Posts Tagged ‘virus’

Phishing is always going to be a problem, but with the right technologies and practices applied, the risk of it becoming an epidemic can be reduced. More than 65 companies are confirmed or suspected of being affected by the breach. Easily the attackers were also able to access the names of each client because of phishing. The e-mail address by itself does not have that much value. ... Full story

A nasty worm called Downadup worm has infected millions of computers and continues to spread. This many security experts believe is precurser of the evil deeds to come. According to US software protection firm F-Secure the computer worm is known as Conficker, Kido or Downadup had infected more than nine million computers by Tuesday and was spreading at a rate of one million machines daily (wow). ... Full story