Sponsored White Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads
ZDNet Resources
- The ultimate guide to scareware protection
- Time to change advertising?I hate to say this - but maybe it's time to change how we advertise?We need to add somebody somewhere to screen ads, one-by-one, for this stuff.Doesn't have to be the people hosting the website, but it *should* be somebody independent of the advertising firm.Or take a...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, malware, Dancho, ClamAV, advertisement, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-09-13
- Transmitter.C mobile malware spreading in the wild
- Researchers from NetQin Tech. are reporting on a newly discovered mobile malware variant (Transmitter.C) distributed through a modified version of legitimate mobile application. Upon execution, the malware attempts to automatically spread by SMS-ing hundreds of messages linking to a web site where a copy of it (sexySpace.sisx) can be found....
- Tags: Message, Software, Phone, Mobile, Malware, Cell Phone, Virus, Malicious Software, Mobile Malware, NetQuin, Dancho, Transimitter.C, Cyberthreats, Advertising & Promotion, Viruses And Worms, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Security, Marketing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-07-08
- Email service provider: 'Hack into our CEO's email, win $10k'
- A newly launched startup called StrongWebMail is aiming to add a new layer of secure authentication for its customers - phone verification prior to logging in and alert services for potential email compromises. The company is in fact so confident in its approach that it's currently offering...
- Tags: Phone, Password, Spamming, Feature, Computer, CEO, Dancho, E-mail, Telecom & Utilities, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-06-02
- McAfee debunks recent vulnerabilities in AV software research, n.runs restates its position
- Several days after blogging about a research conduced by n.runs AG that managed to discover approximately 800 vulnerabilities in antivirus products, McAfee issued a statement basically debunking the number of vulnerabilities found, and providing its own account into the number of vulnerabilities affecting its own products : "A recent...
- Tags: Software, McAfee Inc., Antivirus, Vulnerability, Vendor, Flaw, N.Runs, Dancho, Security, Viruses And Worms, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Comcast hack: Just a generic attack or BitTorrent revenge?
- Comcast's portal had its DNS records hi-jacked in an attack. The big question: Was Comcast just a big target or was this a BitTorrent revenge attack as some folks have speculated? If you recall, Comcast had drawn some fire over traffic shaping on its network and curtailing...
- Tags: BitTorrent, Comcast Corp., Attack, Dancho, TorrentFreak, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-29
- Welcome (back) Ryan Naraine; Zero Day's line-up revamped
- You may have noticed a familiar byline over at our Zero Day security blog--Ryan Naraine. His addition completes a revamped line-up for our security blog. Ryan is now an evangelist for Kaspersky Lab, a security vendor. He joins Nate McFeters and Dancho Danchev, two real-world security researchers...
- Tags: Dancho, Dancho Danchev, Larry Dignan, Nate McFeters, Ryan, Security, Security Blog
- Blog posts 2008-05-19
Additional Resources
- Thousands of web sites compromised, redirect to scareware
- Security researchers have detected a massive blackhat SEO search engine optimization campaign consisting of over 200,000 compromised web sites, all redirecting to fake security software, commonly referred to as scareware. by Dancho Danchev
- Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Security, Web, Web Site, Search, Web Site Development, Marketing Research, Internet, Marketing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-11-17
- Man-in-the-middle attacks demoed on 4 smartphones
- Security researchers test four smartphones (Nokia N95, Windows HTC tilt, Android G1 and Apple iPhone 3G S) and demonstrate man-in-the-middle attacks conducted through compromised Wi-Fi spots. by Dancho Danchev
- Tags: Smart Phone, Attack, Smart Phones, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-11-13
- News to know: Logitech-LifeSize; Macworld; Droid sales; Tandberg; e-book readers
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Larry Dignan: Logitech gobbles up LifeSize; Enters video conferencing Dave Greenfield: Logitech Buys LifeSize. Now what about Polycom?...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Sales, Ryan Naraine, Sam Diaz, E-book Reader, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, E-books, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Hardware
- Blog posts 2009-11-11
- Commercial spying app for Android devices released
- A commercial provider of multi-platform spying applications has recently ported its main product to the Android mobile OS. by Dancho Danchev
- Tags: Commercial, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Marketing, Software, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-11-10
- Source code for ikee iPhone worm in the wild
- A 21 years old Australian has launched the first iPhone worm to automatically exploit jailbroken devices. With the source code now in the wild, how long before copycats start modifying and improving it? by Dancho Danchev
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Wild, Worm, Cyberthreats, Smart Phones, Viruses And Worms, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-11-10
- News to know: Windows 7; Google Dashboard; Driving while texting; Steve Jobs; Droid
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Sam Diaz: Ballmer: So far, Windows 7 sales are "fantastic" Dana Blankenhorn: What the Google Privacy Dashboard can...
