Recent Articles
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FBI Report: Internet Fraud on the Rise in Recession
Small businesses may need the services of a trusted adviser such as their IT solution provider in the midst of the current recession more than they ever have before, given the recession-spurred rise in Internet fraud recently reported by the FBI. Or at least they should be careful about what businesses they choose to buy…
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Conficker: Don`t Be Made a Fool April 1
In just three short days the world will learn how dangerous the latest variant of the Conficker worm is. Some reports say that more than 10 million PCs are already infected and the activation of the worm will cause massive distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. The concern is so great that the alarms have…
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‘GhostNet’ Spies on Dali Lama, Governments
The Dali Lama, the exiled Tibetan leader, is among the many victims of a vast, global computer spy network uncovered by Canadian researchers at the Munk Center for International Studies in Toronto. The New York Times broke the story over the weekend, detailing the findings of the report by the Canadian researchers who found that…
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Smart Grid, Power Systems at Risk
In the 2007 movie “Live Free or Die Hard,” New York cop John McClane does battle with former government security specialists who use their inside knowledge to launch a “fire sale,” an attack on power, road traffic and security systems to create a panic in and around Washington, D.C. While a fictional scenario, some say…
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Macs Not Bulletproof, Security Researcher Proves
Macintosh users have the distinction of being the only group of computer users who honestly believe their computers are secure from malware and attacks. And then every once in a while, someone comes along and blows that belief right out of the water. At the CanSecWest conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, March 18, security researcher…