Archive for December, 2009

Jerome Segura, a Security Analyst at ParetoLogic of Victoria, B.C., Canada, just posted a nice piece on computer security practices with a different perspective in his “Malware Diaries” Blog.He begins his list of security tips by considering four ... »

Gunter Ollmann, VP of research for Damballa security firm in Atlanta, has blogged about the underground service industry that has sprung up to support botnet and malware groups. He found “botnet support” and “malware quality assurance” sites. T... »

Hong Kong-headquartered security firm Network Box reported that an analysis of web-based threats showed that phishing doubled in a month, probably because of the number of potential victims -- people shopping on line in December. Network Box said that ... »

Antivirus PC 2009 is the latest rogue security software to hit the internet. Antivirus PC 2009 is a complete scam designed to harass PC users into buying the corrupt software. Antivirus PC 2009 will try to trick people into thinking that their PC is... »

From a site that is hacked and serving phishes:What’s mildly interesting is the types of phishes — “speciality phishes” that are not your typical banking/finance scam. These are phishes that are highly targeted, in this case at email systems o... »

It’s the time of year to make predictions. I only have one: in 2010, governments around the world will BEGIN to increase their efforts to do something about the massive malware threat that every Internet user on the planet faces.It’s going to be co... »

We’ve completed our investigation into the claims that came up over the holiday of a possible vulnerability in IIS and found that there is no vulnerability in IIS. What we have seen is that there is an inconsistency in IIS 6 only in how it handles semicolons in URLs. It’s this inconsistency that the claims... »

GreatDefender is a great big scam. GreatDefender is the latest rogue antispyware software, or phony security program that rips people off. If GreatDefender has infected your computer, do not buy the software, you should remove it immediately.GreatDef... »

Adam Lambert may have stolen the show, but Sunbelt Software was at the American Music Awards too.  You can see pictures here.  John-Erich Mantius, who runs global consumer software here, was representing us.  (Finally got around to blogg... »

Antispyware Shield Pro is a phony security software, also known as a rogue. Antispyware Shield Pro uses fake security warnings and pop-up alerts to frighten people into thinking their PC is infected. Antispyware Shield Pro will not remove these suppo... »