If you have a Samsung computer check it out. If there is a directory called c:\windows\SL. This is a directory used to house a commercial keystroke logger that it appears Samsung is using to steal your passwords, screen shots, and other data. Network World has the full story. But our advice would be, if you … More CyberThreats Daily: Got a Samsung? You Got Owned
South Korea’s recently proposed Zombie PC Prevention Bill, aims to prevent the spread of malware – by making security software mandatory on users’ PCs. As ZDNet reports, in the past there have been numerous cases of enforced best practices, or how the lack of such may lead to unpleasant results: End users without security software … More CyberThreats Daily: South Korea proposes to make security software mandatory
Many parents are posting a lot of information about their children, in some cases on almost a daily basis. Probably these parents have every great intention in the world and are simply very, very proud of their child, but they are not considering how the information they post now may be used in the future. … More CyberThreats Daily: Facebook Parenting Skills
This is an issue that recently came up when Facebook decided that they would start allowing third party developers to gather address and phone number information and share it with other people. It didn’t take long for more rational people to figure out that randomly giving out a 13 year old girl’s phone number was … More CyberThreats Daily: Facebook Retains Right to Exploit Minors
Many Facebook users are annoyed to discover that their names and faces can be used in sponsored FB ads. The next phase may allow 3rd-party advertisers to do the same thing inside Facebook apps. ESET researcher David Harley, blogged about this and a bit later ESET’s Director of Technical Education Randy Abrams, followed up on … More CyberThreats Daily: The Sleazy, Sneaky, Facebook Marketing Brigade
