We read in the New York Times that Google is rolling out a service that will attempt to alert users when it thinks their accounts might be subject to hacking by a government, hoping the user will take precautions after getting a notice that says “Warning: We believe state-sponsored attackers may be attempting to compromise

Why you really might prefer to pay for AV security. Free Fall or Free-for-All?

Symantec’s transient false positive detection of Facebook as a malicious site leads to serious thoughts about Facebook and privacy…

As you might expect, I don’t by any means agree that AV is a dead parrot, though I’m not going to claim that it detects everything (or anywhere near that) either.

[Part 8 of an occasional series, updating a blog series I ran in early 2009 to reflect changes in the threat landscape. This series will also be available shortly as a white paper.] Anti-Virus isn’t Total Security Don’t expect antivirus alone to protect you from everything. Use additional measures such as a personal firewall, antispam and