The 31 Worst Face-Palm Moments in IT

Security vulnerabilities in software applications are the most important factor that helps malware to spread. The number of known vulnerabilities is increasing every day. Vulnerability databases like National Vulnerability Database, SecurityFocus or Secunia publish thousands of new vulnerabilities each year. …

I came across a story by Nick Farrell of the Inquirer about a case that happened to an Australian Power company. The crux of the story is that a virus infected the company’s infrastructure and was spreading inside the network. …

So it happened that the disk hosting our code repository developed some bad blocks. Must be contagious or something, this is already the third system within a month… I noticed this, when I received some strange messages from cron. Basically …

A mass operation is underway to infect several thousands of computers worldwide. The attack from the malware writers is taking place from various sources using an array of different techniques. Information regarding this attack until now is very limited however …

The phishing attack that led to more than 10,000 Hotmail, MSN and Live.com passwords being exposed online earlier this week has provided an interesting glimpse into the mindset of email users when setting up their accounts. A researcher who managed …

A disk can, and will, develop bad blocks during its lifetime. Usually the disk firmware is good enough in recognizing failing blocks, before they become unrecoverable and remap them, but nothing is perfect and  problems happens. In that case, where …

A report by the Antiphishing Working Group this week reveals that the number of people downloading and installing rogue anti-virus programs is on the rise with one security company claiming that cybercriminals were making up to $34 million a MONTH …

News has broken out that a large number of Hotmail/Windows Live credentials have been stolen and published on the internet. It is not yet clear how these credentials were obtained; however, Microsoft claims it was by means of a phishing …

The GFI Malta Charity Fund Committee spent a day volunteering at Dar il-Kaptan in a Hands-On Day charity event that was organized by the Rotary organisation. Dar il-Kaptan is a respite home for the disabled that Rotary Club Malta has …

We were very impressed by all your inspirational entries which had Max in various countries around the world and in several interesting situations. There were some fantastic entries and after much deliberation we managed to select one winner! The fantastic …