XP procrastinators face major deadline
June 22, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
June 22, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Do workers care about online safety? Don’t bet on it
May 13, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Posted in: Communication, IT employment, In this week's e-newsletter, Information security, Latest News & Views, User behavior, cybercrime, malware, security
Who cares about your company’s security and safety online? If you answered “Our employees,” you’d be wrong. A new study finds that workers are generally “imprudent and ambivalent” when it comes to their company’s overall security health.
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Tags: behavior, company, employees, end user, interests, online, online security, Trend Micro, users
Cybercrime wave rolls on
April 2, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Posted in: IT employment, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Web 2.0, cybercrime, e-commerce, malware
Violent crime may be down in the past year, but that might be because criminals have found an easier and less risky way to ply their trade: online crimes.
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Tags: cybercrime, FBI, Internet Crime Complaint Center, report, White Collar Crime Center
Most likely malicious e-mail attachment
March 26, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Posted in: In this week's e-newsletter, Information security, Latest News & Views, cybercrime, e-mail, file-sharing, malware
The most common type of malicious e-mail attachment is the also the most common file you might find clinging to an electronic message: the ordinary XLS or DOC file. But the most dangerous kind of attachment isn’t either of those.
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Tags: e-mail, file types, malware, Message Labs report, Symantec
Protect PayPal users — there’s an app for that
March 11, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Posted in: In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Software, User behavior, cybercrime, e-commerce, malware, online banking
If 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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Don’t press that F1 button!
March 9, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Posted in: In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, Software, Web browsers, cybercrime, malware
Massive botnet affects 75,000 computers
February 22, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Posted in: Compliance, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views, cybercrime, e-commerce, malware
A massive botnet has been discovered by security researchers in Virginia who say the infestation is attacking computers at companies and governments around the world.
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Tags: attack, botnet, infected, NetWitness, researchers, security
Does China block your site? Try harder!
February 9, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Posted in: Communication, Compliance, Information security, Latest News & Views, Web sites, cybercrime, e-commerce, malware
The 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?
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Tags: block, China, TechCrunch, Tianament Square
Experts: Hackers now evading IT’s toughest security tactics
January 18, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Posted in: Information security, Special Report, Web 2.0, Web sites, cybercrime, e-commerce, malware, online banking
Hackers are getting past some of the toughest tactics used in online banking security, say the analysts at Gartner.
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Tags: Gartner, malware, online banking, security, threats
What will be the No. 1 security threat in ‘10?
December 28, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
Posted in: Communication, Compliance, In this week's e-newsletter, Information security, Latest News & Views, User behavior, cell phone, cybercrime, e-commerce, file-sharing, malware, mobile technology, smartphones
If you believe the folks at security firm Kaspersky Lab (and you probably should, since their prediction for 2009 was accurate) you’ll find next year’s big threat by following the users.
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Tags: 2010, botnets, Kaspersky Labs, malware, prediction, threats, viruses
