Archive for the 'Viruses And Worms' Category
Monday, December 1st, 2008
Microsoft is dropping its subscription-based antivirus software in favor of a free package, code-named ‘Morro’. ScanSafe Internet-security expert Mary Landesman investigates Microsoft’s motives. Commentary–Microsoft is to replace its paid-for antivirus product with a free one, citing an altruistic desire to spread protection around the world. But many are less…
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Morro, Infection Rate, Brazil, Mary Landesman, free, Mary Landesman, ScanSafe, Special from ZDNet UK, OneCare, Microsoft, antivirus, Microsoft Corp., Internet, China, Security, India, Viruses And Worms, Software |
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 |
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 |
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
Security agency breaks its normal silence, warning about successful attacks against critical national infrastructures outside the U.S. A cyberattack has caused a power blackout in multiple cities outside the United States, the CIA has warned. The SANS Institute, a computer-security training body, reported the CIA’s disclosure…
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SANS Institute, Hacking, Viruses And Worms, Cyberattack, CIA, Security, Attacks, Tom Espiner, U.S. |
