June 24, 2013 · Cybersecurity & Malware
Who’s Reading Your Emails? Today we all use either texting or emails far more than we use letter writing to communicate with our friends and relatives. In business the use of email is ubiquitous, and seems to grow exponentially each year. Sooner or later someone in your company will raise the question regarding the amo
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April 2, 2013 · Cybersecurity & Malware
Anonymous seems to have a little bit of a grudge against North Korea, but honestly, who can blame them? This time the hacktivists took to the country’s Twitter and Flickr pages to express their displeasure with North Korea, citing the threat posted by the country’s government. The Twitter feed of the country showed a s
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March 26, 2013 · Cybersecurity & Malware
South Korea was recently hit by a cyberattack and security vendors have been given the task of investigating. Vendors analyzing the code have begun to find some particularly dangerous components to the attack that were specifically designed to wreak complete and total havoc on the infected computers. Deep inside the Wi
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March 6, 2013 · Business IT Tips
Think about your office and the people you have sitting behind the computers. Or think about your remote workforce in their home offices or on the road with their laptops and mobile devices gripped firmly in their hands. Whether you realize it or not, all of these workers play a vital role in protecting your
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November 21, 2012 · Cybersecurity & Malware
Typical cyberattack stories these days, at least ones involving the United States, are usually about some other country or mysterious hacker trying to access the U.S. networks. However, the United States has been accused of launching its very own cyberattack against none other than France, a claim that the U.S. Governm
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November 7, 2012 · Cybersecurity & Malware
According to a recent Congressional report, the country that poses the greatest risk to the United States in terms of cyberspace is China, with Chinese hackers targeting more and more U.S. military computers and defense contractors in attempts to breach our national security. The report, which was produced by the U.S.-
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October 4, 2012 · Cybersecurity & Malware
While no internet browser out there can offer you complete and total security, you could increase your protection by switching your browser, especially if you change to one that is less well known than others. In addition to that, deciding to use one browser for highly sensitive tasks and using another one for everyday
Read more →October 3, 2012 · Computer Service Now News
Sometimes putting something into a QA style helps people understand, so let’s do this with an issue that affects the entire world. Q: What are malware, viruses, spyware, and cookies, and what differentiates them? A: Let us take the easy one first. “Malware” is short for malicious software and is typically used as a cat
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September 20, 2012 · Cybersecurity & Malware
Hackers utilizing a RAT, otherwise known as a Remote Access Trojan, named Mirage have been engaging in a systematic cyber espionage campaign against a plethora of targets, including a Canadian energy company, a large oil firm in the Philippines and several other countries since April, according to Dell’s SecureWorks Co
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September 12, 2012 · Cybersecurity & Malware
According to a recent investigation by Microsoft, brand new laptop and desktop computers sold in China contain preinstalled malicious software, which has already infected millions of computers around the world. The malware, which is embedded in counterfeit versions of Microsoft’s Windows operating systems, is designed
Read more →August 15, 2012 · Cybersecurity & Malware
A new Trojan horse has been discovered that attempts to cover its tracks by crippling the infected PC after stealing the data. Known as “Shamoon” by most antivirus companies, the malware has been used in targeted attacks aimed at specific individuals or firms, including at least one in the energy sector. According to r
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July 12, 2012 · Cybersecurity & Malware
Facebook launched a new feature on Tuesday that allows users to lock down their Facebook accounts and perform malware scans if they suspect that their computers might be infected. The popular social networking site already uses internal scanners to detect spam and malicious messages that might have been sent from user
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June 28, 2012 · Cybersecurity & Malware
Kaspersky Labs, one of the top computer security companies in the nation, has just discovered a new variant of the Tibet malware for OS X, which is being distributed to specific Uyghur activist groups as part of a politically motivated advanced persistent threat (APT) attack, as it seems. The malware is being spread vi
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June 20, 2012 · Cybersecurity & Malware
If you haven’t heard already, LinkedIn was recently hacked leading to a massive data breach. This break in security has also led to a potential class-action lawsuit against the site alleging that it failed to meet “industry standard” security practices in connection with the breach. In the beginning of June, LinkedIn u
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May 23, 2012 · Cybersecurity & Malware
In most cases when somebody releases a botnet or virus, it is to generate money from poor, unsuspecting victims. Such was the case with the recent Flashback botnet unleashed on Mac devices. That botnet managed to generate $14,000 from its click fraud campaign. However, the beautiful hand of irony has decided to rest ge
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