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- Does software piracy lead to higher malware infection rates?
- Yes it does, at least according to a recently released report by the Business Software Alliance BSA which basically correlates data on the known piracy rates for particular countries and their malware infection rates, using public sources. The rationale behind their claims is fairly simple - users...
- Tags: Software Piracy, Patch Management, Malware, Malware Infection Rate, Infection Rate, Patches, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-10-14
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- Will a flu pandemic really bring down the Internet?
- Is the last bulleted list a joke??That last bulleted list is a joke. It worships a model, and is not the best tool for the job.Keep in mind through all this:-The problem is going to be network congestion. Therefore steps should be taken to [b]REDUCE[/b] network usage."Monitor your VPNs. Make...
- Tags: NETWORKING, H1N1 flu, network, marketing, network congestion, flu, Internet
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- Does software piracy lead to higher malware infection rates?
- Dial-up connections and malware?What percentage of the world runs their Windows machines on a dial-up connection? On those machines, it can take HOURS to download routine security patches, and most people aren't that patient.It sure does . . ."The rationale behind their claims is fairly simple - users relying on...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, security, computer, malware, software
- Discussion threads 2009-10-14
- Aussie power grid threatened by virus
- Nasty virusInfects and corrupts several file typesspreads in network sharesOne of the few virus I've encountered that can only be cleaned up by reloading windowsRE: Aussie power grid threatened by virusIf there's "absolutely no way it could make its way onto the grid" then don't use a sensational headline like...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, power grid, virus, tool
- Discussion threads 2009-10-01
- Report: Final version of free Microsoft Security Essentials to ship September 29
- Do we really need another security software on Windows 7?Hi!If I install MSE on Windows 7, do I really need to install another security software on Windows 7?Thanks!yes...It's called Linux and that will cure all windoze security threats forever.Yes and...while introducing 8 year old kernel faults on its own.No, but...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Koobface, FCS, MSE, Microsoft Corp., OneCare, security
- Discussion threads 2009-09-28
- Microsoft Security Essentials or Forefront: Which should a Windows user choose?
- Free for business use?Interesting... According to this table, MCE can be used in servers (2008 R2) and, since there is nothing in contrary, it seems that is also free for use by businesses - most of the other free offerings (Avast, AVG...) are only free for non-commercial use.RE: Microsoft Security...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Microsoft Security Essentials, Microsoft Security, Microsoft Corp., MSE, Windows User, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-09-14
- Research: 80% of Web users running unpatched versions of Flash/Acrobat
- According to a research published by Trusteer earlier this month, 79.5% of the 2.5 million users of their Rapport security service run a vulnerable version of Adobe Flash, with 83.5% also running a vulnerable version of Acrobat. The company has also criticized Adobe by insisting that their...
- Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Web, Vulnerability, Cybercriminal, Trusteer, Security, Desktops, Hardware, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-08-25
- Risk rating for fatties?
- Risk rating for fatties?But where are the exceptions?My wife went on heavy steroids when she was treated for acute leukemia. That changes your shape pretty fast - guess you could call it a bloating side effect.Actually, I prefer the tax on "fat food", including sugar based drinks, to build...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Financial Planning, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, insurance company, government, insurance, health care, fatty
- Discussion threads 2009-07-29
- Michael Jackson's death themed malware campaigns spreading
- The sudden death of Michael Jackson quickly opened a window of opportunity for cybercriminals to capitalize on. With a malicious spam campaign, blackhat SEO search results poisoning which is serving scareware within the first 100 search results for Michael Jackson's death, and an opportunistic participant in Zango...
- Tags: Malware, Social Engineering, Spam, Michael Jackson, Malware Campaign, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, E-mail, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-06-26
- Industry commits to comparative effectiveness
- Industry commits to comparative effectivenessUniversal Health Insurance CoverageI love your unstated assumptions. The first obvious one is that universal coverage will be deemed successful by the using public.It could be perceived as successful but I doubt it for the following reasons:1) Insufficient health care providers to handle the increased...