- Tags: Steve Jobs, Google Inc., Web, Dana Blankenhorn, Verizon Communications Inc., Mary Jo Foley, Dashboard, Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Channel Management, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing
- Blog posts 2009-11-06
- Windows 7's default UAC bypassed by 8 out of 10 malware samples
- 8 out of 10 malware samples tested on Windows 7 with default UAC user access control settings don't trigger a warning. by Dancho Danchev
- Tags: Malware, Microsoft Windows 7, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-11-05
- Which antivirus is best at removing malware?
- According to a comparative review of sixteen antivirus solutions, only a few were successful at completely removing the malware they were tested against. by Dancho Danchev
- Tags: Antivirus, Malware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Cyberthreats, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-11-05
- News to know: AT&T, Verizon; T-Mobile; Microsoft CRM; Win7; datacenters; Sony-Ericcson
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Sam Diaz: AT&T sues Verizon Wireless, calls map ad "misleading" but doesn't dispute accuracy Matthew Miller: T-Mobile experiences...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Data Center, Dana Gardner, Dana Blankenhorn, Verizon Communications Inc., Andrew Nusca, T-Mobile, AT&T Corp., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Microsoft CRM, Sam Diaz, CRM, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows 7, Smart Phones, Tools & Techniques, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management
- Blog posts 2009-11-04
- iHacked: jailbroken iPhones compromised, $5 ransom demanded
- Yesterday, a "Your iPhone's been hacked because it's really insecure! Please visit doiop.com/iHacked and secure your phone right now!" message popped up on the screens of a large number of automatically exploited Dutch iPhone users, demanding $4.95 for instructions on how to secure their iPhones and remove the message from...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, SSH, Smart Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-11-03
- Phishing experiment sneaks through all anti-spam filters
- A recently conducted ethical phishing New study details the dynamics of successful phishing experiment impersonating LinkedIn by mailing invitations coming from Bill Gates, has achieved a 100% success rate in bypassing the anti-spam filters it was tested against. The experiment emphasizes on how small-scale spear phishing campaigns...
- Tags: Anti-spam, LinkedIn, E-mail, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-10-29
- Spooky Halloween - scareware or crimeware?
- With all the "spooky" cybercrime trends taking place on a monthly basis, such as the death of CAPTCHA, the suspicious idleness of the Conficker botnet, the clear presence of government-tolerated and upcoming government-sponsored botnets, the inevitable migration from using malicious infrastructure to entirely relying on legitimate one, followed by the...
- Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Campaign, Cybercriminal, Search, Marketing Research, Strategy, Security, Marketing, Management, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-10-29
- News to know: L.A. goes Google; AMD-Galleon; Cisco-ScanSafe; Ubuntu; Amazon RDS
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Larry Dignan: WSJ: AMD's former CEO was a Galleon tipster Sam Diaz: Cisco continues its buying spree with...
- Tags: Tom Foremski, Ubuntu, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Dana Blankenhorn, ScanSafe, Mary Jo Foley, Amazon.com Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Tablets, Internet, Databases, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Notebooks & Tablets, Enterprise Software
- Blog posts 2009-10-28
- New LoroBot ransomware encrypts files, demands $100 for decryption
- Researchers from CA have intercepted a new ransomware variant encrypting popular file extensions (.zip; .rar; .pdf; .rtf; .txt; .jpg; .jpeg; .waw; .mp3; .db; .xls; .docx; .xlsx; .doc) and demanding a $100 for the decryption software. According to the message which replaces the desktop's background upon execution, the...
- Tags: Decryption, SMS, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-10-27
- << Previous
- page 1 of 1
- Next >>
-
-
Smart Tech
Expert advice on innovations in healthcare and the green technologies that make it happen.
Find out more
-
Smart Business
Discussion and advice on management issues that revolve around making your world smarter and more useful.
More Smart Advice
-
Smart People
The best and worst moves in the management and strategy trenches.
Learn More
White Papers and Webcasts
Read about top issues IT decision-makers face every day, plus get cost-effective solutions to real-life IT problems.
The Business Essentials Guide provides you useful tools and templates to help grow your business and save you time with automated shipping solutions.
