Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Spyware is not just annoying. Spyware is hitting all of us in the wallet as tech support firms must deal with millions of customers infected by it.
Some studies claim that as many as 97% of all personal computers may be infected by various spyware programs. Personally, I believe that number ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
A Trojan which uses infected PCs to send spam messages to mobile phone users has been discovered. Delf-HA Trojan horse sends spam SMS messages by using the free "Send a text message" facility found on the websites of several Russian mobile network operators. Infected PCs download instructions on the content ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
Spyware is rife and virus infection commonplace yet many home users reckon they are safe from online threats.
An AOL/National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) Online Safety Study - conducted by technical experts in the homes of 329 typical dial-up and broadband computer users across the US - found that most computer ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
The vast majority of worms and other successful cyber attacks are made possible by vulnerabilities in a small number of common operating system services. Attackers are opportunistic. They take the easiest and most convenient route and exploit the best-known flaws with the most effective and widely available attack tools. They ...
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Saturday, March 8th, 2008
New spam emails can turn vulnerable PCs into spam-spreading 'zombies'.
The spam has a link which purports to allow users to opt out of future emails. However, MessageLabs, an e-mail filtering company, warns that these links are part of a scam and, if clicked on, will turn a victim's PC into ...
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