March 11, 2010 by Valerie HelmbreckIf you’ve got a PayPal account, you’re likely a target for phishers who’ll try to nab your login credentials by sending phony e-mails that lure victims to a bogus site so they’ll unwittingly give up the info. The solution?
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Tags: download, Iconix, PayPal, phishing, protect, Software
March 5, 2010 by Valerie HelmbreckAfter a few days of head scratching, Microsoft told Windows XP users today not to press the F1 key when prompted by a Web site. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: F1, flaw, help, Microsoft, Web site, Windows
March 2, 2010 by Valerie HelmbreckThere’s a new report out warning that hackers have become “industrialized” and represent an ever increasing threat to people, organizations and Government. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: botnets, cybercriminal, hackers, Imperva, industrialized, study
February 22, 2010 by Valerie HelmbreckA massive botnet has been discovered by security researchers in Virginia who say the infestation is attacking computers at companies and governments around the world. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: attack, botnet, infected, NetWitness, researchers, security
February 15, 2010 by Valerie HelmbreckGot a hacked copy of Windows 7? Don’t get too used to it. Microsoft’s about to issue a new update for Windows Activation Technologies that will detect more than 70 “activation exploits” — those crafty little hacks to Windows’ activation. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: activation, detect, hacks, Microsoft, update, Windows 7
February 9, 2010 by Valerie HelmbreckThe folks over at TechCrunch are reporting that the Chinese government is now blocking the popular tech site — and they think they know why. My question: How come the government in Beijing doesn’t see me as a threat, too? Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: block, China, TechCrunch, Tianament Square
February 8, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
How much pressure does it take to get Chinese officials to crack down on would-be cyber-criminals? Plenty, but there’s been modest movement recently with the shuttering of an alleged hacker training operation. Read the rest of this entry »
February 5, 2010 by Valerie HelmbreckGoogle’s announced the end of support for some of the creaky old Web browsers out there. Among them: Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 6 (IE). Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: gmail, Google, Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft
February 1, 2010 by Valerie HelmbreckThose pesky browser bugs should be feeling the heat of Google’s latest attempt to catch them in their Chrome browser. Now, researchers who find the bugs can collect a reward. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: bounty, bugs, Chrome, Chromium, Google, Mozilla
February 1, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Now here’s what I call customer service gone wild: A Texas bank has decided to sue one of its commercial customers that was robbed by a gang of international cyberthieves. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: cybertheives, Hillary Machinery Inc., lawsuit, PlainsCapital Bank, security, Texas