Archive for December, 2007

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 great increase in malware as well, Symantec, for example estimated the increase at 185%, a similar number. More...

Online shopping is maybe dangerous if you use insecure money transfer system. Sometimes even reputable payments systems are corrupted or web browsers get redirected and this may lead into losing money. However, some websites are initially malicious and can take your money without hesitation. More...

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. . More...

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 would take weeks," Breese said at the Kiwicon hacker conference in Wellington, New Zealand. More...