Here’s some good news. Apparently, cyber criminals are using phishing attacks less to scam victims. The bad news is, they’re changing the methods they use, now favoring using compromised web sites to distribute their malicious wares.
Beware any CD’s or DVD’s you receive in the mail. The senders may not have your best intentions at heart.
Cybercriminals (especially Eastern European gangs) are apparently targeting small businesses more. This is bad news since small businesses don’t enjoy the same banking protections that individuals do. And the full breadth of the problem is not know since businesses tend to be less likely to report problems than individuals.
Apple has added malware detection to their latest version of Mac OS X, which is good news. Unfortunately, when it ships it only supports the ability to detect two trojans. One can only hope they update this ability quickly.
No related posts.
Related posts brought to you by Yet Another Related Posts Plugin.
