Antivirus software “dead” or does not find all viruses

Internet Storm Center has some more discussion The bottom line is Symantec has said its software products can only catch 50% or so of the viruses out there. PCMag says so what: http://securitywatch.pcmag.com/security/323419-symantec-says-antivirus-is-dead-world-rolls-eyes The comments gave a couple of good links(which I captured a couple of images from): http://www.av-comparatives.org/comparatives-reviews/ http://www.av-test.org/en/news/ So one can test the Anti-Virus … Read more

Even game platforms are not safe Steam chat exploits in network

twitch chat dupes its users into clicking on free “game items”   (F-Secure story) Thanks F-Secure. The above are samples that show items to be given away, except if somebody clicks on them some malicious software(malware)  is placed on the user computer. From there the malware steals all the items in your game account.   … Read more

New style of attack – Tabnapping

Aza Raskin describes a new style of attack If you also click on his link, you will see it in action. The initial Aza Raskin page:   (I am copying and pasting the screenshots here)   Once you click on a page it changes your tab to a “Gmail tab” favicon (the little icon on … Read more

Change your Google passwords add 2FA

Time magazine has a short story   5 million Google passwords were seen on a Russian hacker forum. Although Google denies it, This is a good time to set up two-factor identification and institute a better password (if you have not done so already) Contact Us