ESET Smart Security 5 Secures Top Honors from Independent Testing Lab ESET has won a “2011 Best Usability” award from the AV-TEST Institute, a leading international and independent service provider in the fields of IT security and antivirus research. ESET Smart Security 5 was awarded “Best Usability” for its low false positives and low impact … More ESET Wins “Best Usability” Award From AV-TEST
Aleksandr Matrosov, in Moscow, writes: This month we discovered some new facts relating to Win32/Carberp trojan activity. We have spent a lot of time writing about Carberp already, but interesting information is still coming to light. The first interesting information to attract our attention recently concerned stealing money from Facebook users. Before then we hadn’t … More Facebook Fakebook: New Trends in Carberp Trojan Activity
Facecrooks reports a new spreading Facebook scam titled Chuck Norris dies at age 71! Not a Joke. Clicking the link on the Facebook wall post takes you to the following page designed to look like Facebook: The scammers are hoping that users will think this is Facebook and that the Premium Youtube plugin is legit. … More “Chuck Norris dies at age 71! Not a Joke.” – Facebook Scam
In an escalation of the tendency to require companies to be forthright with their users following a breach, a European Union proposed bill intended to overhaul a 17-year old law is making progress. This week EU will outline the overhaul to the existing rules, hoping to encourage more expedient communication efforts following a breach, in … More EU – data breaches to be reported within 24 hours
A couple of weeks ago, some of my Facebook friends were putting up messages telling the world what was number one in the charts the day they were born and in some cases providing a link to a video. While it was depressing to realize how young so many of my friends were – I … More Your birthday #1 hit single and survey scams
