Yesterday in Toulouse, France, I was invited by CLUSIR-MP (the information systems security group for the Midi-Pyrenees region) to speak at its annual cybercrime overview conference. I spoke about the new faces of hacktivism. During the question and response session, someone in the audience asked the speakers about the “dead drop” or dead-letter-box phenomenon. A Read more…
Tags: AutoRun malware, malware, Peer to Peer file sharing, USB drives
When most people think about a virus, they think of a fever, chills, and maybe a potential pandemic. But when they think about a computer virus, they think of a headache, or worse, identity theft. Unusually, one report claims that a computer virus played a role in the deadliest air disaster in Spanish history. Others Read more…
Tags: data breach, malicious software, security, trojans, USB drives, Viruses
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