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People tend to avoid dangerous neighborhood, but when it comes to the virtual space we often ignore the reputation of certain domains. Do you know which domains are most likely to infect your computer? And which ones are quite safe to visit? McAfee recently made a list of the most insecure domains of virtual world.
The […]

Having all possible types of security software updated and running doesn’t grant the safety of your computer. Unfortunately, computer parasites can crawl out of pre-infected hardware. Recent incident on HP USB based drives revealed that even reputable companies can slip up.
HP USD Floppy Drive Keys dedicated to ProLiant servers were altered at factory to infect […]

It‘s a bad month for scammers and one scammer in particular. Mr. Ron Cooke has been accused by the Washington Attorney General‘s Office of persuading users to buy popup-blocking software after having bombarded them with as ominous Viagra and porn popups as they come.
Not only that, but apparently Cooke‘s rogue programs – Messanger Blocker, WinAntiVirus […]

Many reputable websites that represent reputable companies are hacked and compromised from time to time, but this incident is a bit different. Anti-virus maker Trend Micro tried to hide the problem from their customers even though the website was infected and users were compromised by a malware.
Apparently, the official website of Trend Micro was hit […]

Web security analysts have found that around 85% of all the spam is spread by merely 6 botnets. A bot is essentially a computer, which is remotely controlled to perform certain tasks (in this case - spam) without the user's knowledge or consent, a botnet is a "net" of such bots.
At number one we have […]

Excel user's are not entirely safe. A new vulnerability was found in Microsoft's spreadsheet program, Excel. This vulnerability can be exploited by hackers to create a malicious Excel document, which, when opened, would compromise the system.
Even though, as Microsoft has stated, these exploits are likely to be used in targeted attacks, the risk is still […]

People tend to rely on wireless networks a lot these days, but there are things concerning the security measures employed in this method of connectivity that people don't know about, thus putting themselves in danger of being spied on.
It should first be noted, that wireless networks are less safe due to their nature: to spy […]

F-secure counted 250,000 new malware samples over the year 2007, which is the same amount that was counted over the last 20 years (including 2006). These statistics are very different from vendor to vendor, since most of them are based on the particular vendor's clients' experiences.
Having said that, many other security vendors have reported a […]

According to security experts, replying to phishing mail can be dangerous. There have been reports about spam mail, supposedly sent by old high school/college friends and whatnot, wondering what the recipient might be doing with his life, since it has been such a long time and…They miss you. Well, asking to refresh your recollection might […]

Sony PlayStation 3 can not only be used for games: recently it was found that hackers could use it to crack passwords. According to Nick Breese, a security researcher from New Zealand, Sony PlayStation cracks passwords 100 times faster than Intel hardware can.
"Eight-character 'strong'
passwords can be broken in a couple of days whereas before it […]