ZoneAlarm News
News Archive - August 2008
Spam - it just never stops
20, August 2008
Spammers would make Winston Churchill proud. They just never give up! Spammers have taken a new approach and are using Google Sites in their arsenal for assaulting inboxes.
Google...
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Fake Adobe Flash Players
19, August 2008
Since the dawn of computers software piracy has been a problem for vendors. Consumers were often presented with cheap, fake software that was obviously a pirated version of the...
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Cyber crime a significant threat to business
18, August 2008
A group in Ireland has estimated that the "black cyber economy" is worth 340 million euros a week and is now a threat to legitimate businesses.
The black cyber economy refers...
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Safari just not up to security scratch
17, August 2008
Certain groups are now encouraging users of Apple's browser Safari to ditch it in favor of a browser that supports anti-phishing protection, such as Firefox 3 or Opera.
Although the anti-phishing...
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It's all in the cloud
16, August 2008
Cloud computing is the new trend of 2008. There are typically two options for software companies to deliver their online software: firstly they can buy a number of expensive...
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Google incorrectly identifies blogs as spam
15, August 2008
Even though Google does try very hard to root out the prolific spam that's engulfing the internet, it has faced stiff criticism this week for incorrectly labelling innocent blog sites...
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The big phish
14, August 2008
Everywhere you look at the moment shows internet crime on the rise. It’s not like the old days of virus outbreaks when millions of computers were infected with worms...
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Is it worth announcing browser exploits?
13, August 2008
One of the biggest areas of hacking growth in 2008 is hackers attacking internet browsers almost immediately after the browser makers publicly announce a vulnerability.
What happens is that the software...
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The rise and rise of internet crime
12, August 2008
The new worldwide growth industry is officially internet crime. Cyber criminals are taking advantage of flaws in operating systems and problems with internet browsers to wreak havoc around the...
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Protect your identity
11, August 2008
The growth of the identity-theft industry has seen an increase in the number of services to protect against the crime. But warnings have been sounded about the efficacy of...
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Eastern European Hackers Nabbed
10, August 2008
Police have put a dent in an international hacking group operating from Bulgaria and Romania. Seven Romanians have now been charged over an attempt to "phish" the personal details...
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Airline ticket scam hits the USA
09, August 2008
There's a new, and innovative scam doing the rounds. Emails pretending to be airline ticket invoices are being sent to consumers around the USA. The tickets, obviously bogus,...
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China now world's largest internet population
08, August 2008
It's official: China now has more people online than anywhere else on earth. While the USA has an internet penetration of 70% (which means 220million people) China has less...
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Cuil - the cool new search engine
07, August 2008
Is it possible that Google has finally met a competitor? Cuil (pronounced cool) is a new search engine that displays results in a "magazine style" format rather than straight...
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This is not a drill
06, August 2008
If you haven't heard, listen up. The internet as we know it is under threat. This is not a drill and it certainly is not a joke. ...
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UK banks still responsible for malware
05, August 2008
Following a change to the banking industry's code of conduct, banks in the UK thought they had an out, and would no longer be responsible for paying for loss of...
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Tennessee students' detail posted online
04, August 2008
The Social Security details of more than 5,000 Tennessee school students were posted on a private website. School administrators have taken action to warn the parents of the students...
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Oyster cards stop working
03, August 2008
I've posted about the vulnerabilities of the Oyster card, the Octopus card and their related travel card cousins. Essentially there are security flaws which can be easily manipulated by...
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New malware attacks net cafes
02, August 2008
New malware, spotted in China, has the ability to steal the identity of people using computers in internet cafes.
Net cafes are very popular in China because the population generally can...
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China earthquake hacker jailed
01, August 2008
A Chinese man who hacked into a Red Cross website after the Sichuan earthquakes has been convicted, and jailed for two years. The hacking, which was part of a...
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