Archive for October 2007
Simple security for your Mac
Posted by: agent0x0
I'm a pretty big Apple fan boy and love my iPod and my PowerBook G4 (hope to upgrade to a Intel Macbook Pro one of these days). One of the misconceptions about Mac's is that they are more secure then Windows...while in a way this is true (they are not as targeted as Windows because of a lower market share), however, they are still vulnerable to recent OS exploits if not patched and other things that are easily overlooked by the average Mac user.
Here is a good article talking about basic security procedures you should use for your Mac. These are things easily overlooked like creating a non-administrator account for daily use and locking up your Mac with a security cable in a shared or public area.
Angelina Jolie 'nudes' increase malware in September
Posted by: agent0x0
"One in every 833 emails in September were infected with malicious attachments compared to one in every 1,000 during August, new research reveals."
So what's up with the increase? Blame this one on Angelina Jolie "fake" nudes! Spammers have been sending out emails tempting users to view "nude" pictures of Angelina and other famous women. Clicking on the link gives you another surprise..the Pushdo Trojan!
"The trick of tempting users with scantily clad pictures of hot-looking girls is as old as the hills, but people still fall for it. This outbreak underlines that hackers have not turned their backs on using email as a vector for attack. "
It sounds funny, yet true! Goes to show that there needs to be an increase in user awareness around clicking on links in SPAM as well as opening email attachments. Many people think that if they have anti-virus installed then they are protected. This isn't always the case as Trojans like these take time for the anti-virus vendors to develop signatures for and every anti-virus vendor is different.
Full article on this is here.
So what's up with the increase? Blame this one on Angelina Jolie "fake" nudes! Spammers have been sending out emails tempting users to view "nude" pictures of Angelina and other famous women. Clicking on the link gives you another surprise..the Pushdo Trojan!
"The trick of tempting users with scantily clad pictures of hot-looking girls is as old as the hills, but people still fall for it. This outbreak underlines that hackers have not turned their backs on using email as a vector for attack. "
It sounds funny, yet true! Goes to show that there needs to be an increase in user awareness around clicking on links in SPAM as well as opening email attachments. Many people think that if they have anti-virus installed then they are protected. This isn't always the case as Trojans like these take time for the anti-virus vendors to develop signatures for and every anti-virus vendor is different.
Full article on this is here.