Just as thugs and drug dealers jealously guard their street corners with destructive turf wars, online spammers and other shadowy characters have been known to attack one another for control over virtual real estate. This week, security experts spotted a nasty tussle brewing between criminals who operate two of the largest networks of hijacked computers [...]
Pesky phishers impersonate keepers of Justice The US Department of Justice has issued a warning to the public urging them not to respond to a bogus email that purports to be from the DoJ.… Read more…
Congress interests itself in cyber security Long an afterthought for U.S. lawmakers, cybersecurity has received renewed attention in some parts of Congress.… Read more…
Is OpenBSD founder prophet or scaremonger? A prominent software developer with a reputation for making waves in coding circles is doing it again – this time warning that Intel’s celebrated Core 2 Duo is vulnerable to security attacks that target known bugs in the processor.… Read more…
Trojan hides under patch update Do not be tempted into opening an email with the subject line: “Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-0065″ because it is no such thing.… Read more…