Tag: patch

CyberThreats Daily: FBI closes in on zombie PC gang

April 15, 2011

US crime-fighters closed in on a gang behind a huge botnet after taking control of the criminals’ servers. The authorities issued their own commands, effectively ordering the malware to shut down. They also logged the IP addresses of compromised machines. BBC news wrote about it, as ESET’s David Harley in the article Coreflood Reduced to … More CyberThreats Daily: FBI closes in on zombie PC gang

CyberThreats Daily: The Top Ten Commandments of Password Protection

April 8, 2011

Protecting your passwords is a vital component of keeping your online accounts safe and secure. Careless users often find themselves the victim of email or Facebook hacks.  Armed with the right information, it only takes a few moments to properly secure your email accounts, social networking profiles and sensitive, web based logins. The nice people at Facecrooks have … More CyberThreats Daily: The Top Ten Commandments of Password Protection