Social Nets Put Your Privacy at Risk

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010 Posted in Latest Alerts | Comments Off

By Mike Kronenburg Attention Facebook and Twitter users: You’re still at risk. Last year, our survey found that lots of people using social networking sites were taking the risk of financial ... Read more..

New Research: IT Pros Sound Off On 2010 Security Concerns

Wednesday, February 17th, 2010 Posted in Latest Alerts | Comments Off

Research from the enterprise security experts at Webroot With the explosion of social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook in 2009, it’s no surprise cybercriminals have set their sights on these Web sites ... Read more..

Ron Paul, Beyonce Tease a Drive-By Rogue AV

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009 Posted in Latest Alerts | Comments Off

By Andrew Brandt Here’s a mind-bender for you to ponder over the holidays: What do diva musician Beyonce, the massively-multiplayer game World of Warcraft, the anime series Naruto, and Libertarian politician ... Read more..

New Koobface Creates its Own Malicious Web Pages

Thursday, December 10th, 2009 Posted in Latest Alerts | Comments Off

By Andrew Brandt Over the past several months, we’ve seen Koobface steadily progress in its ability to infect systems with malware. In our latest tests, we’ve found that the most recent ... Read more..

“Shipping Confirmation” Malware on the Rise

Tuesday, September 15th, 2009 Posted in Latest Alerts | Comments Off

By Andrew Brandt As autumn approaches, the world typically sees an increase in the number of online shopping trips, as people take advantage of bargains from late-year sales, and prepare for ... Read more..

‘Koobfox’ variant digs for Firefox cookies

Thursday, September 3rd, 2009 Posted in Latest Alerts | Comments Off

By Andrew Brandt A new variant of the Koobface worm started striking out this week, with a twist: Where the older Koobface would steal and use the cookies saved by Internet ... Read more..

Oh, Hush Chicken Little – The Sky is Not Falling: Why Cloud Security is Still Safe

Friday, July 17th, 2009 Posted in Latest Alerts | Comments Off

By Brian Czarny This week it was impossible to escape the “big news” that Twitter got hacked. The French hacker, known as “Hacker Croll,” who made headlines back in May for ... Read more..