- Tags: health care, patient
- Discussion threads 2009-05-11
- Media spreads swine flu panic
- The high early death rate in Mexico may be due to misdiagnosis, poverty among victims, and a reluctance by government to face the consequences. In any case the infection rate seems to be leveling off and the death rate declining. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Media, Flu, Government, Cable, TVs, Healthcare, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-04-29
- Conficker's estimated economic cost? $9.1 billion
- In a recent blog post, the Cyber Secure Institute claims that based on their previous studies into the average cost of such malware attacks, the economic loss due to the Conficker worm could be as high as $9.1 billion. Despite that their analysis also considered a much...
- Tags: Cost, Infection, Malware, Worm, Conficker, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-04-23
- iTunes price hike: What goes up, must come down
- iTunes price hike: What goes up, must come downWrong Wrong WrongAs if selling songs at 99 cents (should be 25 cents) was not bad enough.Apple fall flat as a carpet in front of one of the most dangerous criminal organisation in the world today: RIAA.pricing songs based on popularity is...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Pricing, Apple iTunes, pricing strategy, music, MP3, variable pricing, Amazon.com Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-04-13
- Microsoft's security report: The top 5 takeaways
- Microsoft's security report: The top 5 takeawayswhat OS??Sorry if I missed it, but I wonder what system got hit the most, XP or vista??what was their percentage?XP, by far.Hi,There is a graph at the top of the actually report that shows exactly that (http://www.microsoft.com/security/portal/sir.aspx)The report also says that the infection...
- Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, security report, malware, security, takeaway, Facebook, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2009-04-08
- New study details the dynamics of successful phishing
- Can you teach an old employee new phishing protection tricks? In a recently presented study by the Intrepidus Group, the company behind the PhishMe.com spear phishing awareness service allowing companies to ethically attempt to phish their employees on their way to build security awareness, presents some interesting...
- Tags: Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-03-10
- USAID.gov compromised, malware and exploits served
- The Azerbaijan section at the United States Agency for International Development (azerbaijan.usaid.gov) has been compromised and is embedded with malware and exploits serving scripts approximately around the 1st of March. The malicious script is taking advantage of a series of redirects which are dynamically loading live exploits, or rogue security...
- Tags: Malware, Cybercriminal, USAID.gov, Cn, Cn/check/check.php, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-03-06
- A bureaucrat says study vaccines and mercury so panic
- A bureaucrat says study vaccines and mercury so panicWhere to start?[i]Dr. Andrew Wakefield, whose study, trumpeted on 1,000 Web sites, claimed the preservative in MMR (Mumps, Measles and Rubella) vaccines given to infants contains mercury which causes autism.[/i]Wakefield never claimed that preservatives in MMR caused autism; this may be due...
- Tags: HEALTHCARE, vaccine, mercury, MMR, autism
- Discussion threads 2009-02-26
- Report: 92% of critical Microsoft vulnerabilities mitigated by Least Privilege accounts
- Report: 92% of critical Microsoft vulnerabilities mitigated by Least Privilege accountsRe:using pirated windowsThere is no reason that pirated versions of windows should be more vulnerable than genuine ones, this statistic only shows the lack of knowledge and common sense that the people using pirated windows have, since they don't seem...
- Tags: Least Privilege account, standard user, Least Privilege, UAC, critical Microsoft vulnerability, Microsoft Vulnerabilities, standard User Account, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-02-10
- Report: 92% of critical Microsoft vulnerabilities mitigated by Least Privilege accounts
- A recently released report by BeyondTrust entitled "Reducing the Threat from Microsoft Vulnerabilities" indicates that that according to the company's analysis of all the security bulletins Microsoft published in 2008, 92% of the critical vulnerabilities could have been mitigated by the principle of the least privilege. Despite...
- Tags: Web, Administrator, Vulnerability, Malware, Microsoft Corp., Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-02-10
- Why I love Windows 7, hate Linux, and think the Mac is lame
- Why I love Windows 7, hate Linux, and think the Mac is lameThe blonde in the video...She's hanging around with PC guy why? For his money?Don't feed the troll [nt][nt]Please explain how Windows is an improvement when you say..."Install Ubuntu and try manually configuring any hardware that doesn?t work right....
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Linux, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, MAC IS, operating system, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2009-01-26
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