online safety

1. Sony's hack woes have deepened--now its Canadian version of the eShop has been hacked by a self-professed grey hat Lebanese hacker, and 2,000 customer records have been acquired (evidence for around 1,000 posted online). At this point it's tempting to say the attacks have moved into a new...

A fake antivirus application is targeting Mac OS X computers using Apple's Safari browser. Cybercriminals pushing MAC Defender, named like the legitimate MacDefender antivirus product, are manipulating keywords to push malicious sites to the top of search results. According to security...

Hi ya'll! Yesterday I was looking for a bike on a buy and sell site, I found a nice one and I wanted to see a bigger picture. So I searched for that bike on Google Pictures and found a good pic. I clicked on it and then Firefox said that this site wasn't secure and I might have gotten some...

Thousands of Web Sites Hit With New Twist on Old SQL Injection Hack Thousands of Web Sites Hit With New Twist on Old SQL Injection Hack | Arik Hesseldahl | NewEnterprise | AllThingsD A relatively simple hack has been used to compromise at least 500,000 Web sites, and perhaps as many as 1.5...

- - - Sorry, this is a duplicate post - - - I forgot to change the title in my last post submission. Hi Guys, I recently sent a group email using gmail. After I sent the mail, I received an auto-reply from one of the people I emailed that said "Hi! Thank you for your letter. I will answer...

Reminds me of Internet Security :p

Hi: Two questions about Win7, if anyone can help, I'd appreciate it. Just bought a laptop for 3 boys to share, as their old one was so out of date & bogged down. One of the boys, I found, goes to sites he shouldn't (need I say which type?) & it totally messes up the OS!! Before he can...

Latest Cyberfraud Attack: (Authoritative Looking Letter From Hotmail Customer Service) Two Types-- One theme states "Are You Protected?" Then goes on to talk about how older boxes are not saved with because of all the new customer accounts to handle. And we have found you to be in violation...

We handle confidential personal or business data almost every day. In order to to avoid being hacked, I am trying to figure out how to protect our data. Encryptng data is an easy answer but repeated encrytion and decryption of data everyday would be inconvenient chores. I am wondering how you...

February 12, 2010 In an effort to boost sales, sellers of a fake antivirus product known as "Live PC Care" are offering their victims live technical support.

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World of Warcraft users get another worry Sexy girls are not always what they seem By Link Removed - Invalid URL Friday, 27 November 2009, 12:15 INSECURITY FIRM Sophos is warning World of Warcraft users to be on the look out for sexy strangers bearing dangerous gifts. According to the...

It has been observed that now a days kids are using internet, not only for knowledge purpose but also for personal use. Free email services are not always safe, and specially for the kids its important to have a secure email service so that we can make their email accounts safe and clean. There...

Beware these free driver for posts that just popped up everywhere the link is malicious. Ive reported the posts so they should be handled soon but there are about fifteen of them in the last couple minutesd and still climbing.

Are there any risks using the free products versus the purchased products? I have used a variety of the free products and each has produced some false positives. Not sure of they have missed any viruses or not.

Today Microsoft Corp. announced the availability of WindowsLink Removed Internet Explorer 8, the new Web browser that offers the best solution for how people use the Web today. It can be downloaded in 25 languages at Link Removed starting at noon EDT on March 19. Internet ExplorerLink Removed 8...