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Catching up this week, I realized we haven’t had a Safenetting update in a month. My cache for articles to post had 127 items — and I knew I wouldn’t be able to fit all those. So, herein I attempt to touch on just about all the current issues …
* Twitter Phishing Scam Steals Passwords — Site Not Charging
* 6 Signs Your Computer is Infected … and 4 Ways to Fix It
* Microsoft’s August 2011 Patch Tuesday Serves 13 Patches
* Android Dogfighting App Infected with Pro-PETA Malware
* MacDefender taken down in raid by Russian authorities?
* 146 new phishing attacks hosted on government websites
* Rootkit Creators Annihilating Their Mutual Codes
* Gingerbread paves way for GingerMaster malware
* Koobface malware spreading via torrent
* Facebook issues Guide to Security
* Google: IP spoofing on the rise
* Fraud awareness week
* Spam wars heat up
. . . and more

The previous articles in SitePoint’s WebMatrix series have taken you through using the Web App Gallery to build an ecommerce site Continue reading »

This MobsJar article from February lists these Mac Utilities. (As you know, I love lists.) Here are a few of the ones they have: Continue reading »

In this article from Read Write Web, we can learn to save videos from the Web and replay them later on the TV or iPad. Continue reading »

You can buy almost anything over the Internet — including clothes, a pizza, music, a hotel room, even a car. And while most transactions are conducted lawfully and securely, there are instances when criminals insert themselves into the marketplace, hoping to trick potential victims into falling for one of their scams.

Keyword research – identifying the potential words and phrase combinations consumers could potentially type into the search box when they go online to find products and services, is vital to the success of digital marketing campaigns.

As the fable goes, Nero fiddled while Rome burned. The guardians of the internet are making the changes and decisions that will change the internet forever. You may not like what happens next. We’re going to watch this issue a little closer in the future. This issue : * ICANN Killing the Internet as we know it * Domain name changes and the Internet landscape * ANA Fears Brand Squatting in ICANN’s New Domain Plan * ICANN plan ‘potentially disastrous’ * Casting.xxx ushers in a new internet era * Businesses buying .XXX porn domains … stay informed, stay tuned.

HTML5 has been widely lauded as the future of the web due to its performance, accessibility, and ability to run on smartphones, but no designer-friendly authoring tools have existed until Hype. This animation builder for Mac OS X, enables users to build beautiful animated and interactive web content. Continue reading »

Phishing is becoming more and more dangerous. At last, industry and government are starting to wake up to some of the real threats in the world
This week’s notes:
[ ] MobileMe webmail balks at political bulk mailings
[ ] Spear-phishing attacks bring labs offline
[ ] Helpful Tips To Protect Your Online Data
[ ] Search engine poisoning and Tumblr hacking
[ ] Hacker: How I stole $300000
[ ] Scam From Criminal Underground
[ ] Malware Attacks, Routine Expense of Businesses
[ ] Android’s legit looking apps? No, they’re malware
[ ] SourceForge is still harboring porno and malware
. . . and more

Dustin Betonio has posted an article on the Tripwire magazine website called “40 Best and free useful Mac applications for Web Designers.” Tripwire is a magazine aimed at web developers. Continue reading »

Do not click on any email from Facebook. Yet another new malware attack has hit Facebook — this one with some twists. Continue reading »

Phishing is becoming more and more dangerous. At last, industry and government are starting to wake up to some of the real threats in the world
This week’s notes:
[] China’s Cyberassault on America
[] SCADA Systems: Achilles Heel of Critical Infrastructure
[] Malware Writers Posting Online Ads for Recruiting Coders
[] New malware ferrets out and steals Bitcoins
[] Deploying New Tools to Stop the Hackers
[] Spam ‘Books’ Flooding Kindle Store
[] Only 4 Percent Smartphones Have Malware Protection
[] Microsoft Warns Of Huge Phone Scam
[] Spammers, Content Farming, and Kindle
[] 10 million pieces of Malware per day
. . . and more

Cookie 1.6 is an update to the popular cookie and browser history management utility for Mac OS X. Cookie helps you to manage exactly who can access information about your online activities. Continue reading »

As the days heat up, so too does cybercrime — it seems. Here’s this week’s mix of phishing and malware news
— this week’s notes:
[] Mac malware – top tips for avoiding infection
[] Apple Mac malware: A short history
[] Norton: The Android malware problem is just beginning
[] Amazon Web Services Hosting Banking Malware: Kaspersky
[] iPhone 5 ‘sneak peek’ spreads malware
[] Boy-in-the-Browser attacks evade anti-malware software
[] Detectives detail Facebook phishing scam
[] Sony warns of phishing attacks after latest hack
[] Google China Wars: How to Restore Brand Integrity
[] SPAM : 100 Billion industry
[] . . . and more