Here’s a scary scenario. You’re innocently surfing the Web, maybe on an unfamiliar site, not paying close attention. Suddenly your computer screen fills with illegal pornographic images of minors. You try to navigate away, but a warning screen branded by the National Security Administration’s Internet Surveillance Program pops up…
Operation Ghost Clicks Nabs DNSChanger Malware Ring
SymbolPriceChangeAAPL395.28-10.95AMZN211.22-6.77DELL14.80-0.79GOOG600.95-11.39MSFT26.20-0.96{“s” : “aapl,amzn,dell,goog,msft”,”k” : “a00,a50,b00,b60,c10,g00,h00,l10,p20,t10,v00″,”o” : “”,”j” : “”} As a result of a two-year FBI Investigation: Operation Ghost Click, on November 8, 2011, six Estonian nationals were arrested by Estonian authorities and charged in a seven-count federal Indictment with running an Internet fraud ring that infected millions of computers…
Sneaky malware just needs a few clicks to take control
Criminals are getting sneakier. These days, computer viruses, Trojans, rootkits and other unfriendly software (collectively known as malware) can be foisted on our systems without our even noticing. In the early days of malware, the idea was simply to show people that their systems had been compromised; a virus was…