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A CNN article recently caught my attention regarding a new study by antivirus software company McAfee that identified the most dangerous Internet search terms that can lead users (your employees, vendors, contractors, business partners, etc.) to web pages with a higher likelihood of cyber attacks. The study examined more than 2500 popular keywords on five major search engines – Google, Yahoo, Live, AOL and Ask – and analyzed 413,000 web pages.  The categories that had highest risk of leading to malware infested web sites included: screen savers, free games, work from home, Olympics, videos, celebrities, music and news.  The riskiest terms included: word unscramble, lyrics,Read More →