According to T-Mobile, the document that was taken does not contain subscriber data:
T-Mobile admitted today that hackers had breached it’s security into its internal information. Weekend reports had stated that “operations, finance and subscriber data” had been stolen from T-Mobile, but it doesn’t appear that severe.
T-Mobile admits systems’ security breach | BlackBerryNews.com
Popular social networking sites like MySpace, Facebook and the YouTube video site are riddled with links to malware, fake antivirus apps and the like. Some bad links are hidden in comments and bogus “friend” pages; others masquerade as invites to view videos.
To minimize the risk, we recommend the free OpenDNS service, which filters your Internet traffic at the domain name server level. Even if you click a link to a malicious site, OpenDNS prevents you from actually reaching it.
Better yet, you have full control over the filtering. For example, you can select fairly restrictive filtering, but “whitelist” your favorite social networking sites. No software is required; just a simple change in your computer or your router’s network settings.
Cyber Criminals are targeting people who are searching YouTube for pornography. In the comments each malicious link is accompanied by a few search terms. Some common keywords we have seen are Adalt (sic), Tit s, Latina, Kinky, Girl, Porn, Sex, and the names of various pornography stars.
By targeting these keywords the Cyber Criminals are able to optimize and improve their success rates by infecting those who are truly looking for pornographic material.
YouTube riddled with comments leading to Malware – PandaLabs
You may not realize how much you could lose as a result of a hacker attack or takeover by a botnet (a large network of remotely-controlled PCs). The cost in terms of virus removal and hardware downtime could range into the hundreds; the cost in terms of lost or stolen data could be immeasurable.
Shoestring Solutions can optimize your workstations for top performance; protect them from hacker attacks—and keep them running right– for as low as $20 a month per PC. Contact us today for more information!
A small or midsize business (SMB) is ultimately a more attractive target for spammers, botnet operators, and other attackers than a home user mainly because it has a treasure trove of valuable data without the sufficient IT and security resources to protect it.
Security experts say that while large enterprises are getting hit hard by bot infections and related attacks, it’s the SMBs that are getting hurt the worst. Home machines are obviously the easiest targets, but SMBs are relatively defenseless, as well, given their lack of IT resources and budgets to build out layered security like the big boys do.
SMBs Often Hit Hardest By Botnets – DarkReading
Shoestring Solutions’ web server was returned to service around 3 pm ET today after an extended outage; the longest in our 12-year history.
A user control panel update attempted automatically overnight failed to complete successfully, causing the server to become unresponsive around 9:30 am. Technicians were eventually able to restore service, but only after several attempts to complete the update.
It appears that, during the outage, email sent to boxes and forwarders on hosted accounts was bounced; returned to the sender with an error message.
We apologize for the inconvenience that today’s outage caused for our valued hosting clients.
Malware is so prevalent, say most experts, that a new computer will be probed for weaknesses within seconds of first connecting to the Internet. If your computer is infected, you are contributing to the spread of spam, viruses and worms… and usually without your knowledge!
Contact us today for a complete PC assessment, cleanup and optimization. And then we’ll tell you how to protect yourself so that you never have to call us again!
The security firm identified 1,656,227 new malicious-code threats, up 265% from the year before, and financially motivated criminal activity was a recurring theme. In addition, Symantec observed 75,158 active bot-infected computers per day last year, an increase of 31% from 2007.
Malware Had a Great Year in 2008 – Business Center – PC World