by Joseph Forbes | Jul 11, 2016 | Blog Entry, HACKING, INTERNET, Internet Scam Notices, SECURITY
From smartphones and tablets to notebook PCs, webcams seem to be standard equipment these days. Just about every device we use has a camera on it. Did you ever stop to think that while you’re staring at your screen, someone on the Internet might be staring back...
by Joseph Forbes | Jul 3, 2016 | Blog Entry, HACKING, Internet Scam Notices, Microsoft's Malware Protection Center, SECURITY, SOFTWARE
The FBI Virus (aka FBI Moneypak scam) is one of the latest malware threats that takes your computer hostage and demands that you pay a $200 fine in order to unlock your computer. The message claims that you have illegally visited or distributed copyrighted content...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 15, 2013 | Cloud Apps, DATA, INTERNET, Internet Scam Notices, SECURITY, Web Hosting
Researchers at Sucuri have found that version 4.0 of the WordPress Social Media Widget, also referred to as social-media-widget, has been injecting spam advertisements into sites. It is recommended that anyone using the widget, which has over 900,000 users, remove or...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 14, 2013 | Cloud Apps, DATA, INTERNET, Internet Scam Notices, NERD NEWS, SECURITY, Technical Support
from the stop-or-i’ll-say-stop-again dept. Social Media Widget, a free plug-in for the WordPress blogging platform with more than a million downloads, was restored to WordPress’s official plugin directory on Thursday, days after it was found injecting...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 11, 2013 | DATA, INTERNET, Internet Scam Notices, Malware Reports, Microsoft Security Response Center, Microsoft's Malware Protection Center, SECURITY
We can safely say that since we encountered our first rogue, they’ve always commanded a presence in the malware ecosystem. That was, until recently we observed a decrease in rogue activity. That’s not to say they went away altogether – no, not at all – but...
by Joseph Forbes | Apr 10, 2013 | DATA, HARDWARE, INTERNET, Internet Scam Notices, SECURITY, SOFTWARE, Technicals, TECHNOLOGY
from the or-perhaps-a-catalog-of-people-doing-dangerous-things dept. This is an article about a search engine that is designed to look for devices on the net that are not really intended to be viewed and used by the general public. Devices include pool filters,...
