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What’s Your Rapleaf Reputation - and why should you care? »
We all know that the Internet is a very public space—but do we always act that way? The separate compartments of social networking sites, once isolated in their own little boxes, have created an illusion of privacy where none may exist—and now those boxes are opening wide. Consider this: Rapleaf alone has created over 50 million personal profiles of Internet users, so far: Rapleaf is a pioneering information provider that believes in the power of transparency, choice, and control when it comes...(read more)

SQL attacks: now using .MOBI domains and installing scareware »
Everyday, I look through the domains we detect as Troj/Iframe-AG because they are the domains associated with the SQL injections that have been plaguing the web over the last few months (1, 2, 3 and 4). This morning I saw three domains making use of the .MOBI TLD. The use of a .MOBI TLD is [...]

All-in-One Security with the New Norton 360 2.0 »
Stay one step ahead of the latest online threats with Symantec’s newly updated version of its popular all-in-one security solution, Norton 360.

All-in-One Security with the New Norton 360 2.0 »
Stay one step ahead of the latest online threats with Symantec’s newly updated version of its popular all-in-one security solution, Norton 360.

All-in-One Security with the New Norton 360 2.0 »
Stay one step ahead of the latest online threats with Symantec’s newly updated version of its popular all-in-one security solution, Norton 360.

Viral Versioning »
We’ve seen increased numbers of viruses this year, not least from the Sality family, and that’s included a fair amount of battling with corrupt infections (1, 2). But while analysing the code, I was reminded of an unusual quirk of this set of viruses - they contain code versions. I actually worked on the first Sality [...]

What to Do With Old CDs and DVDs? »
It’s hard to find places to recycle CDs and DVDs. They’re largely nontoxic, but the Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition recommends that they not be thrown away or burned. What to do?

Crime is winning the day »
Just a typical day at Sophoslabs. I wouldn’t say quiet exactly, because we never are these days, but nothing especially new, just variations on familiar themes. On the spam front there’s been a large number of phishing campaigns as usual. The volume of fraudulent spam we see on a daily basis is really quite remarkable [...]

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A Summer & Fall Full of Nonprofit Marketing Training »
I’ve just added some new webinars to the schedule for this summer and early fall. July 16 - Nonprofit Writing Stinks! How to Bring Your Writing Back to Life July 30 - Attracting More Website Visitors: Traffic-Building Tips for Nonprofits August 14 - Online Writing: Dos and Don’ts of Writing for the Web and Email August 20 - Nonprofit [...]

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