Computing Under Attack
Now, with the popularity of Apple's Boot Camp, Parallels Desktop or VMWare's Fusion, security and protection against cybercrime attacks is no longer just a PC problem.
Last week's main stream media news about Chinese government's involvement in widespread breach attacks on the US government computers and servers serves to underscore UGN Safenet warnings for the past year. On Friday Message Labs released their 3rd quarter report with bad news of a substantial surge in spam related virus and phishing cybercrime activity.
According to last week's MessageLabs' Intelligence Report for September virus and phishing levels have significantly increased, reaching levels not seen since early 2006. MessageLabs also exposes a second wave of highly targeted C-level and senior management email attacks with increased sophistication and outreach.
[Quote] Mirroring the recent resurgence in virus attacks, the volume of phishing threats has also reached exponential levels this month with every 87 emails comprising of a phishing attack. Through the increased availability of phishing kits and the uptake of aggressive phishing techniques such as ‘rock’ phishing, the quantity and severity of these attacks are able to increase dramatically. [End Quote More]
Now, with the latest release of BitDefender, users of Apple's Boot Camp, Parallels Desktop or VMWare's Fusion, Mac users can gain a higher level of security and protection against the new forms of botnet phishing and cybercrime attacks.
Remember: You are under attack when using Wi-Fi:
BitDefender Internet Security 2008 includes Wi-Fi wireless protection that alerts users to unauthorized access to their Wi-Fi network, and new adaptive engines which offer greater protection by speeding response times to new spamming techniques.
See this information on Intego's BitDefender that will help Mac users protect both Mac OS X and their Windows installation.
