Monthly Archives: September 2010

Since Monday there has been a bit of a deluge of Linkedin scam mails that redirect the end-user to Zeus data theft malware. It’s worth pointing out that these emails are still doing the rounds: Click to Enlarge In addition …

National Cyber Security Awareness Month — held every October since 2004 — is a “national public awareness campaign to encourage everyone to protect their computers and our nation’s critical cyber infrastructure,” according to the organizers It’s a cooperative venture of:– …

Our rogue researcher Patrick Jordan was thinking of an upcoming vacation this afternoon and went looking for Caribbean recipes. Yep. You guessed it: the first site he went to tried to download a rogue called Live Security Suite that’s been …

GFI Sunbelt Software weekly video feature The GFI Sunbelt Software Malware Minute video is available for your viewing pleasure on the SunbeltSoftware YouTube channel (and below). Malware Minutes are short videos (1-2 minutes) that will provide a weekly roundup of …

Not-so-virtual theft will probably increase Miguel Helft in his “Bits” column in the New York Times today reported that researchers expect the sale of virtual goods to hit $2.1 billion next year. Media research firm Inside Network estimated that the …

Microsoft has posted advance notification that it will post an out-of-band security bulletin for Windows later today.US-CERT is quoting the Microsoft SharePoint Team as saying the bulletin will fix a recently reported vulnerability in ASP.NET that could allow an attacker …

How to create a backup – part 1 Maybe one of the most important, and the most misunderstood, parts of working with a computer is the backup, or the process of backing up data. As most people know, a backup …

Today we found some poisoned search results on Google that were aimed at people searching for information about the new drug Gilenya, which is used to treat multiple sclerosis. This would  be a good term to use in an SEO …

Everyone can do their bit for the environment, and reduce costs, simply by being a little bit smarter about how they use information technology. Start here with these top 10 green IT tips, presented in no particular order. Setting a …

Halo Reach has been doing rather well since the game was launched last week. Of course, this means scammers have marked it as a target for shenanigans. I thought it would be a good idea to have a quick look at some …