Filed in archive Malware by Sue Walsh on September 26, 2008

Here's another video about the recent hacker attack on BusinessWeek's website.

Filed in archive Phishing by Sue Walsh on September 25, 2008

The financial crisis is a prime target for phishers who are using it in their latest scams. Here's an interesting video that explains the new scam and how to protect yourself.

Protecting Your Email Address From Spammers

Filed in archive Security measures by Sue Walsh on September 20, 2008

Here's a great video showing how you can protect your email address from email harvesting bots and spammers.

How To Remove AntiVirus 2008

Filed in archive Malware by Sue Walsh on September 18, 2008

antivirus 2008 (also known as XP AntiVirus2008 and Vista AntiVirus 2008) is malware disguised to look like an anti-virus program. In reality it's a nasty virus and it's spreading like wildfire...

BusinessWeek.com attacked by hackers

Filed in archive Malware by Sue Walsh on September 17, 2008

Businessweek's website has been hit by hackers. Security vendor Sophos discovered the attack last week. Hundreds of pages of the popular site have been infected with malicious Javascript that redi...

Hitman Spammer Returns

Filed in archive Spam News by Sue Walsh on September 16, 2008

Just when you thought spammers had thought of everything, the FBI is warning that a particularly disturbing spammer is back. Called the Hit Man Spammer, he first showed up back in 2006. Unlike most sp...

Update on the Storm Botnet

Filed in archive Spam News by Sue Walsh on September 13, 2008

Here is a video from Black Hat 2008 that provides an update on the infamous Storm Worm and it's botnet.

Thnk a Firewall Isn't Important?

Filed in archive Information about , Security measures by Sue Walsh on September 8, 2008

If you think a firewall is just a nusiance and your antivirus software is enough, think again. There is more t worry about that you think. Check out this recent log from my router: Mon, 2008-09-08 ...

Stormy Weather

Filed in archive Announcements by Sue Walsh on September 6, 2008

Hello everyone! Due to Tropical Storm Hanna,posting has been delayed this week. We got hammered pretty hard with heavy rain and wind and my electricity was off and on. Apologies for the delay-posting ...