Monthly Archives: November 2009
Shop online safely
Washington Post columnist Brian Krebs did a great piece “Eight tips for safe online shopping.” His list: 1. Shop with a credit card, not a debit card 2. Keep track of your receipts. 3. Shop from a locked-down PC. 4. …
Win some great holiday prizes with GFI Software!
We’re happy to announce another great GFI competition for this holiday season where you can win the following fantastic prizes! The rules are simple and everyone who participates has an equal chance to win, so give it a shot and …
Managed Service Providers believe most Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) systems end up being ‘shelfware’
Managed Service Providers believe most Remote Monitoring and Management (RMM) systems end up being ‘shelfware’ We conducted industry research on Remote Monitoring & Management (RMM) software for Managed Service Providers (MSPs), Value Added Resellers (VARs) and IT support organizations and …
Fraudulent Youtube vids
If you’re searching for videos of the infamous Adam Lambert AMA kiss, Ortiz vs. Griffin or Jennifer Lopez at the AMAs, a twist in fraud has come to YouTube, this time in the form of a fake message on a …
Employees are prepared to steal company data!
In a previous post, I had talked about two employees who are charged with having allegedly gained access to their former employer’s network even though they had left the company a couple of years before. This week a former employee …
GFI Software named ‘2009 Tech Innovator’ by Everything Channel’s CRN
We are extremely pleased and proud to have been named 2009 Tech Innovator by Everything Channel’s CRN. Everything Channel’s Tech Innovator listing celebrates technology vendors that have introduced new solutions that drive advances throughout the technology channel. GFI MAX, our …
Google searches, Cyber Monday and the Holiday season
If you are a Twilight fan and eagerly looking forward to the latest movie, New Moon, watch for a viral marketing campaign that is currently doing the rounds on the Internet. USA Today reported this week that scammers and malware …
New web toy “Mystery Google:” funny and dangerous
Someone put up a fun site in October. The “Mystery Google” search page gives you the search results of the person who did a search before you. The results can be… ahem… interesting. I tried it out with the word …
Britain’s DNA database – world’s largest – is under fire for privacy concerns
Britain has stored the DNA profile of 5.9 million people, which is about 10 percent of the country’s population. It’s been estimate that as many as one million of those whose information is in the database since it was started …
Interview with Mark Kelley at the CBC
I was interviewed by the CBC last night. You can see it at about the seven minute mark here. Nothing stellar or exciting. Just me on Skype talking about malware and child porn. I think I scared the newscaster though …





