Malware Activity Sends Heavy Traffic to Insurance Sites in Fortinet's Most-Reported Threats for July 2008 (Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance)
Fortinet® -- the pioneer and leading provider of unified threat management solutions -- today announced the top 10 most reported high-risk threats for July 2008. One clear trend for the month shows a proliferation of high traffic-generating threats -- Iframe.DN, Iframe.DR and Redirector.CA -- as a way to drive users to specific web sites for financial gain.
Twitter targeted by malware attacks (CNET)
Attackers create fake profile to lure Twitter users to download malware. Another vulnerability allows Twitter users to force other users to automatically follow them.
School is In. Webroot Gives Tips for Students to Protect Their Personal Data and Identity Online (Centre Daily Times)
More than 18 million college students will head back to school this fall and nearly every one of them owns a personal computer. Unfortunately, many of these students will learn a number of hard lessons: Data loss and hackers, like midterms, are inescapable. Human error, software corruption, malware infections or theft, will be just a few of the reasons that many students will lose valuable data ...
US warns Olympic travellers about electronic espionage (VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)
In a strongly worded warning the US government warned people visiting Beijing for the start of the Olympic Games that they should trust no-one with their electronic devices.
US warns Olympic travellers about electronic espionage (vnunet.com)
Iain Thomson in San Francisco, vnunet.com , Saturday 9 August 2008 at 01:14:00 State and criminals will be after your data In a strongly worded warning the US government warned people visiting Beijing for the start of the Olympic Games that they should trust no-one with their electronic devices....
