How your cold explains network intrusion

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

With the cold an flu season most definitely upon us, there is much that the common cold can show us about network intrusion and what can happen once a single compromise has taken place.As you sniffle and blink your way through this article, think of how your computer responds to ...

Windows SteadyState Bulletproofs Your System

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

So you're thinking, "Hey, I want to be totally irresponsible with my computer and load it up with crapware!" Really, isn't everyone getting tired of having to be so stinking responsible on the Internet all the time? We certainly are. We're ready for system protection that isn't afraid of our ...

Teenager confesses to being Nugache botnet mastermind

Tuesday, July 1st, 2008

Experts at SophosLabs™, Sophos's global network of virus, spyware and spam analysis centers, have welcomed news that a teenager has confessed to controlling thousands of computers in an illegal botnet.19-year-old Jason Michael Milmont, of Cheyenne, Wyoming, has admitted to being the programmer of the Nugache malware which infected Windows computers, ...

Spybot Search & Destroy 1.6 RC1

Sunday, June 29th, 2008

Spybot - Search & Destroy detects and removes spyware, a relatively new kind of threat not yet covered by common anti-virus applications. Spyware silently tracks your surfing behavior to create a marketing profile for you that is transmitted without your knowledge to the compilers and sold to advertising companies. If ...

A Tour of Risky Web Sites

Wednesday, June 4th, 2008

Just over 4% of all Web sites are dangerous, according to a new report. But all bad sites aren’t created equal: Cyber bad guys are more likely to build their sites where it’s easy to do so. The report out today from McAfee, a tech-security company that’s trying to position itself ...