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Don't Pick Up That Stray USB Flash Drive. It Could Be Dirty! – Tech Thursday

Big Rich — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:30:57 +0000

From the "Look what I found in the parking lot" security department, comes a story of a new way to try and get people to infect themselves with malware or a trojan horse program on their computer. It seems some clever people left some USB flash drives in a parking lot hoping for someone to find them and take them home and plug them into their computers and then steal their data.

One Quarter of a Million Americans Could Lose Internet on Monday

WQBK — Sun, 08 Jul 2012 12:10:41 +0000

More than a quarter of a million Americans could lose internet on Monday as the FBI is taking down a safety net protecting your computer from malicious software (malware). Find out if your computer is infected. On November 8th, the FBI arrested several criminals in ‘Operation Ghost Click’. The criminals sent viruses to unsuspecting PC [...]

Tech Tuesday – Spam Is Going Down, But Smart Phone Malware Is Rising

Big Rich — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 15:30:14 +0000

It’s a well know business mantra, that you go where the people or money are, and cyber criminals are doing just that. They’re following innocent victims away from their email and computers, and going to smart phones and mobile devices. Smart phones are basically like mini computers. They can be vulnerable to the same kind [...]