Privacy, Hacking and Virus Alerts

"It’s is one of the largest," Boscovich said of the Rustock botnet. "At any time, it’s one of the top two sending spam."

The most sophisticated Trojan for Android smartphones yet.

As we’ve described a couple of times before, plenty of Facebook users would *love* to know who has been checking them out online.. but unfortunately scammers are aware of this, and use the lure of such functionality as a way to trick you into making bad decisions.

"one of the most complex threats we have analyzed to date."

New malware is exploiting the Internet Explorer security hole used in attacks against Google and other companies.

"First, the sending of spam, followed by phishing attacks, then the exploiting of vulnerabilities and the spreading of malware."

The result is that people are inadvertently telling their co-workers and loved ones how to raise their I.Q.’s or make money instantly, or urging them to watch an awesome new video in which they star.

These e-mails are fraudulent and were not sent by the FDIC.

BBB received a call today from a Laurel, MT teacher who has been receiving information from several students and parents about highly deceptive college prep pitches being made to Montana families of teens. Here’s how the call goes:

Cyveillance has issued a new report showing anti-virus programs fail more often than they succeed in protecting you from bad things on the Internet.