Google has continued on its acquisition blitzkrieg with news that Google has acquired Mountain View neighbor GreenBorder for an undisclosed sum.
GreenBorder launched in 2001 with “Desktop DMZ” software for Windows that prevents any viruses, trojans or spyware from being installed during any browser session. GreenBorder keeps all browsing activity system independent from Windows and free [...]

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Sophos is warning computer users about a widely-spammed out email teaser promising a trailer of the film “Pirates of the Caribbean 3: At World’s End” - and the chance of free tickets.
The email, which contains the familiar skull-and-crossbones logo of the popular film franchise, appears to have been targeted at movie-goers in Europe and North [...]

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A new variant of the Russian Trojan Gozi is circulating on the Web, this time armed with a keylogging function and the ability to scramble itself so it is difficult to detect by anti-virus software.The Trojan is believed to have been spreading since April 17. Like the original, which was discovered earlier in 2007, the [...]

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The half minute-long commercial for energy drink IRN-BRU on YouTube isn’t all that original, or really very funny. All the same, the clip “R0049_TDAU8″ garnered 113 million hits and received a five-star review, with more than 70,000 visitors giving the clip the popular video site’s highest content approval rating. (Editor’s note: the file has since [...]

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More than a month after Microsoft patched the .ANI vulnerability, the geek favorite e-tailer Tom’s Hardware has found the W32.ani Trojan lurking in one of its banner ads.
ScanSafe, a managed Web security services company, on May 8 noticed a spike in traffic blocks that had a common theme. The company found that Tomshardware.com was unknowingly [...]

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Apparently someone hacked into The Pirate bay using an exploit in their blog software and have stolen their entire user database. Thankfully the data is encrypted, but TPB are still urging users to change their credentials. From the site:

Hi, we have some sad news, but don’t be alarmed…
Some people (and yes, we know who) found [...]

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A reminder about some major laptop battery recalls over the last year:

IBM/Lenovo Thinkpad Battery Recall for most 9-cell batteries sold between November 2005 and February 2007, and for batteries manufactured by Sony between February 2005 and September 2006.
Apple iBook and Powerbook G4 Battery Recall for most batteries sold from October 2003 through August 2006 with [...]

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Hackers are using Windows Updates’ file transfer component to sneak malicious code downloads past firewalls, Symantec researchers said Thursday.The Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) is used by Microsoft’s operating systems to deliver patches via Windows Update. BITS, which debuted in

Windows XP and is baked into Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista, is [...]

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Concerned about your privacy? One proactive step you can take is to remove your phone number from Google PhoneBook.
As you may know, typing a residential phone number into a Google Search bar (though not the Google Toolbar) performs a reverse lookup that lists your name, address and even a link to a Google Map of [...]

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Recently we came across an interesting Trojan sample, detected by Symantec as Trojan.Kardphisher. The Trojan is not very technical - it’s really just another classic social-engineering attack. What makes it interesting is that the author has obviously taken great pains to make it appear legitimate.
When you restart your PC after the Trojan is installed, this [...]

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