According to recent survey conducted by Proofpoint, concerning email security trends, the following key findings have been highlighted: Spear phishing? It appears that a staggering 48% of respondents believe their organization to have been targeted by some form of phishing email scam, which was designed to compromise their PC usage.
08.3.10 | Computer Safety Tip | admin
Here is an overview of last week’s most fascinating news, reviews as well as articles. Cloud computing not as safe as they want you to think This is the perfect solution for our increasingly mobile life style; everything that we need is always online. Beware of Chinese bearing gifts UK businessmen have been warned by [...]
08.3.10 | Computer Safety Tip | admin
The latest story which is circulated around the news is in connection with a person who goes by the name of Raoul Moat. It has been created that he pops up in article searches with various titles. Some of these titles may include but are not limited to the following: “Timeline of a gun rampage” [...]
07.9.10 | Computer News | admin
It has recently been reported that a new spam trick is taking place. This time cybercriminals are once again trying whatever methods that they can in order to achieve their malicious desired goals. This time there is a new spam campaign which is going around that makes use of Digg, which is a social networking [...]
06.24.10 | Computer News | admin
Sooner or later, we are all temped into downloading free software from the Internet – be it an application, music, a movie or even a game. Most of the time, the downloaded program is legitimate and actually does serve the purpose it says it will, but there is also malware disguised as helpful software – [...]
06.17.10 | Computer Safety Tip | admin
It has been discovered that Google has recently released a specific online tutorial that actually allows developers the opportunity to play the role of a hacker. This is done by giving them the opportunity to exploit genuine security bugs which exist within a mock web application. This tutorial that is available is free which is [...]
05.28.10 | Computer News | admin
The cyber security expert, whose name is Ankit Fadia, likes to call himself an “ethical hacker”. He firmly thinks that every place needs to have fully trained hands in order to ensure foolproof safety for their systems.Fadia may only be 24 but he has a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Stanford University. He runs [...]
05.12.10 | Computer News | admin
The Phishers have done it again, except this time they are targeting Gmail users. Google Mail as many people know is a free web based Pop3 and IMAP email service which is provided by none other than Google. It is currently being used by almost millions of people across the globe. Due to the vast [...]
05.4.10 | Computer Safety Tip | admin
It has recently been brought to our attention, that certain card servicing from Visa has actually begun an alert. Which is alerting its processing members and their clients that keylogger Trojans are on the rise. Consumers need to be aware of the risks involved and need to take the necessary precautions in order to remain [...]
05.3.10 | Computer Safety Tip | admin
According to a well known and quite the infamous hacker-turned-security expert, Marc Maiffet, Apple and its users are quite ignorant when it comes to the security fo their systems. There is apparently a mass misconception that Apple Macintosh is far more secure than PC’s. In the words of Maiffet, “they are wrong and ignorant about [...]
04.26.10 | Computer News | admin