ZoneAlarm News
News Archive - May 2008
31, May 2008
Microsoft Windows Vista has copped a lot of flak for its pop-up security messages. Users often complain that they have to spend a lot of time accepting or rejecting...
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30, May 2008
Yahoo! has filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York City against an unknown group for allegedly spamming a group of email recipients,...
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29, May 2008
You can avoid becoming a victim if a phishing scam simply by following a ge simple steps, including learning more about the threats as mentioned yesterday. Further to that...
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28, May 2008
You, as an individual, can help combat phishing scams, which seek to trick the public into giving out personal information for the purposes of obtaining some financial benefit. You...
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27, May 2008
Phishing scams attempt to trick people into supplying their personal data, such as credit card details, so that criminal elements can use the data to purchase goods, or build a...
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26, May 2008
Watch out internet gamers! That's the word on the security street at the moment after it was revealed that online gamers are an easy target for the hacker and...
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25, May 2008
Yesterday I explained, in very broad terms, what drive-by-downloads are. Today I'm going to let internet users around the world into a little secret. There is a way...
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24, May 2008
Drive-by-downloads. Sounds like something that might happen in South Central Los Angeles, doesn't it? But don't be fooled - drive by downloads are possibly the biggest new threat...
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23, May 2008
After many years of being adamant of never shopping online, a friend of mine decided he would, for the first time ever, buy something on the internet. He was...
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22, May 2008
The rise of spyware is truly phenomenal. Almost every computer connected to the internet can become a target and it's only through smart thinking and intelligent strategies to protect...
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21, May 2008
A few years ago the buzz word in computer security circles was antivirus. Fortunately the majority of computer users understand that viruses are bad, and antivirus software is good....
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20, May 2008
Software as a Service is a trend that has been developing around the world over the past couple of years. SaaS is threoretically a way for software users to...
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19, May 2008
Outsourcing. It's the new way to do business in the new millennium. Everyone from your cornerstore cafe to the largest of the Fortune 500s engages in some form...
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18, May 2008
My friends will tell you that I am one of the most anti-Mac people in the world. My wife would tell people that I hate them and that PCs...
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17, May 2008
"Storm," which is widely reputed to be the world's biggest and most damaging automated malicious software propogator (aka botnet) is possibly about to be replaced by another piece of malware,...
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16, May 2008
A senior manager at a News Corporation Limited subsidiary has been embroiled in a hacking affair. The manager allowed a self-confessed hacker to continue working at the News Corp...
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15, May 2008
Microsoft has recently released a new tool to help combat the ever-growing problem of computer hackers. The Microsoft Windows operating system ships worldwide with a special feature called the...
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14, May 2008
Many hackers develop malicious software to install on the computer's of victims. The malicious software, also known as malware, can be configured to run automatically, relaying back details and...
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13, May 2008
An Israeli hacker has reputedly found and reported a serious security flaw in Microsoft's Internet Explorer. The flaw apparently allows someone to take control of another's computer should they...
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12, May 2008
The US funded "Free Radio Europe" was recently hit by hackers who launched a Denial of Service (DOS) attack on the broadcaster with the goal of preventing the digital broadcast...
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11, May 2008
In a happy internet hacking story, a Nigerian man has been jailed for 18 months for his part in a operating to attack the computer of a NASA employee. ...
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10, May 2008
The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey suffered a cyber attack, when the personal details of almost two thousand students were accessed by hackers. The details included...
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02, May 2008
Back in January Bill Gates ( the founder of software giant Microsoft) gave what many are calling his "farewell speech." Some of the points he mentioned in that speech...
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01, May 2008
These days the general public takes privacy of data very seriously. People take precautions such as installing internet security on personal computers to stop hackers accessing data on their...
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