New worry for mobile phones: malware (Miami Herald)
You've been battling malware - viruses, worms, spyware and the like - on your PC for years.
New worry for mobile phones: malware (The State)
You've been battling malware - viruses, worms, spyware and the like - on your PC for years. Is your phone the next battleground? Security experts think it could be, particularly if it's a smartphone, a handset that has a full operating system and can run applications much like a desktop computer. The more that phones can perform the same functions as PCs, the greater the chance they will have ...
October is Cyber Security (Un)Awareness Month (Washington Post)
October is Cyber Security Awareness Month, and it seems many people are in need of some serious awareness-raising on this front. A recent survey indicates that while more than 80 percent of computer users thought they had firewall software installed, follow-up inspections found that only half of those users actually had the software installed or running on their PCs. The data comes from a poll ...
CIS stresses cyber safety, caution (The Battalion)
Students use computers to check bank statements, interact with friends and complete assignments. Because of the volume of users, campus computers are susceptible to hackers, viruses and spyware.
End tyranny of software updates (PhysOrg)
Q. Is there any way to know what is being updated when Microsoft updates come through? Being a learned - rather than born - skeptic, I'm suspicious each time an automatic update appears indicating that something is happening that will make it easier for somebody else to run my life or take more of my money or freedoms away.
