08/02/2011
Windows XP: Still a Force to be Reckoned With
Sure, Windows XP marketshare is on the decline. It stands to reason.
What's the reality though behind upgrades to Windows 7?
If XP works, and it does, are there other practical reasons to upgrade? And what about antivirus software for Windows XP, can you still get it? Read more
08/01/2011
YAAV (Yet Another Android Virus)
If anyone is under the impression that phones (or Macs for that matter) are immune from viruses, worms, trojans, and other malware, let's get one thing straight: you're wrong.
The bottom line: Android malware is here, it's real, it's no good, and it's only going to get worse.
The good news: manufacturers may be playing catch-up with the bad guys, but they're not far behind. Read more
07/28/2011
Happy 30th Birthday MS-DOS
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Move Over Tom Clancy...A Real World Thriller: Stuxnet
An incredible piece at Wired.com, "How Digital Detectives Deciphered Stuxnet, the Most Menacing Malware in History", details the jaw-dropping, almost impossible to believe international tale of how researchers for Symantec tracked down and reverse engineered the Stuxnet worm.
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07/26/2011
Keep Malware on Your PC, Get Jailed?!
In what sounds too hard to believe to be true, Japanese police have arrested their first suspect in the controversial Japanese anti-malware law.
There are so many crappy things to this law I don't know where to begin. Read more
07/20/2011
Make the Web Safer, Get $10,000
The Dragon Research Group, a security resarch organization, awarded their 2011 Security Innovation Grant (a $10,000 grant) to NoScript, a free and outstanding security add-on for Mozilla Firefox. Read more
07/18/2011
$250,000 Reward for Information about the Rustock Botnet
Microsoft made an announcement in their blog today: a $250,000 reward for information that results to the identification, arrest, and criminal conviction of anyone responsible for the Rustock botnet. Given that the botnet is still alive, albeit technologically hobbled, this might just yield some results. Read more
07/08/2011
U.S. Official: Pre-infected Computer Technology Entering the Country
Whether it's digital picture frames, USB-based battery chargers, or hardware routers, there are definitely several well-documented cases of hardware entering the U.S. and other countries with different types of viruses or other malware. Read more
[Alert] Free "Smiley" hats & Free Vans shoes a Scam
So far over 300,000 people have been duped into "liking" a facebook page that claims to offer the first 750,000 people free "Smiley" hats and Vans brand shoes.
What should you do? For starters, "unlike" the scams.... Read more
06/30/2011
TLD4 / TDSS an "Indestructible" Botnet?
The malware detected by Kaspersky Anti-Virus as TDSS is the most sophisticated threat today.
And, because it's activated before the OS starts, it's also running before your antivirus software, too, so how do you remove it? Read more