by Alex Eckelberry | Mar 31, 2010 | Uncategorized
The number for the rest of the world might be 26 percentThere is a story making headlines on the computer security news sources today about estimates that 4.4 percent of Chinese Internet users have no anti-virus software, up from 3.9 percent last year. That’s about 17...
by Alex Eckelberry | Mar 31, 2010 | Uncategorized
Good God! A 419 scam email from someone in grade school!From: FBI AGENT [mailto:hal-eduserv@att.net]Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 7:34 AMSubject: FBI AGENTHello honest people……… We got your contact from our Microsoft data-base system. This is to...
by Alex Eckelberry | Mar 31, 2010 | Uncategorized
Spyware/DDoS malware comboGoogle’s security team member Neel Mehta has blogged about yet one more spyware attack on Google users from Asia. This time forces in Vietnam apparently are trying to spy on and stifle dissent from those opposed to the expansion of bauxite...
by Alex Eckelberry | Mar 31, 2010 | Uncategorized
Apple has issued Security Update 2010-002 (Mac OS X v10.6.3) that fixes 100 enumerated vulnerabilities in:– Mac OS X 10.5– Mac OS X 10.6– Mac OS X Server 10.5– Mac OS X Server 10.6The 400 MB+ download takes a while, so, be prepared.Info here:...
by Alex Eckelberry | Mar 31, 2010 | Uncategorized
It seems I prompted an exploration of infection related search terms in Google Trends over on the Forbes.com Firewall blog. “Malware” is becoming a sort of catch-all term for end-users, slowly replacing the various types of Ad/Mal/Spyware...
