Much has been reported about the Conficker C worm which is supposed to hunt down websites and computers and randomly attack them today. Microsoft is paying a $250,000 bounty to catch the worm’s creator, CNN reports.
If you are reading this now, changes are you are safe — and so is this website.
The worm was patched [...]
Over the last couple of weeks, people who were using all versions of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer were advised that there was a critical security flaw in the browser. What would happen is that their personal information, such as financial information, could be stolen if data was entered on a compromised website. It is estimated that [...]
Learn more...Clickjacking and the NoScript Solution
As I wrote about yesterday, clickjacking poses as a potentially serious Internet browsing threat. There’s a plugin called “NoScript” which can be installed in Firefox browsers to protect surfers from clickjacking.
Some people say the clickjacking scare is just fear mongering and that the threat isn’t that bad. I tend to agree [...]
The latest Internet threat is called “clickjacking.”
Clickjacking affects anyone who surfs the Internet.
What happens is that you click on a supposedly safe web page, but you are duped into revealing confidential information. A clickjacking attack can be used to take control of a computer’s webcam and microphone without the knowledge of the user, or it [...]