by Alex Eckelberry | Feb 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
Virus Bulletin is reporting that a recent survey it conducted found that about one out of five people are still using the dangerously-out-of-date version six of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer.There are probably a number of reasons for this:– They are using...
by Alex Eckelberry | Feb 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has sent letters to nearly 100 organizations telling them that their sensitive information – including customer and employee personal data – is available on peer-to-peer networks. The data could be used for identity theft or fraud.The...
by Alex Eckelberry | Feb 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
The FBI has said it will be checking to see if any federal wiretapping or computer-related laws were broken by a Pennsylvania school district in connection with an incident in which someone turned on the webcam in a school-issued computer and spied on a student in his...
by Alex Eckelberry | Feb 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
If you’re curious about the content of my recent talk on the exploits, hacks and phish attacks based around console gaming http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2010/02/are-threats-to-gamers-being-taken.html (specifically, the Xbox 360 console) but don’t...
by Alex Eckelberry | Feb 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
Security blogger Brian Krebs on Friday wrote a column on the spreading infections from the Kneber botnet, which apparently caught a lot of peoples’ eyes. The question has come up “does VIPRE protect me against Kneber?”Kneber is simply a name that Netwitness gave...
