Tony's Internet / Network Security Blog

According to Microsoft, the Apple Safari web browser has a weakness which could lead to the PC being infected or compromised. If an attacker can successfully lure a user into ... Read More

I have long been a fan of Spectorsoft's products. They more or less created the genre of personal PC monitoring products (at least the legitimate commercial ones that aren't spyware ... Read More

It has been more than ten years since I have actually used the designated portal site from my Internet service provider (ISP), or the provided email accounts. I want to ... Read More

There are a lot of tools available to protect your computer system. Some tools are built in to the operating system. Depending on which version of Windows you are using, ... Read More

A couple weeks ago, I posted a blog entry referring to a study by a security software vendor claiming that Windows Vista is actually weaker, or more prone to malware ... Read More

You may have seen the ads, or at least heard, that Lifelock CEO Todd Davis is so confident in his company's ability to protect against identity theft that he is ... Read More

The credit card industry has made proactive strides to protect confidential customer information and ensure the integrity of the credit card payment system. The PCI DSS (Payment Card Industry Data ... Read More

Microsoft released four new Security Bulletins for the month of May, bringing the total for 2008 to 29. Three of the four Security Bulletins are rated as Critical, and address ... Read More

According to anti-spam firm Cloudmark, as much as 30% of new social networking accounts are actually fake 'zombie' accounts created to distribute spam. While users have been warned for years ... Read More

A botnet is being propagated in a worm-like fashion and infecting vulnerable web sites. Once a web site is compromised, it redirects users to download a malware package, which also ... Read More

The headline seems a little (a little?) sensationalist. In fact, it may be the very definition of FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt). If I were a vendor of security software ... Read More

Identity theft is a serious, and growing problem. While it is largely perceived as a computer security issue, identity theft pre-dates the home PC explosion, and even today most identity ... Read More

This is slightly outside of the scope of Internet / Network Security, but it is a threat resulting from technology and one which could impact readers of this site. According ... Read More

Most malware and computer security attacks these days are motivated by money. The majority of botnets and phishing scams are designed to separate users from their cash in some way ... Read More

Windows Vista SP1 has been available for a while, but they just recently began to push it out via Automatic Updates to systems that did not yet have it. Some ... Read More

According to MessageLabs, there were approximately 2 million PC's compromised with the Storm Botnet at the end of March. In April, that number dropped to around 100,000. That is a ... Read More

If you have ever switched doctors or dentists, you know what pain in the butt it can be to get your records transferred. If you have ever had to deal ... Read More

Firefox and Safari have both continued to gain market share in the Web browser wars. They are both still far behind the dominant Internet Explorer, but they are gaining in ... Read More