reviews five whitelisting applications and says that whitelisting may be the new best defense against [...]
Update Java
Guess what? Another security patch- this time it’s Java. The update link is here. You might also be able to update using the Java applet in Control Panel. It’s easier to find the applet if you use Classic View in Windows XP. Be sure to uncheck any extras you don’t want from the Java update [...]