Monday, October 4, 2010

Is Comcast helping fake-AV criminals?

From our friends at Sophos, Chester Wisniewski's blog post from October 4th, 2010 discusses Comcast's announcement that they are beginning a nationwide roll out of their "Constant Guard" botnet detection service. He points out a real concern raised by Comcast's plan: that this is creating a tremendous opportunity for fake AV/scareware criminals. Click the link below to read more.

http://www.sophos.com/blogs/chetw/g/2010/10/04/comcast-provide-opportunities-fake-av/