Archive for January, 2010

FBI Haitian Earthquake Relief Fraud Alert

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

01/13/10—The FBI today reminds Internet users who receive appeals to donate money in the aftermath of Tuesday’s earthquake in Haiti to apply a critical eye and do their due diligence before responding to those requests. Past tragedies and natural disasters have prompted individuals with criminal intent to solicit contributions purportedly for a charitable organization and/or [...]

Watch Out for Adobe Reader Exploit

Friday, January 8th, 2010

According to Adobe, the publisher of Acrobat, a popular program used to create and open PDF files, there is a vulnerability which could affect users of Reader and Acrobat. Acrobat 9.2 and earlier versions are being exploited. There won’t be an update released to fix this matter until January 12th. Until then, to reduce the [...]



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