One of the many ways that viruses are spread and infect computers is through legitimate websites that have been hacked. This has been an ongoing problem throughout the internet. Hackers redirect users to a malicious website and instantly infect the visitor.If a hacker gains control of a popular website and is able to redirect the traffic to a separate malicious website, this can lead to mass virus infections. This type of virus distribution is nothing new and has been going on for a while. Continue Reading
April 17, 2011
Epsilon Email Marketing Data Breach Update: Users Now Being Targeted
Email marketing provider Epsilon was hacked on April 4th, 2011, and millions of consumer email addresses have been compromised. Epsilon serves over 2,500 clients worldwide and their clients include some of the largest retails chains in the world. This data breach allowed hackers to gather the email addresses of millions of consumers. Credit card and other financial information was not compromised, only email addresses. Unfortunately this does not mean that consumers are safe. In the Continue Reading
