Posts Tagged ‘Threat’

Malware Watch: Amazon and “Greeting Card” Emails

Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010

I recently stumbled onto a blog from Panda Security that focuses on “emerging threats” on the internet.  Typically, with this kind of site or blog, the terminology and explanations are a bit over my head.  Shockingly, the authors of the PandaLabs blog have managed to relay information on these threats in bite-sized, easy to understand articles that I don’t mind reading.  When a threat is uncovered, they write a blog post with the information, including screen shots and a few details about the threat and then update their Twitter and Facebook accounts.  I follow them on Twitter and now I have a better feel for what is going on in the ever-changing threat landscape.

If you are interested in this type of information, I strongly urge you to follow PandaLabs.  However, I know how busy most people are and that they probably haven’t scheduled much time for following the latest malware threats of the world, so I plan on using Panda Security as a resource and relaying the information to you via the JumpstartMyPC.com blog.

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CRITICAL Internet Explorer Updates – Don’t Panic!!

Friday, January 29th, 2010

As the title says “Don’t Panic!!”  Instead, it is time to read up, comprehend and act to protect yourself from the latest epic security threat of 2010, titled Aurora.  In the following paragraphs, we will explain (in easy to follow terms) what Aurora is, why you should care and what you should do next.  Do not stop reading now! If you read even one of our articles from start to finish this year, this should be the one.

The internet has become a hostile place and it is up to you to protect yourself from the threats and attacks that WILL appear from time to time.  The information and tools are there.  You must simply educate yourself and be willing to invest a little time.  A Threat Analyst (someone who studies these types of malicious attacks) recently posted a great comment on one of our articles that sums it up “Sorry folks, the internet isn’t very safe anymore. The moose out front should have told you.”

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