Twitter adds HTTPS support by default

February 15, 2012 – 1:37 pm

By Dancho Danchev On Monday, Twitter announced that it’s introducing support for secure HTTPS connections to all users by default. More details:

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Thre@t Reply: What’s a Firewall?

May 24, 2011 – 2:43 pm

This week’s Thre@t Reply video features Threat Research Analyst Armando Orozco answering one of the most frequently asked questions we receive: What is a firewall, and how does it work? Well, the actual question wasn’t put quite so politely, but that’s the gist of it. Armando is the primary researcher working on the Mobile Security [...]

By mguthrie09 | Posted in Botnet activity, Destructive behavior, Stupid malware tricks, Threat Research | Tags: , , | Comments (5)

Thre@t Reply: “Online Shopping” | Part 1 of 2

May 2, 2011 – 1:33 pm

In the latest Thre@t Reply video, Threat Research Analyst Grayson Milbourne answers a reader’s question about how to avoid being phished. The first step is to be able to identify whether you’re on the legitimate Web site you think you are, and if you’re not, what are the telltale signs that indicate you may be [...]

By Lisa Bongiovanni | Posted in Online shopping threats, phishing, spam, Stupid malware tricks, Threat Research | Tags: , , , , , , , | Comments (3)

Webroot Answers Your Security Questions

April 5, 2011 – 9:05 am

By Andrew Brandt I’m very pleased to present today the first in a series of videos we’ve produced. The videos have the lofty goal of addressing the most pressing questions relating to malware, cybercrime, and online fraud. We’ll take you behind the scenes at Webroot and introduce you to some of our Threat Research team [...]

By mguthrie09 | Posted in Destructive behavior, Passwords, phishing, social engineering, spam, Stupid malware tricks, Threat Research | Tags: , , , , , , , , , | Comments (2)

Workplace Social Networking: More Like Antisocial Not-working

September 14, 2010 – 2:03 pm

By Ian Moyse, EMEA Channel Director Hardly a week goes by when the national press doesn’t carry a story about how social networks represent a threat to privacy or security, or both. These news stories aren’t wrong: Users of social networks face a raft of risks, ranging from malware attacks and identity theft, to cyberbullying, [...]

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Social Nets Put Your Privacy at Risk

March 30, 2010 – 12:01 am

By Mike Kronenberg Attention Facebook and Twitter users: You’re still at risk. Last year, our survey found that lots of people using social networking sites were taking the risk of financial loss, identity theft, and malware infection. Have things gotten any better? Well, the answer is yes but, unfortunately, not better enough — and potentially [...]

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Twitter Phish Floods Network with Short URLs

February 24, 2010 – 4:15 pm

By Andrew Brandt All day, I’ve been getting reports from my Twitter-using friends and acquaintances that they’ve been receiving tweets of short URLs. I took a look and it looks like another phishing campaign aimed at users of the social network is underway. The short URLs, prefaced with the message “This you???” lead to a [...]

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New Research: IT Pros Sound Off On 2010 Security Concerns

February 17, 2010 – 12:31 pm

Research from the enterprise security experts at Webroot With the explosion of social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook in 2009, it’s no surprise cybercriminals have set their sights on these Web sites for new victims. Facebook now has over 400 million active users and Twitter has over six million — a sizeable pool of potential targets. [...]

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Friends, Followers, Fans: Be On Guard in 2010

December 30, 2009 – 10:39 am

By Mike Kronenberg Do you use a social networking site? Be prepared, because I predict in 2010 it’ll be a major target for cyber criminals. Among the threat experts here at Webroot, we’ve discussed the ROI opportunity that social networks present an enterprising hacker who strings together the personal information people choose to share on [...]

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Our Twitter Q&A with Threat Research Director Jeff Horne

December 15, 2009 – 12:18 pm

By Jeff Horne On December 11, 2009, users of Twitter submitted questions to Webroot’s Director of Threat Research, Jeff Horne, as part of a live Q&A session. Webroot’s Twitter followers asked questions about connecting safely to the Internet while traveling during the holidays. A variety of questions came in live, with some others through direct [...]

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