Half a Billion Attempts to Infect Computers – in Just Three Months
Published By Shadowon On Tuesday, August 24th 2010. Under Security Tags: Attacks, Exploits, Internet, Kaspersky, Malware, Security, Threats, Virus
The security company Kaspersky has studied the amount of threats discovered on the web for the second quarter of 2010.
The security company Kaspersky Lab has released a study in which they have measured the number of threats on the internet during the second quarter of this year. During this period, ... Continue Reading
Beware! This email is NOT from Twitter!
Published By Shadowon On Wednesday, June 9th 2010. Under Technology Tags: Antivirus, email, Phishing, Spam, Trojan, TROJ_FAKETWT.A, Twitter, Virus
Stay alert when checking your emails, as hackers are abusing Twitter for phishing and trojan attacks.
Trend Micro warn on their blog against phishing attacks that are using Twitter. The email messages look very official, so a lot of people can be tricked by them.
The first email (see below) shows a ... Continue Reading
First Human Infected With Computer Virus
Published By Shadowon On Thursday, May 27th 2010. Under Entertainment, Technology, Videos Tags: Computer, Human, Humour, Infected, Mark Gasson, Technology, Video, Virus
A British scientist claims to be the first human to be infected by a computer virus, in an experiment he says has important implications for the future of implantable technology.
Dr. Mark Gasson from the University of Reading infected a computer chip implanted in his hand with ... Continue Reading
False Outlook Messages in Circulation
Published By Shadowon On Monday, February 8th 2010. Under Microsoft, Security Tags: Antivirus, Microsoft, Outlook, Trojan, Virus
False Outlook messages try to trick users into installing Trojan horse.
Security company Panda Security, via Panda Labs, said in a campaign that a fake Microsoft Update message that tries to trick Outlook users to installing a Trojan horse.
The message looks pretty real, but Microsoft or other companies, does ... Continue Reading
New Threats to Mac Users in 2010, Viruses Are Coming
Published By Shadowon On Friday, January 29th 2010. Under Mac/Apple, Security Tags: Antivirus, Mac, Macintosh, OS X, Virus
During the coming year we will experience an avalanche of malware. Among them we find several threats to Mac users.
2010 will bring with it several new threats and trends. New Web-based antivirus technology will provide users with faster protection, and will result in more frequent development ... Continue Reading
























