Malware

Drive-by Trojan Download: CNET Embraces the Dark Side

Posted by on December 13, 2011 at 10:12 am

It appears that the draw of the almighty dollar has pulled CNET to the dark side. CNET is a popular technology news site with a download portal called Download.com where many users go to download software that are free, shareware and open source. The site built a reputation a while back as a dependable location [...]

The Distribute IT Fiasco: Risk Management Done Wrong

Posted by on June 25, 2011 at 8:30 pm

“It is not the strongest species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the ones most responsive to change” – Charles Darwin. In today’s business world, where organizations face ever-escalating customer demands and expectations and little room for downtime, logic dictates that businesses today are seriously revamping their business continuity and risk management plans, or [...]

Encryption Tools for the Mobile Executive

Posted by on May 28, 2011 at 10:49 am

Most companies provide their senior executives with laptops or netbooks and tablets so they can be productive even when on the road. This is even more true of corporates executives who sometimes demand anytime, anywhere access to data residing on corporate servers. The big corporations can afford to spend millions of dollars on data protection [...]

“Windows license locked”: Ransomware Targets Windows

Posted by on April 12, 2011 at 5:08 pm

“Windows license locked!” “This copy of Windows is locked. You may be a victim of fraud or there may be an internal system error” – malware message Mikko Hyppönen of F-Secure has warned of a new variant of what he calls “Ransomware” or ransom trojans. These are attacks by malware that takes a computer hostage [...]

APTs and Small Businesses: Hype or Real?

Posted by on April 1, 2011 at 10:04 am

A new buzzword seem to emerge every few hours these days. If it’s not “Cloud”, it is “DLP”. One of the latest, in the security field at least, is “APT”. For Debian-based Linux users, we think of Aptitude, the update tool when we hear the word Apt. This APT refers to Advanced Persistent Threat – [...]