Archive for the 'malware' Category
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 |
Thursday, August 14th, 2008
A researcher claims to have found multiple flaws in mobile Java and Nokia Series 40 handsets, and wants Sun or Nokia to pay him almost $30,000 for the details. A Polish security researcher has claimed to have found multiple flaws in mobile Java, but is demanding ?20,000 ($29,790) in…
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Nokia, David Meyer ZDNet.co.uk, Java, Research Paper, Sun Microsystems, flaws, antivirus, malware, Security, Nokia Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Researcher, code, Mobile |
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008
Junk emailers are using Google Sites to create web pages that can help spam get around corporate filters, according to MessageLabs Spammers have added Google Sites to the arsenal of online tools used to get around junk-email filters, according to a study published on Tuesday by messaging…
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MessageLabs Ltd., Matthew Broersma ZDNet.co.uk, worms, securuty, Google Sites, Google, malware, Spammer, Security, Cyberthreats, Spam, Spam And Phishing, Google Inc. |
Thursday, July 31st, 2008
The email uses the phrase ‘FBI vs. Facebook’ in its subject line and contains a link to view an article about the FBI and Facebook. On Wednesday, the FBI and its partner, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), warned against a new email campaign being used by the creators…
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bots, malware, FBI, Robert Vamosi, Storm worm, Spam, E-mail, Facebook, Security, Online Communications, Federal Government, Government |
Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008
A security threat report from Sophos says that attacks are on the rise with an average of 15,000 Web pages compromised daily over the past three months. Web threats have risen significantly in the first quarter of 2008, with one Web page being infected every five seconds, according to…
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malware, Vivian Yeo, antivirus, Sophos Plc., ZDNet Asia, Hacking, Attacks, Marketing, Channel Management, Web Page, Security, Web |
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
Security vendor F-Secure says malformed archive files can cause its own and other vendors’ products to break and crash. Security vendor F-Secure has warned of multiple critical vulnerabilities in its own and other vendors’ products. The vulnerabilities exist in the way the products respond to malformed…
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antivirus, F-Secure, CERT, malware, Tom Espiner ZDNet.co.uk, Viruses And Worms, Vulnerability, F-Secure Corp., Security |
