Angeline Mabute

XP Users are Not Upgrading to Windows 7

According the InfoWorld survey taken over the past several weeks, XP users are still resistant to upgrade to Windows 7 even though a lot of Windows Vista users are now flocking to Windows 7. Why? It is because XP users are comfortable and afraid of change... Read >

Another Facebook Spam E-mail Again?

Help Net Security reported that Facebook users should be careful with Facebook spam e-mails claiming to be from Facebook administrators. Aside from being part of a phishing campaign, the said e-mail also transmit a nasty Trojan responsible for stealing th... Read >

Trend Micro: Koobface Abuses Google Reader

Trend Micro's threat research revealed that Koobface botnet is abusing Google Reader by spamming URLS redirecting Internet users to infected websites through Youtube. Google Reader is a Google-owned free service allowing users to monitor and share webs... Read >

Computer Virus Celebrates its 26th Year

Computer virus, one of the most infamous aspects of both the web and personal computing, celebrated its 26th year. Happy birthday computer virus!!! It was 1983 when the first official virus was born giving a fundamental change in computer security. ... Read >

Silon Malware Steals your Credentials

Trusteer, a company that protects customers doing online businesses, warns the people on a new Trojan called Silon which can intercept user's web login activities targeting Internet Explorer users. Silon identify the user's login session, reads and enc... Read >

Happy 1st Birthday Conficker!

Conficker is celebrating its first birthday! Conficker is a Windows worm targeting flaws in the operating system to assign machines and link them into a virtual computer that can be commanded remotely by its authors. It is also known as Downup, Downadu... Read >

Gumblar Malware Active Again!

ScanSafe researchers see a renewed activity of Gumblar. It has crashed thousands of websites and blogs like Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla and other PHP platforms. Gumblar is a multifunctional malware that spread through attacking PCs while visiting hacked Web... Read >

Kaspersky Detects Malware in Twitter

Twitter is being used by many people worldwide in these days. It's a free social networking and micro-blogging service enabling its users to read and send messages. Because of its increasing popularity, Twitter has exerted its effort to stop attacks which... Read >

SafeOnline: Protects Online Banking on Infected PCs

A.U.K. security company is giving SafeOnline, a free security software, to banks that will stop malicious software from controlling online banking transactions or stealing data, even if the computer is infected. SafeOnline comes from a small security comp... Read >

Caught in a Spyware Trap

Many people encounter attacks, like virus and spywares, online. More and more are becoming victims every day. One instance is when you are shopping online. You create an account, agree to the store policies and enter your credit card number and personal i... Read >

Malware Exploits Google Wave

Symantec Security Response has discovered a scam trying to victimize people who want to get into the Google Wave community promising an application that generates Google Wave invites. Scammers convinced the victims that they can earn money by selling the ... Read >

Rogue Ad Traps New York Times

The New York Times had problems created by an unauthorized advertisement. Its website contains a rogue ad displayed in their banner ad spaces. What is a rogue ad? A rogue ad is a type of advertisement online which will convince you purchase, download o... Read >

URLZone Virus Hits Online Banking

Most banks nowadays provide online banking services. With the increasing number of cybercriminals, you have to be very careful when doing money matters over the web. One of the evidences was the discovery of the URLZone virus. URL Zone is a new type of... Read >

Malware Defined

Computers are widely used by people nowadays. With everyone being hooked up with Internet, computers are of big help for having fun, gaining knowledge and earning a living. Everyone is just eager to have their own computers and enjoy the benefits of these... Read >

Gizmodo Fooled by a Virus Ad

Gizmodo, a popular US gadget, asked for apology to its reader after being fooled by malware pretending to be an advertisement. The said malware is running on the site in ad boxes on Suzuki ads. According to Gizmodo, their ad sales team has been fooled ... Read >