November 29, 2009 - Sloppy handling of confidential records by a state agency in Salem, Oregon left people's names, Social Security numbers, ages and addresses exposed in an open recycling bin outdoors.The blunder by the (continue reading...) Read more
November 29, 2009 - The second in the series explaining common internet security threats and how to avoid them, looks at Botnets. Read more
November 29, 2009 - The first in a series of video's looking at common Internet threats. This one looks at Phishing and how to prevent it. Read more
November 28, 2009 - Fake Antivirus schemes are all the rage, but their only goal is to get money from you. Read more
November 28, 2009 - Raise awareness of the physical security, social engineering and the importance of maintaining a clear desk or workspace.http://mindfulsecurity.com Read more
November 28, 2009 - Social networks are an information security game changer, and enterprises and their management are struggling to understand and deal with the security risks of social networks.Traditional information security protected your corporate IT perimeter. But that won't help in the web (continue reading...) Read more
November 28, 2009 - A Milwaukee hospital is warning thousands of its patients that personal information about them may have been stolen.The theft happened last month at Aurora St. Luke's Medical (continue reading...) Read more
November 28, 2009 - Verity Trustees has had its wrist slapped by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) after a laptop was stolen containing data on 110,000 people.The laptop was taken from the locked server room of Northgate Arinso, which (continue reading...) Read more
November 28, 2009 - A Penn State professor's grade book from 2001 to 2004 that contained 303 students' social security numbers, among other personal information, was found to be compromised by a computer virus in the (continue reading...) Read more
November 28, 2009 - The car accident involving Tiger Woods last night outside his home in Windemere, Florida has been generating a lot of heat as far as Web traffic and searches go. Since the news broke, the top web searches on Google has (continue reading...) Read more
November 27, 2009 - Those “Antivirus System PRO” folks are up to their nasty sales tactics again. While its use of a pushy (and confusing!) yes-no no-yes dialog sequence is similar to other (continue reading...) Read more
November 27, 2009 - Security Response has discovered a threat that is being talked about among some members of certain discussion groups in Japan. The threat, named Infostealer.Kenzero, teaches yet another lesson to those using file-sharing networks not to download illegal games. Infostealer.Kenzero (continue reading...) Read more
November 27, 2009 - One thing that I have always found fascinating about Japan is definitely its rich and unique culture. However, there is just one other thing — vending machines. You not only find them everywhere, you can buy all sorts (continue reading...) Read more
November 27, 2009 - Thanksgiving kicks off the holiday season in the United States, the top spam-sending country in the world. The holiday season ushers sales and big discounts for users. Unfortunately, however, this also means that spammers will be rushing to offer (continue reading...) Read more
November 27, 2009 - Trend Micro threat analysts were alerted to the discovery of another ZBOT spam campaign. The emails bear subjects such as “your photos” and “some jerk has posted your photos.” They inform the recipients that someone has posted their photos without their permission (continue reading...) Read more
November 27, 2009 - Spammers use social engineering and in this case expect that WOW (World of Warcraft) gamers are sad lonely men. At least that is what this spam suggests: The spam will come with a subject of “Do you like to find a (continue reading...) Read more
November 26, 2009 - If you’re searching for videos of the infamous Adam Lambert AMA kiss, Ortiz vs. Griffin or Jennifer Lopez at the AMAs, a twist in fraud has come to YouTube, this time in the form of a fake message on a (continue reading...) Read more
November 26, 2009 - There are two major methods malware writers use to infect and take control over remote systems. The first one relies on exploiting unpatched vulnerabilities in software such as a web browser or configuration vulnerabilities such a weak passwords. The second (continue reading...) Read more
November 26, 2009 - I have written before about the "Verified by VISA" program. While shopping for Thanksgiving online this year, I noticed that Verified by Visa scripts were blocked by NoScript, and I could (continue reading...) Read more
November 26, 2009 - This morning while triaging customer malware and spam samples I saw a variation on the typical click-the-link and get malware spam. This one was Christmas themed, normally we would expect Thanksgiving themed spam before the Christmas glut. The spam has a subject (continue reading...) Read more