Archive for the 'Adware & Malware' Category
Wednesday, January 7th, 2009
Both US-CERT and security organization F-Secure have issued warnings, urging IT professionals to apply a Microsoft patch. Business systems are being attacked by a worm exploiting a known Microsoft vulnerability, IT security experts have warned. Both US-CERT and security organization F-Secure have issued warnings, urging…
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Spyware, Microsoft, Adware & Malware, Business System, worm, Colin Barker ZDNet.co.uk, CERT, Viruses And Worms, Security, Cyberthreats, Vulnerability, F-Secure Corp., Microsoft Corp. |
Friday, November 21st, 2008
Two new pieces of malware affecting Mac OS X appeared this week, a Trojan horse and a hacker tool for creating backdoors. Two pieces of malicious software affecting Apple’s Mac OS X appeared this week: a Trojan horse with the ability to download and install malicious code of an…
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Intego, Hacker Tool, Trojan Horse, Trojan, OSX.Lamzev.A, Lamzev, backdoor, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Adware & Malware, Spyware, Hacker, Security, Operating Systems, Tool, Viruses And Worms, malware, Matthew Broersma ZDNet.co.uk, Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, Software |
Monday, November 3rd, 2008
RSA says cloud-computing crimeware means networks of zombie machines can be hired to steal online-banking details for as little as $299 a month. Cloud-computing crimeware means networks of zombie machines can be hired to steal online-banking details for as little as $299 (£185) per month….
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RSA Security Inc., Fraudster, cloud, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Trojan, zombie, RSA, Adware & Malware, Spyware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Networking, Network, Cyberthreats, Nick Heath silicon.com, malware, Productivity |
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
The law-enforcement bodies have cracked a major botnet, asking antivirus company Kaspersky to help victims clean up the malware on their PCs. In a joint operation, the FBI and the Dutch High Tech Crime Unit have cracked the Shadow botnet–thought to contain 100,000 PCs. Two…
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Jo Best ZDNet.co.uk, Kaspersky Lab, botnet, Kasperky Lab, Adware & Malware, Spyware, FBI, malware, Security, PC, Viruses And Worms, Federal Government, Cyberthreats, Government |
