National Cyber Security

Homeland Security – October 2012 is National Cyber Security Awareness Month so I have taken it upon myself to give you my personal recomendations for Antivirus and AntiSpyware software for the Apple and Windows Platforms. I apologize if I am sometimes hard to understand but I was seriously injured at work and I am doing [...]

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has slammed seven retailers that used a covert spyware programme to monitor large numbers of PCs rented to customers, including logging keystrokes, recording personal data, and even taking webcam pictures of couples having sex. View full post on Techworld.com security High Tech Crime Solutions http://www.GregoryDEvans.com, http://www.Locatepc.net, http://stolencomputeralert.com, http://computersecurityexpert.net, http://www.hackerforhireusa.com, [...]

FinFisher, a software application used by law enforcement agencies for surveillance, appears to be far more widespred than originally thought.Sold by British company Gamma Internationl Gmbh, FinFisher secretly monitors computers by turning on webcams, recording everything the user types with a keylogger, and monitoring Skype calls. It can also bypass popular antivirus products, communicate View [...]

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April 26, 2012 Updated Apr 26, 2012 at 10:45 PM CDT The fear of constant surveillance was popularaized with a single line, “Big Brother is watching you.” What if the person watching your every move is not an authority-figure, but a family-figure? More and more people say they are victims of eavesdropping, a felony crime [...]

Although Macs are more likely to carry Windows malware than Mac malware, Mac users need to keep their systems clean Follow @tsamson_IW A Sophos researcher stirred up the Mac masses this week when he reported that 20 percent of Mac computers carry Windows malware. The good news is that even though Macs are capable of [...]

SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– ESET today announced that for the second straight year, Gartner has ranked the company as the security software vendor with the largest worldwide growth in consumer security. According to Gartner’s “Market Share: Security Software, Worldwide, 2011” report, which was released in late March 2012, ESET grew by 30.10 percent. According to the [...]

Macs are more likely to carry Windows malware than Mac malware, according to a survey. This is not a massive surprise, given the shear numbers of Windows malware, but it is a reminder that it exists even on the Mac platform. This Windows malware is inactive and can’t do any harm, unless that computer has [...]

20 hrs. Paul Wagenseil , SecurityNewsDaily How many Macs are infected with viruses or other malware? According to British anti-virus software maker Sophos, it’s one in five. The good news, or at least not-so-bad news, is that almost all of the malware found on Macs is actually meant for Windows machines. It’s simply hiding out [...]

LONDON–(Marketwire -04/24/12)- Infosecurity Conference — ValidEdge, a wholly owned subsidiary of LynuxWorks, Inc., has unveiled a truly secure real-time malware analysis engine built into a standard laptop, delivering the power to analyze up to 1000 malware samples per day in a fully functional laptop without compromising the integrity of the laptop’s functions, data or operating [...]

The myriad threats to public, private and U.S. government networks is getting a ton of attention in Washington, D.C., this week as the House gets ready to debate yet another cybersecurity bill. At a hearing — “America is Under Cyber Attack: Why Urgent Action is Needed” — a number of security experts spoke about the [...]

While there are many articles warning you about computer viruses and Trojans, which is what we think about first in the computer “maintenance” mindset, there are many other peripheral things that need to be maintained to keep your computer long-lived and happily computing along. Follow these simple suggestions for a maintenance-free computing experience: There is [...]

Behold! Billions of computers are infected with spyware every decade! But how! And why! Let’s join our host as he takes you behind the curtain of the mysterious spyware industry. This will be a high level discussion with no technical knowledge needed. I’ll be covering how I ended up writing spyware, what the software was [...]

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Scott Pinzon, CISSP, hosts interview clips where world-renowned Internet security experts explain how spyware works. Perfect for helping non-technical users understand the damage one errant click can cause. WatchGuard explains what spyware is, how it infects your computer, and most importantly how to implement some network security smarts to prevent this malware from happening. Additional [...]