Category: Security News

CyberThreats Daily: Facebook agrees with ESET Ireland on spam threat

March 7, 2011

ESET Ireland’s last release about Facebook spam wave has attracted much attention. Among others (such as IrishDev, Facecrooks, etc) Siliconrepublic.com also ran the story, but being dilligent reporters as they are, they also asked Facebook for their side of the story and Facebook agreed with ESET Ireland. In an answer to Siliconrepublic’s question regarding the … More CyberThreats Daily: Facebook agrees with ESET Ireland on spam threat

CyberThreats Daily: Facebook Privacy – Not Even an Electron Microscope Can Find it

March 2, 2011

Facebook wants you to believe that you gave them your mobile phone number for security reasons and important notifications. The truth is that they wanted your phone number and your address to be able to share it more. The Huffington Post reports that Facebook is going to make your address and phone number available to … More CyberThreats Daily: Facebook Privacy – Not Even an Electron Microscope Can Find it

CyberThreats Daily: Should You Install Windows 7 Service Pack 1?

March 1, 2011

Unlike Windows XP service pack 2, which included significant security updates, or Windows XP service pack 3 which is required for support from Microsoft, Windows 7 service pack 1 does not have any significantly compelling updates for most users. So, should the average user bother installing it? If you are a business user then it … More CyberThreats Daily: Should You Install Windows 7 Service Pack 1?

CyberThreats Daily: New Zealand earthquake relief scams

February 28, 2011

It probably comes as no surprise to you that scammers are spamming out pleas to contribute to fake New Zealand earthquake relief funds. In fact ESET’s Aryeh Goretsky predicted scams and Black Hat SEO after the earlier Christchurch earthquake last September, and we saw similar issues around the beginning of 2010 in the aftermath of … More CyberThreats Daily: New Zealand earthquake relief scams