|
|
|
Mainland Office Supplies News
|
| How Much Can Today’s Communication Media Be Trusted? |
| Mainland Office Supplies is here to keep you informed on the dangers that exist on the World Wide Web. As a Trend Micro Solution provider here is an important article on a new web threat. |
|
Today’s social media sites like Twitter and Facebook can be convenient tools for users to easily get the information they want. Such sites can easily satisfy users’ desire to know more, especially in the wake of life-changing events. In the case of the recent disasters in Japan, hash tags related to victims’ safety, rolling blackouts, and public transportation, which were spontaneously created helped provide information at the time and continue to be effectively utilized. |
|
However, users should keep in mind that there is a lot of fake information mixed in with facts. There are a lot of cases wherein people simply accepted information as truth, leading to unnecessary anxiety and inadvertently contributing to the spread of lies. Apart from causing confusion among users, popular topics can also be leveraged by cybercriminals to lead users to malicious sites. Using typical blackhat search engine optimization (SEO) tactics, users can end up on sites serving malware and can become victims of other attacks using various social engineering techniques. |
|
Mainland Office Supplies, in an effort to inform users of blackhat SEO attacks, has been following closely Trend Micro's current attempts at developing a method to find malicious websites as soon as possible among popular search results. This method uses a combination of data from the Smart Protection Network and information on “rapid increase in key word ranking” announced by Internet search engines in each country. Users can benefit from the results of this new method through the Smart Protection Network Web reputation service. On the other hand, we still urge all Internet users to be careful when looking for information online and to ensure that their sources can be trusted. We also strongly advise users to confirm the integrity of information they find on the Internet before sharing this with other users, whether through social media or through other means. |
| Sincerely, |
 |
| Wm. D. Broomell |
|
Archives - Holiday Protection Tips December 2010 Archives - Zero Day Threat November 2010 Archives - Malware January 2010 Archives - Ransomware April 2009 |