By Doctor Security Recently, I came across a type of phishing scam that I hadn’t seen before, but I would guess it has been around for awhile. It appears, based on the writing style, to be devised by the same... [...more]
Amsterdam, January 6, 2010– AVG Technologies, developers of the world's most popular free anti-virus software, starts off the year still dominating the security sector as the number-one most downloaded software of all time on CNET's Downloads.com website—delivering more than 1.5 million downloads every week and an astonishing 247 million downloads cumulatively since AVG was first offered at the site. A quick retrospective of the top awards and certifications earned by AVG throughout the year explains why: [...more]
The bad guys didn’t take long to realize that if they want to be successful they also have to be social, or rather pretend to be social. Joining the network enables them to take advantage of the viral nature of the information being spread through the network and the human disposition to trust everything that is written; the example often used is, “if you know my email address, Facebook user name, Twitter name, etc. then you must know me!” [...more]
