Posts Tagged ‘malware’
IN THE HEADLINES: Are Consumers THAT WORRIED about Online Security?
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● August 26, 2010
The Identity Theft Resource Center in San Diego recently announced the findings of a study it conducted into how worried consumers are about the security of online transactions. Here are some of their findings: 87% of respondents expressed significant concern about having their credit card information stolen or having merchants lose personal and financial information [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Cybercrooks Getting Younger, but Not Smarter
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● August 25, 2010
Two eighteen-year-olds appeared in a British court in early August accused of running their own online black market in everything an identity thief would need to own your identity. And they might still be running it today, unchallenged, if they hadn’t made so many blundering mistakes. The two teens, along with some other accomplices, were [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Could Zeus Be the Biggest Threat Ever?
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● August 19, 2010
In a recent story on the growth of one of the most dangerous computer Trojans every discovered, tech magazine, Network World, opened with the line “Banks and antivirus powerless to stop attacks.” It’s been almost a year since I first started warning about the dangers of Zeus, a powerful banking Trojan that was wreaking havoc [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: 10 Million NEW Cyber Threats So Far This Year
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● August 18, 2010
I guess you could be forgiven for giving up the fight against cybercrime when the world seems to be overwhelmed with malware like Trojans and viruses that are able to anticipate our responses and always appear a few steps ahead of us. Security firm McAfee recently confirmed what many of us already knew. Things are [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Stop Serving up Your Data
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● August 17, 2010
Security firm AVG recently discovered a data-stealing botnet, which they quickly named Mumba, that they say has managed to compromise more than 55,000 computers around the world and pilfer a gold mine of personal data including bank account and credit card numbers. Mumba was created and controlled by a cyber criminal gang that call themselves [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Fake Security Software Has Better Support Than the Real Thing!
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● July 23, 2010
In an ironic twist that would be comical if it weren’t so disturbing, security experts are claiming that the peddlers of fake security software – like fake anti-virus software that warns you have a fake virus and ask you to pay a real fee to fix the problem – actually get better support from the [...]
The IDGuardian Podcast: Episode #012 — iPad Precautions
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● July 8, 2010
Welcome to the IDGuardian Podcast. These audio and video columns can be listened and or viewed to in a variety of ways: Through the blog via the media player found in this blogpost Through a manual download by clicking on the “Download” link By subscribing through iTunes This episode features Neal O’Farrell, an expert on [...]
How Do You Know Your Antivirus Software is Working?
Posted by: Matt Hines in: ● June 28, 2010
How well is your antivirus software (AV) working today? Hopefully better than mine. Of course, I didn’t pay anything for mine, maybe that’s the problem; maybe not. Either way as I first sat down to write this blog on my work-issued (and far more heavily protected) laptop, my home PC – a nice fresh six-month [...]
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