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Facebook updates its privacy policy, once again
Facebook unveiled its latest privacy policy today, as well as changes to the privacy settings. Facebook’s privacy policy and settings must continuously evolve with the addition of new features that involve third-party applications and websites. But this time, Facebook has also discontinued its regional networks, and instead, the new default privacy settings are set to [...]
Holiday temps make the best scammers
Robert Siciliano is a NextAdvisor.com Expert Guest Blogger
This is the absolute best time of the year to be a dishonest temporary worker. Holiday hustle and bustle overwhelms managers and supervisors and they can?t possibly see everything their employees are doing. It has been said that only 10% of employees are honest, 10% of employees will [...]
Phishers target web hosting customers
You might want to be especially cautious about emails that purport to come from your web host. A new phishing scheme is underway, and it’s targeting customers of popular web hosting services. The bait is an email that says the following: “Due to the system maintenance, we kindly ask you to take a few minutes [...]
Tiger Woods malware attacks!
Think twice before clicking on a video that purports to show the Tiger Woods car accident (humorously dubbed a ‘Caddy Smack’ by the San Francisco Chronicle). No such video exists, but like other hot celeb stories that have come before, the Woods story is being used by hackers to infect the PCs of curiosity seekers. [...]
Twelve Scams of Christmas (part 4)
Robert Siciliano is a NextAdvisor.com Expert Guest Blogger
As cybercriminals begin to take advantage of the holiday season, McAfee has revealed ?The Twelve Scams of Christmas,? the most dangerous online scams that computer users should be cautious of this holiday season. According to Consumer Reports? 2009 State of the Net Survey, cybercriminals have bilked $8 billion [...]
Twelve Scams of Christmas (Part 3)
Robert Siciliano is a NextAdvisor.com Expert Guest Blogger
As cybercriminals begin to take advantage of the holiday season, McAfee has revealed ?The Twelve Scams of Christmas,? the most dangerous online scams that computer users should be cautious of this holiday season. According to Consumer Reports? 2009 State of the Net Survey, cybercriminals have bilked $8 billion [...]
Twelve Scams of Christmas (Part 2)
Robert Siciliano is a NextAdvisor.com Expert Guest Blogger
As cybercriminals begin to take advantage of the holiday season, McAfee has revealed ?The Twelve Scams of Christmas,? the most dangerous online scams that computer users should be cautious of this holiday season. According to Consumer Reports? 2009 State of the Net Survey, cybercriminals have bilked $8 billion [...]
I am a Carbonite subscriber. My computer recently crashed. I changed from Win...
The following post in our Reader Question series is an actual user submitted question. To maintain the integrity of the original question, we do not edit or change reader questions in any way.
Q: I am a carbonite subscriber. My computer recently crashed. I changed from window to A Mac. How do I get my serviced [...]
New Avast! discount: 25%
Avast! is fighting viruses for less with a 25% discount. Avast! is highly rated by both AV-Comparatives (earning Advanced+ and Advanced ratings in malware detection and removal, respectively) and the Virus Bulletin 100 (passing all of its 2009 tests). We weren’t wild about the user interface, but Avast! has gathered a loyal following on the [...]
Phishing emails promise vaccines but deliver viruses
This week, millions received emails that appeared to be sent by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, directing them to an official government website to fill out a vaccination form. Those who followed links in the emails were actually sent to a page that automatically downloaded malicious software onto their PCs. Once the hackers who [...]