Cyber security is constantly on my mind. Not only is it my career, but I have a personal interest in making this world a safer place for all of us. But, I understand that not everyone is wired this way. That’s why I’m becoming more and more appreciative of the media and its increased focus Read more…
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There is an inevitable predictability with your email Inbox. Any newsworthy event, whether a natural disaster, major sporting event, or even malicious celebrity gossip invokes an email from an entrepreneurial individual with unscrupulous principles promising you something of value in exchange for information personal to you. Even money intended to assist victims of major natural Read more…
Tags: celebrity, McAfee Labs, mobile threats, Olympic scams, online threats, smartphone, sport, summer games, Threats
8 million new malicious software samples have been detected since January 2012 due to unrelenting spammers and hackers Since the start of the new year, PC malware (malicious software) has already reached the highest levels in four years, according to the McAfee Threats Report: First Quarter 2012. The report exposes a disturbing increase in malicious Read more…
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Last year we decided to bite the bullet, max out the credit cards and take our kids to the US. We had such a fantastic time: Disneyworld and Harry Potter world in Orlando, the Smithsonian in Washington, Hollywood and the walking zombies in New York. Yes, walking zombies. We were in New York when the Read more…
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Welcome back to Security 101. Our New Year’s recess is over, and it’s time to offer another lesson. So far we have discussed vulnerabilities and some types of low-interaction attack vectors. In this lesson we shall continue with attack vectors that require medium or high levels of user interaction to succeed. These attack vectors are Read more…
Tags: online security, online threats, vulnerability, web security
During the school holidays I was surprised by the number of people I spoke to who commented that they had received a larger than normal number of phishing emails in their inbox. But it was a conversation I had with an uncle of mine about a “funny” experience he had had while selling a car Read more…
Tags: antivirus, fake ant, fake anti-virus software, fake software, ID theft, McAfee, online threats, rogue anti-virus software, scareware, Viruses
Welcome to my inaugural blog about online threats! The purpose of this blog is to alert families to some of the dirty tricks that the bad guys use to scam families on the Internet. The first scam I’m going to tell you about is not a new one, but it remains popular. It’s called scareware, Read more…
Tags: antivirus, fake ant, fake anti-virus software, fake software, ID theft, McAfee, online threats, rogue anti-virus software, scareware, Viruses
“Scareware” offering computer users fake anti-virus and anti-spyware software has more than doubled since the first quarter of 2009, affecting around 69,000 people in the U.S. alone.
Tags: antivirus, fake anti-virus software, fake software, ID theft, McAfee, online threats, rogue anti-virus software, scareware, Viruses
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