Archive for January 4th, 2010

Gaming Trojans: “because that’s where the money is.”

Monday, January 4th, 2010
Gaming Trojans: “because that’s where the money is.”

The massive growth of gold farming – the exchange of real money for virtual goods – might result in an increase in gaming Trojans and other malware aimed at gamers in the future.A well-respected researcher has described the incredible growth of “... »

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No Malware (NoMalware)

Monday, January 4th, 2010
No Malware (NoMalware)

No Malware is a rogue security program, or a phony. NoMalware is designed to trick people into purchasing the software, which is actually useless, a PC infection in itself.NoMalware will use security scans to alert the user that their PC is infected. ... »

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New threat from online pharmacies: FDA impersonator extortion scams

Monday, January 4th, 2010
New threat from online pharmacies: FDA impersonator extortion scams

Here’s one more reason not to order drugs from on-line pharmacies, in case the possibility of wasting your money on fake pills, having your credit card account sacked by thieves or poisoning yourself isn’t enough.The U.S. Food and Drug Administrati... »

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One Y2010 bug surfaces – it could really fill the spam bucket

Monday, January 4th, 2010
One Y2010 bug surfaces – it could really fill the spam bucket

Mike Cardwell, an IT consultant in Nottingham, UK, reported on his blog finding a Y2010 bug in Spam Assassin. He found an error in a rule that Spam Assassin folks thought they fixed.“I think a lot of systems will be experiencing false positives on th... »

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