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  • Internet Security..

    We all need it, but how many really want it? The good ole days of Windows 98, iIf a computer user wanted to transfer a file via MSN, Yahoo, AOL Buddy or ICQ to another user and it wouldn’t transfer, what was the the first thing that both users would do? If your answer was anything other than ‘turn off...
    Posted to Mike's Window (Weblog) by Mike Hall on Sun, Apr 26 2009
    Filed under: Spyware, Security

  • Conficker worm sends new instructions: grow botnet, then die

    The Conficker worm has begun to update the machines it has infected with a new set of instructions to spread to other machines and then self-destruct, security experts say. Security researchers tracking the worm said some of the infected computers began receiving instructions on April 7 from other infected...
    Posted to Siljaline's Blog (Weblog) by Randy Knobloch on Thu, Apr 9 2009
    Filed under: security, spyware, privacy, updates, social networking, legal, virus, News, Operating Systems, world, Browsers, CBC Canada

  • Conficker botnet remains dormant - for now

    Conficker changed the way parts of the botnet communicated overnight, but little else of note has happened so far. The malware is far from an April Fool's joke, but it's obviously a long way from the Skynet botnet, as depicted in Terminator 3, that some of the more fevered imaginings of the media...
    Posted to Siljaline's Blog (Weblog) by Randy Knobloch on Wed, Apr 1 2009
    Filed under: security, spyware, privacy, virus, News, world, The Register, Browsers, Vulnerabilities, Scammers

  • China rejects computer spy claims

    China's government on Tuesday dismissed a research report outlining an extensive spy network based mostly in China as "lies" designed to hurt the country's image abroad. Speaking to reporters, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said the conclusions of the report by Canadian researchers...
    Posted to Siljaline's Blog (Weblog) by Randy Knobloch on Tue, Mar 31 2009
    Filed under: security, spyware, privacy, malware, legal, News, china, CBC Canada, Vulnerabilities, Scammers

  • As Conficker activation looms, scammers seek to profit off fear

    Online scammers are trying to profit from fear of the latest big name in internet viruses by creating and promoting links to fake security software, according to security firms. The scams are hoping to capitalize on consumer fear over the Conficker worm, a version of which is set to activate on April...
    Posted to Siljaline's Blog (Weblog) by Randy Knobloch on Tue, Mar 31 2009
    Filed under: security, spyware, virus, News, world, CBC Canada, Vulnerabilities

  • Reported internet spy network just tip of iceberg: researcher

    An internet spy network that targeted hundreds of "high value" computers belonging to government departments and other organizations in 103 countries is likely just one of many, says one of the Canadian researchers who uncovered it. "We happened to discover and publicize this particular...
    Posted to Siljaline's Blog (Weblog) by Randy Knobloch on Tue, Mar 31 2009
    Filed under: security, spyware, legal, News, world, CBC Canada, Vulnerabilities

  • Top-secret spy pics found on eBay-bought camera

    A digital camera containing secret images and information about terrorism suspects from the British spy service MI6 was accidentally sold on eBay, according to various reports Tuesday from Britain. http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/09/30/terrorcam-sold.html
    Posted to Siljaline's Blog (Weblog) by Randy Knobloch on Tue, Sep 30 2008
    Filed under: security, spyware, privacy, legal, News, world, CBC Canada

  • An Online ticket?!?

    What a surprise... This morning I was happily working at the office, hhmm... okay, from home..., when Outlook notified me that I had received an email. When I checked it was from an unknown company USA3000 Airlines. When I read the email they even had a ticket for me and had charged the credit card for...
    Posted to MVP Jubo Security Blog (Weblog) by jubo on Mon, Sep 22 2008
    Filed under: Latest Virus Threats, Spyware, Malware

  • History shaped Google's Trojan Horse

    Analysis When people buy software - buy it in seriously large amounts - it isn't just today's binary they're choosing. They're buying what they think is a bit of the future - they're buying a piece of risk insurance. This explains why very mature and well-proven systems often lose...
    Posted to Siljaline's Blog (Weblog) by Randy Knobloch on Thu, Sep 4 2008
    Filed under: security, spyware, google, privacy, legal, News, The Register, Browsers, Vulnerabilities

  • Google restores Chrome's shine

    Polishes up its EULA Google has acted with speed and retracted the objectional sentences in Chrome's EULA, so that any content you post via Chrome is yours and yours alone. The ruckus was caused by our old friends, the paralegal firm Cut 'n' Paste Inc. Their employment has now been terminated...
    Posted to Siljaline's Blog (Weblog) by Randy Knobloch on Thu, Sep 4 2008
    Filed under: security, spyware, google, privacy, updates, News, The Register
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