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Panda Security Releases Report on Identity Theft type Malware

Posted by JD Thomas on March 10, 2009 in Techfun Comments Off

Yesterday Panda Security announced the findings from a comprehensive identity theft study conducted by PandaLabs, the company’s malware analysis and detection laboratory. Based on the analysis of 67 million computers during 2008, PandaLabs revealed that 1.1 percent of the worldwide population of Internet users have been actively exposed to identity theft malware.

Go Hug Your Mail Admin

Posted by JD Thomas on January 29, 2009 in Techfun 3 comments

According to a new report from PandaLabs, less than 10% of all e-mail delivered in 2008 was legitimate. If that number seems low to you, go hug your mail administrator. Most Internet users do not really understand how e-mail works behind the scenes. Many people I deal with don’t fully grasp how difficult it is to walk the fine line between protecting e-mail users from unwanted mail while at the same time making sure legitimate messages arrive in their inboxes.