Archive for August, 2007

We have suspected this for a while, so the report by the Science and Technology committee had not surprised anyone dramatically.   According to this report, most of internet crimes are well organized and they are not solitary instances. People take online security breaches as a real job; they join communities and co-operate with other criminals. More...

According to reputable security blog, new type of scam appeared on the online world. There are a lot of different ways to infect a computer or to steal personal information. You have probably heard that you shouldn’t click on links that suggest you to view an e-greeting card (even if the email says it’s your grandma) or to confirm bank details. More...

Finally, illegal downloaders from American universities will be stopped. Students’ love for pirated music, software and other copyrighted matter is well known. However, no direct actions were taken until now. More...

People often do not take identity theft as a real crime. However you can do a lot of bad things if you have right information about someone. If you think that you are ordinary human and no one is interested in your credit card number or social insurance information, you are terribly wrong. More...

SpyShredder scam appeared on web on 13/07/07. SpyShredder is very similar to dozens of other parasites that urge people to buy some miraculous software online. The suggested software is always useless or even malicious, however a lot of people fall into this trap and pay for the advertised product. More...

A lot of computers were infected with VirusProtect Pro recently and a lot of people are still in danger. VirusProtect Pro is a dangerous computer parasite because it tends to change from time to time. This helps VirusProtect Pro to fool some security programs and stay on the infected computer. More...