[ad] Well it is for me, and I guess anyone who consider themselves a career hacker, or at least has a serious interest.. As a few good trojans are open source (Back Orifice?), you can just mess around with them for a while until you reach the point they are no longer detected by any […]
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Predicting Malware – Events Trigger Malware/Phishing Spikes
[ad] Apologies for the lack of updates for the past few days, I had to go abroad for an important assessment ;) It’s sad how people can pray on things as terrible as disasters to make a quick buck, but well we have to face the facts that they do, and will. And as it […]
New Spyware Blackmails Users Into Purchasing Software
[ad] Ah this is almost like Ransomeware again, messing up your machine then extorting money from you. Make sure you educate your non tech savvy relatives about such threats, spyware, adware, trojans and worm type viruses. Education is THE most powerful defence against malware and computer security incidents. Some simple patching, a free Antivirus protection […]
Barclays Rolls Out Free Anti-Virus Protection for Customers
[ad] The shocking statistic first, “56% of consumers do not have active anti-virus on their PCs”, ok not that shocking but still a bit worrying. Allthough asking if your average user doesn’t protect themselves on the internet conjures up images of the pope squatting in the woods. The basic F-Secure anti-virus product protects against viruses […]
Fake Microsoft Patch – BeastPWS-C
[ad] If you receive a e-Mail alert of a new patch for your Windows XP OS, think again before opening the link present on the message. The spammed emails, which purport to come from [email protected], claim that a vulnerability has been found ‘in the Microsoft WinLogon Service’ and could ‘allow a hacker to gain access […]