Category Archives: Website owners

Anyone who owns or operates a Web site that is accessible to the world is a potential target for malware distributors.

Five Reasons You Should Always “Stop. Think. Connect.”

October 4, 2010 – 9:27 am

By Andrew Brandt Today’s the official kickoff for National Cyber Security Awareness Month, and the organizations supporting the event, including the National Cyber Security Alliance, the Anti-Phishing Working Group, and dozens of corporate citizens including Webroot, want you to protect your computer and your personal information. So they’ve come up with a three word campaign [...]

By Lisa Bongiovanni | Also posted in adware, Blackhat SEO, Botnet activity, Destructive behavior, Firefox, Gaming threats, Internet Explorer, Keyloggers, malware, Online shopping threats, Passwords, phishing, Rogue Security Products, Search engines, social engineering, social networks, spam, Stupid malware tricks, Trojans | Comments (19)

Malicious HTML Mail Attachments Flood Inboxes

September 22, 2010 – 4:20 pm

By Andrew Brandt If you hadn’t already noticed, an ongoing spam campaign where someone is sending email messages with attached HTML files continues to be a problem. The current campaign appears to be a new wave of spam similar to the one I reported about in July. The messages, which began arriving a week ago, [...]

By Lisa Bongiovanni | Also posted in social engineering, spam, Stupid malware tricks, Threat Research, Trojans | Comments (2)
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