I have been saying for some time that malware has changed. What used to be a matter of pure bragging rights and wreaking havoc just for 15 minutes of fame ... Read More

In July a worm was found spreading through Facebook. It was essentially shut down by blocking the web sites that were propagating it. A NetworkWorld article this week says that ... Read More

Recently I posted about a new feature found on this and other About.com sites. While readers have long found value in the book and product reviews on this site, they ... Read More

No- it is not already the 2nd Tuesday in November. You didn't miss Halloween. Microsoft released a new Security Bulletin, MS08-067, out of cycle from their normal monthly Patch Tuesday ... Read More

When malware, specifically computer viruses, was in its infancy, the floppy disk was the primary method of propagation. The ubiquitous nature of networks and the Internet did not yet exist ... Read More

The state of Ohio took their elections web site offline earlier this week amid fears that it had been attacked or breached. They wanted to gather any potential forensic evidence ... Read More

While I have slowed down on book and product reviews in the past year, they are one of the features of this site that continue to get the most traffic. ... Read More

For PC users, protecting against malware just comes with the territory. Security software vendors have thankfully reached some level of equilibrium with the malware developers- still one step behind and ... Read More

If a company was implementing a new customer tracking system which had security controls already identified as "not sufficient to ensure that illegal browsing, changes or theft of [customer] files ... Read More

This was a busy month in Redmond. Microsoft released a bulletin for each month of the year...plus one to grow on for a total of 11. There was 1 Moderate, ... Read More

It seems like the debate about Vista has subsided in recent months. I don't know if that is a function of Vista SP1 fixing some of the issues peope were ... Read More

The economy is in a tailspin...plummet...freefall. Apparently Symantec has not gotten the memo and the credit crunch seems to be having little impact on their shopping plans. The security software ... Read More

I know. You were sitting around thinking that computer security has gotten boring. You were like 'viruses? worms? Trojans?...yawn'. You were thinking that spyware and phishing attacks are so yesterday. ... Read More

Do you have antivirus software installed? Is it updated? How about antispyware protection? Do you have a personal firewall protecting your PC? Do you have some sort of antiphishing program ... Read More

OK- that is total FUD. It reminds me of when my kids' computer has issues and he tells me that he "thinks he broke the Internet", or when one site ... Read More