The Internet Crime Complaint Center is reporting that last year the business model of scareware and my term crapware reached $150 Million in the US last year. http://www.ic3.gov/media/2009/091211.aspx
Symantec published a report in October of 2009 reporting 40 million infected users worldwide. http://eval.symantec.com/mktginfo/enterprise/white_papers/b-symc_report_on_rogue_security_software_WP_20100385.en-us.pdf
As Scareware continues to proliferate via Facebook, with the deaths or misfortunes of celebrities, [...]
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Scareware continues to rise reaching $150 Million
January 4th, 2010 · Comments Off
Another Attack on Adobe Acrobat
December 16th, 2009 · Comments Off
It has happened again, another attack / exploit on Adobe Acrobat, all versions (including the free Reader and paid for versions). There is no patch at this time but there is a quick fix. Before we go any further, here is the fix.
Open Adobe Acrobat, go to “Edit” on the menu bar (2nd from the [...]
Passwords: Message of the Week
December 3rd, 2009 · Comments Off
Passwords are like toothbrushes, you should change them often and never share them.
Any Questions? Didn’t think so.
Until we meet again, have a virus free week.
Tags: Security
AOL software at risk and PBS.org hacked
September 21st, 2009 · Comments Off
I was one of the original users AOL, probably back in or before 1991, I actually don’t remember the date but it was before the one price all you can use internet, back then you paid by the time used. Since then I have grown to dislike AOL (and I have not used them since [...]
Article on Flash based Cookies
September 10th, 2009 · Comments Off
I have written about internet cookies and my feelings on them. Michael Kassner has written an interesting article at Tech Republic about a type I really knew nothing about until tonight. It is a good read for the geeky and knowledge seeker alike.
http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/security/?p=2299&tag=nl.e019