Malicious Activity Awareness and Response
This is the name of a new site that I found today courtesy of Digg and it looks like these guys are going to be keeping track of what is happening in the phishing and scams that are circulating the…
Spammer sites under attack by Fed up Net Citizens
I did not realize this but apparently there is a fairly organized group of about 5000 people that pick a spammer site a day to go after. The results have been pretty good in a sense they are fighting fire…
Many Internet users forgoing Security
Do you want to understand why millions of computers are being used as bots or have been over run with spyware checkout the reasons people are shutting off the firewall provide by Windows OneCare Live. This is from the teams…
Symantec caught in Rootkit debacle!
The words that came out of my mouth this morning are not repeatable when I read that Symantec has been using a Rootkit as a security method to prevent users from deleting files. It appears they have figured out that…
Microsoft Patches Security Issues Windows
Microsoft released more patches today that deal with ongoing security issues that have been showing up in recent weeks. Nice to see them get the patches out quicker but the question remains how long before something comes down the net…
iTunes is a Spyware Application!
Well this one sat me back in the seat. Did you know that the latest version of iTunes calls home and tells Apple what you listening to. Seeing that your logged in to your account most of the time when…
Is your Skype connection a super node?
Some Skype users are seeing unusual traffic activity on their high speed net connections. Is your system being used as a Skype super node read on. [paul.kedrosky.com]