Posts Tagged ‘cybercrime’
IN THE HEADLINES: Small Businesses on the Hook for Cyber Losses
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● June 23, 2011
A recent legal decision could spell big trouble for small businesses that fall victim to one of the most dangerous types of cybercrime to emerge in recent years. A judge in Maine recently sided with a bank sued by a small business owner who had lost nearly half a million dollars to one of the [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Scareware King Makes $100 Million
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● June 22, 2011
I’m sure you’ve heard of scareware by now — fake anti-virus software that warns you of fake malware on your computer in order to trick you into paying real money to get rid of it. Like almost every cybercrime and cybercon in circulation, crooks invest considerable time and money into scams like this because they [...]
Mac-simum Security: Options for the Macs
Posted by: Matt Hines in: ● June 20, 2011
It’s a refrain that the Apple-loving hordes of Macanistas have been hearing from cyber-security experts for more than a decade: when the sheer number of people using the platform reaches a certain critical mass, more attacks will inevitably arrive. Recent evidence of this, including a scheme aimed at selling fake anti-virus software to Apple users, [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Mandatory Health Care – for your PC?
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● June 17, 2011
Microsoft is advocating what it calls a collective defense against cyber threats, arguing that if cybercrime is a common threat, we should work collectively to protect ourselves. And as part of this approach the company’s security gurus are suggesting that we model this collective response on the way we manage healthcare threats like major pandemics. [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Exactly How Safe Is That Website?
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● March 24, 2011
It’s something we’ve come to expect. Not only are security threats everywhere, they no longer have to come looking for you. Drive-by downloads are on the increase, where malicious code hangs out around infected web sites just waiting for the next unlucky passerby. And it seems like no sector is immune. Security firm White Hat [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: The Seven Deadly Cyber Sins
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● March 9, 2011
Yesterday I read a very interesting article entitled the Seven Human Weaknesses that Cyber Criminals Exploit. According to the author, the human weaknesses that can get us into so much trouble with cyber crooks include: Sex – using alluring images of attractive men and women to tempt you to click on or download something. Greed [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Identity Theft Council Wins Prestegious RSA Award
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● February 23, 2011
For years I’ve argued that consumer education and awareness, and learning to protect themselves, has been viewed as the red-headed stepchild of the security industry. Many in the security industry still don’t think that end-user education, whether it’s teaching your employees to be more vigilant and careful in the workplace or helping consumers play a [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: One Out of Every Two Computers Worldwide Infected by Malware
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● February 22, 2011
The headline says it all, or so says the most recent research from security firm Panda. Panda has made a name for itself over the years for its eye-opening research, especially into the prevalence of malicious software and the latest from the global cybercrime underground. So its research is usually taken quite seriously, and why [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Happy Birthday, Computer Virus!
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● January 27, 2011
Can you believe that it’s been exactly 25 years to the month that the world woke up to the first computer virus? My, how time flies. Happy times, at least for many of the authors of this malware. And of course for the now multi-billion dollar anti-virus industry this one event spawned. Even the birth [...]
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