The police are there to protect the public from the evils that are out there. Here is an amusing story though about a computer virus that took down some police officers. It seems that these officers frequented some dating sites that released a computer virus onto the department’s computer network. It was [...]

Here is a virus warning for those that are interested in the world of politics. There is an email floating around that contains a computer virus and the subject line usually involves the name of one of the candidates, Barack Obama and has something to do with sex. This type of subject is [...]

Computer viruses don’t just attack private individuals in their own home, they also attack businesses and government agencies. Here is an example of a government entity that had to shut part of its computer network down because of a computer virus. Orange County had to make its Register of Deeds Office unavailable to [...]

Pointing out how incredibly devastating a virus attack can be on a larger network of computers, late last week the computer network run by the Berkeley County Schools in the Charleston, South Carolina area was attacked by a computer virus. The school shut down most of the system, including internet access, to prevent the [...]

Most know that to protect their home computer, laptop, or network that they need to have secure and updated anti-virus software. Many people are not aware that there are viruses out there that can also attack mobile phones. In society today, we have all become more and more dependent on our cellphones and [...]

Many people, especially those that are religious, have a special place in their hearts for churches. It is particularly upsetting then when bad things happen to churches. There is apparently a computer virus out there that attacks churches or religious institutions. It may come from a website that churches would visit, but [...]

Changing an online business’s strategy from using physical servers to using virtual machines can open them up to a whole new problem as far as internet security. Whether you’re talking about data theft, computer virus exposure, or any other kind of security flaw, a virtual machine is more apt to be hit than a [...]

Check out this article about the effects that hackers could have on the Presidential election? Its kind of a scary proposition, but entirely realistic too, if hackers can access ATMs, banking systems, and other high security computer networks then it is reasonable to think they could gain access to the election systems. [...]

An autistic teenager from New Zealand recently pleaded guilty to unleashing a $26M bot attack that’s ramifications were felt worldwide. The FBI considers cyber crime to be third on it’s list of things to focus on, trailing only counter-terrorism and counter-intelligence.

Reports have begun to trickle out about residents in at least one area getting hit by a computer virus. It is actually made to look like you have a computer virus and the only way to get rid of it is to purchase the software they recommend to get rid of it. You [...]