With criminal malware like keyloggers and botnets are still on the rise, the FTC hopes that real, criminal penalties will help deter online crime. However, as is so often the case in Washington, not everything is going smoothly in the passage of new regulations.
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Just like the horrible little worms in The Wrath of Khan, rootkits burrow and infect and they're pretty much undetectable until disaster strikes. Unlike ceti eels, though, rootkits only affect your computer.
One simple truth - that LOTS of mainstream sites use contextually populated popups - is at the heart of this case, and it could be a problem for you as well.
Hopefully, your computer has already downloaded the latest Windows patches, and everything is safe and secure, right? Not necessarily. Several new reports suggest that the patches aren’t up to speed and that hackers were just waiting to deploy their latest malware.
There’s a lot to digest here, but if the threat is as widespread as people suspect it is - and it’s reportedly hit 1.6 million users - following the information here might save you a serious malware-headache down in the near future.
It’s hard to believe, but recent malware and phishing attacks are taking advantage of the very real tragedy at Virginia Tech. Here are some of the things you should be on the lookout for.
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