Microsoft today deviated from its usual monthly patch cycle in issuing an emergency security update to fix a critical security hole in its Internet Explorer Web browser that attackers have been exploiting to break into Windows PCs.
When Android.Exprespam was discovered earlier this month, we quickly posted a blog warning users about the malware and discussing the details of the attack.
Andrea Hernandez on Tuesday was ordered to wear an RFID tracking badge that she claims bears the "mark of the beast", but by Friday she had turned the case right back around, asking a federal appeals court to overturn the order to either wear a chip-less badge or change schools.
Facebook and Twitter users of a certain age have got themselves into a dither worrying that Neil Tennant, singer with the Pet Shop Boys, had died in a car crash.
The truth is that Tennant, like other celebrities before him, is the victim of an internet hoax.
You would like to think that computer users are getting smarter about securing their systems, and not falling for the age-old tricks used by cybercriminals.
However, we still see our fair share of elementary unsophisticated attacks designed to steal credentials from the unwary.