Monday, August 9, 2010
Be nice to know when you get an e-mail notice from your bank, it is really your bank and not a cyber crook!
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Smartphone malware multiplies
Folks, our Blackberries, Android phones, and Windows Mobile phones are getting hammered! In the last six months, the number of malware and spyware programs found on smartphones has doubled. What took 15 years to evolve with desktop computers is happening practically overnight to mobile phones. A criminal with spyware can snatch text messages, listen in to phone calls, and track the victim's location using GPS. Imagine downloading a poker application, thinkin' you are going to have some fun. With that program, a hacker can seize control of your phone with embedded spyware. Users are downloading apps at a dizzying pace, and, instead of e-mail and text messages, criminals are now exploiting a person's taste in downloaded software to snag them. So, what can we do to defend ourselves from this onslaught, class? And is law enforcement up to speed to investigate these intrusions? http://www.darkreading.com/insiderthreat/security/attacks/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=225402185
Crackdown on prepaid cell phones
Criminals long ago got a whiff that law enforcement could not trace or track them if they purchase these phones at a retail or discount store. Of course, the privacy sirens are raising a stir about this new development, but they should know that law enforcement will still have to pursue court orders to get the information, just as usual. Drug dealers, terrorists, gang members, and white-collar criminals should be very concerned about this development. Law-abiding citizens should not. http://lnkd.in/KmQZhf
'Scareware' ads proliferate across Internet
People terrified of a malicious virus destroying their computer systems are purchasing useless software that its unscrupulous sellers say will protect their computers from infection. Scareware is booming, and criminals are becoming rich from selling it. Would you fall for this ploy? http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2010-06-07-scareware07_ST_N.htm
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