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5 Steps to Prevent Data Loss When Disaster Hits
DT, , Information Security, List, back up and protect, backup system, Data Loss, data recovery plan, entrepreneur, Information Security, reputable, secure data recovery vendor, Small businesses, Symantec, 71Small businesses are lacking when it comes to disaster relief plans. A recent study by Symantec found that...
Spam Email From Facebook Friends? Here’s Why
DT, , Information Security, Uncategorized, attack, block spam, Facebook, Information Security, protections, scraping protections, social network, spam, Spam Email, spammers, 0Facebook repaired a misconfiguration last week that briefly allowed spammers to obtain data on users’ friends and use those...
6 Cybersecurity Measures for Your Business
DT, , Information Security, List, attackers, cyber attack, cyber security, Cyber Security Bill, Cybersecurity Act, Information Security, Internet, Security Answers, telecom sites, 0In August, the Senate voted down the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 with a vote of 52-46, just shy of...
Hacker who infected 72K computers gets prison sentence
DT, , Information Security, Uncategorized, botnet, Corporate and legal, Cybercrime, department of justice, hacker, Information Security, joshua schichtel, malicious software, Malware, malware-infected computers, notorious Bredolab virus, prison, Vulnerabilities and attacks, 0Joshua Schichtel pled guilty for selling botnets to customers "who wanted to infect computers with various different types of...
WARNING: Emails Claiming To Contain Facebook Photos Actually Contain Malware
DT, , Information Security, Uncategorized, E-mail scams, Facebook, Information Security, Internet, Malware, Malware in photos, Malware in videos, malware infection, malware problem, malware threats, social network, 1The latest malware warning from Sophos’ Naked Security follows the familiar path of using photos as bait, this time...
iPhone Software Glitch Puts Users at Risk for Scams
DT, , Information Security, Uncategorized, Apple, bogus messages, Information Security, iPhone, iPhone Software, Mobile, risk, scammers, scams, Security, 0The software that powers Apple's popular iPhones may have a flaw that enables scammers to send users bogus messages...
Facebook battles phishing by reaching out to users
DT, , Information Security, Uncategorized, E-mail scams, Facebook, Google, Google Search, Information Security, Internet, Malicious Flash files, Malware, Malware in photos, Malware in videos, malware infection, malware problem, malware threats, online privacy, Phishing, Phishing Emails, social network, 0In an effort to protect users and curb phishing, the social network gives users a select e-mail address to...
New OSX/Crisis malware found for OS X 10.6 and 10.7
DT, , Information Security, Uncategorized, Antivirus Software, criminal malware, Mac OS X, Malware, malware attacks, malware problem, malware threat, malware threats, McAfee Internet Security, Microsoft Office, Operating System, OS X, 0A new script-based malware threat for OS X has been uncovered by security company Intego. The malware, called OSX/Crisis,...
Experts take down Grum spam botnet, world’s third largest
DT, , Information Security, Uncategorized, botets, botnet, Grum, infected computers, Information Security, Malware, malware infection, Microsoft, spam, Zeus botnet infections, 0Botnet was responsible for 18 billion spam messages a day -- about 18 percent of the world's spam --...