Tag Archives: malware

DMARC or Die

Posted on March 2, 2019 by halberenson

It’s time to get serious about adopting DMARC. Continue reading →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Microsoft, Phishing, Privacy, Security | Tagged DMARC, malware, Phishing, SPAM | 5 Comments

Tumblr is back on my good side

Posted on July 5, 2012 by halberenson

In a piece I wrote a couple of weeks ago I’d brought up the problem of Tumblr hosting phishing/malicious web sites. Well after a few days of my feeding examples to Tumblr’s support team, and they taking down the sites, I haven’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Phishing, Privacy, Security | Tagged malware, Phishing, Privacy, security, SPAM, tumblr | 1 Comment

Four reasons we are losing the fight against Malware

Posted on June 24, 2012 by halberenson

It’s one step forward two steps back in the fight against Malware. Every time it seems like we are making progress it becomes apparent that we keep attacking the tip of the iceberg and below the surface Malware is thriving. So … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Security | Tagged Information security, Malicious Content, malware, website security | 4 Comments

Protecting yourself from malicious websites

Posted on June 12, 2012 by halberenson

With all the press about the Flame malware the last couple of weeks I took yet another look at my own security precautions. This involved a bunch of ad-hoc testing on my part, and I’ve come up with a couple … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Security | Tagged Anti-Malware, Anti-Virus, botnet, DNS, Domain Name Service, Flame, malware, Norton Connectsafe, OpenDNS, URL Filtering | 5 Comments

Why you need more than one Anti-Malware product protecting you

Posted on May 23, 2011 by halberenson

I recently downloaded a file that I knew would be Malware. It was called document.zip and was attached to a piece of mail that allegedly came from someone at FedEx. The email headers were forged, and the mail itself wasn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Security, Windows | Tagged Anti-Malware, Immunet, malware, Microsoft Security Essentials, Multiple AV Engines, Multiple AV Products, Norton AV, Symantec, TrojanDownload:Win32/Chepvil.K, Yahoo | Comments Off

Malware or Not?

Posted on May 19, 2011 by halberenson

I’ve been doing an interesting experiment, in a virtual machine on a separate PC with no personal information at all on it. I’ve been going through SPAM emails and clicking on every link to see what happens. It is an … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Phishing, Security | Tagged Anti-Malware, Crazy Slots Casino, Grand Casino, IE9, Immunet, malware, Microsoft Security Essentials, Phishing, SPAM | Comments Off

Adobe Reader installing McAfee Security Scan Plus Scareware

Posted on May 17, 2011 by halberenson

When I recently upgraded a couple of computers to the latest version of Adobe Reader I discovered something very disturbing. The download installs software from McAfee (of all people) that amounts to Scareware (a type of Malware that tries to … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Security | Tagged Adobe, Adobe Reader, malware, McAfee, McAfee Security Scan Plus, Rogue AV, Scareware, security, Spyware | 7 Comments

How long does it take to get infected with Malware? About 5 minutes

Posted on May 12, 2011 by halberenson

Having a freshly setup PC, and virtual machine, I went looking for trouble. I did a search for “medical forum” and up popped a link for medhelp.org. I went to the site and created an account and then started navigating … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Security | Tagged IE, IE9, Internet Explorer, malware, Rogue AV | Comments Off

Time and Malware

Posted on April 28, 2011 by halberenson

I’m in the process of setting up a PC that I’m going to use exclusively for playing around with malware. In fact, I’m thinking of starting a pool to capture people’s guesses as to how long it takes someone who … Continue reading →

Posted in Computer and Internet, Security | Tagged malware, Phishing, security, SQL Slammer | 1 Comment