Seams like there is a new cyber attack that happened over the weekend and is still causing issues. The attack though was aimed more at South Korea but yet it also shut down quite a few of our Governmental sites here in the US. The South Korea's are pointing their fingers to North Korea

Officials: N. Korea believed behind cyber attacks

Have you ever wondered what Countries top the list in cybercrime? Well according to symantec here is the top 15 list

Rank/Countries:
1. United States
2. China
3. Germany
4. Great Britain
5. Brazil
6. Spain
7. Italy
8. France
9. Turkey
10. Poland
11. India
12. Russia
13. Canada
14. South Korea
15. Taiwan

Ok first this had no bearings at all if your on Vista or IE8 users. This is for XP users on windows IE6 & IE7 as far as Symantec is reporting. So what do you do about it? Well make sure your updates are up to date and make sure your Anti-Virus and any mall-ware programs are also up to date.

Zero-Day Exploit Hits Windows XP

Bet that Subject got your attention huh. Well its true Hackers are wanted - and the best part is they are being paid! So since I know we may have some *cough - cough* hackers here on geekdrop I thought I would pass this along. Hey why not get paid to play plus the perks of picking up a new trick or two (or three), just remember to share the

I spent some time sniffing around Trend Micro today and along with the blog I posted about a few minutes ago, found this page pretty cool too. Thought I'd share. Tells ya about the latest threats and other interesting virus and Malware information.

Dunno why exactly, but I find this blog at Trend Micro really interesting to keep tabs on.

Well I wish I could say this is a April fools joke but its not.....it's real. There was a thread on it earlier Conficker = Bad Joke? Or Big Trouble? here on GD.

So what is Conficker and how do you protect yourself against it?

So the nasty little conficker virus, which uses brute force to guess admin passwords, disables Windows Security Center, Defender, amongst many other things, is set to go off on April 1. Some are speculating as to whether this is a (really) bad April's Fool Day prank or the real deal. Either way, it's a headache. If it's a legit threat, it would be a disaster of seismic proportion. Here's an article about how you ca