by Alex Eckelberry | Sep 6, 2007 | Uncategorized
Yesterday, we blogged about a “vaporware trojan” which tells people they’re “infected”, collects money for a “solution” and doesn’t actually deliver anything (except a popup that tells the user they’re protected)....
by Alex Eckelberry | Sep 6, 2007 | Uncategorized
Remember F*cked company? Well, there’s a new website out that’s vaguely similar, but only now, for the current mortgage crisis — the Mortgage Lender Impode-o-Meter. Plus a bonus — the Hedge Fund Impode-O-Meter.Alex Eckelberry(Thanks, Paul)
by Alex Eckelberry | Sep 5, 2007 | Uncategorized
Ok, look at this list. It’s TRUSTe’s list of certified “Trusted Download” applications.Putting aside how you might feel about some of these apps being listed as “Trusted Downloads”, here’s the Big Question of the Day: Smart Shopper shows up on TRUSTe’s website here as...
by Alex Eckelberry | Sep 5, 2007 | Uncategorized
Sunbelt researchers have discovered a bizarre Trojan.It tries to scare you into buying a security application to handle a non-existent “infection”. Ok, nothing odd there — that’s standard rogue antispyware behavior.But what’s bizarre is that it collects your payment,...
by Alex Eckelberry | Sep 5, 2007 | Uncategorized
I’ve written about how our post-9/11 security policies have affected the travel industry. But is it affecting legal immigration?Despite internment camps during World War II, decades of stereotyping and even lynchings, my grandfather’s generation never lost its...
