Computer Security, Viruses & Worms

Attack Samples Show Targeted Sophistication (PC World)

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:12:00 +0000

PC World - If you'd like to know what a targeted e-mail attack looks like, take a look at samples posted today by antivirus maker F-Secure.

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China again tells Google to obey the law (AFP)

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:04:23 +0000

AFP - China on Tuesday again warned Google not to stop filtering its web search engine results, as speculation mounted about the company's plans following its threat to leave over censorship and cyberattacks.

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Trusteer Rolls out Malware Forensic Tool for Banks (PC World)

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:20:09 +0000

PC World - Security vendor Trusteer's latest product will allow banks to remotely investigate their customers' computers if it is suspected the PC has been hacked.

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Microsoft's Boyd Questions Future of Online Privacy (PC Magazine)

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 12:22:07 +0000

PC Magazine - Microsoft researcher Danah Boyd said Sunday during her SXSW keynote that consumers have no idea what they are sharing online, nor do the businesses that build social networks.

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Troyak Takedown, Security Blues, ICANN Meets (PC World)

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 22:30:20 +0000

PC World - The Troyak ISP, which has been linked to the Zeus botnet, was briefly taken down this week. The takedown occurred on the heels of the RSA Conference last week, where there was much talk about the "cat-and-mouse" game of trying to squelch cybercrime. Otherwise, things got a little testy at the ICANN meeting in Nairobi, and iPad pre-orders got rolling. Oh, and the Internet was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. Seriously.

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Cybercrime surge pushes 2009 losses to 559 million dollars (AFP)

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:43:51 +0000

AFP - Losses from cybercrime and online scams more than doubled in 2009 to 559 million dollars as Internet criminals used more sophisticated techniques, an FBI-led task force said Friday.

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China warns Google not to stop filtering web searches (AFP)

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 08:55:19 +0000

AFP - China on Friday warned Google it would face "consequences" if it stopped filtering its search results, after the firm threatened to leave the country over cyberattacks and web censorship.

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It's Time to Finally Drop Internet Explorer 6 (PC World)

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 22:33:00 +0000

PC World - A security researcher has published exploit code for the latest Internet Explorer zero-day flaw on the Web and Microsoft is warning that more attacks against the unpatched vulnerability can be expected in-the-wild. One thing seems to be more apparent with each passing Internet Explorer (IE) vulnerability: its time to upgrade the Web browser.

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Google says talks with China ongoing (AFP)

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:33:30 +0000

AFP - Google said Thursday that it was in talks with China on the future of the US Internet giant in the Asian nation, after the firm threatened to leave over cyberattacks and state web censorship.

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Intego releases VirusBarrier X6 Dual Protection (Macworld.com)

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:54:00 +0000

Macworld.com - The perils of malware and viruses are everywhere, and Mac users shouldn’t be complacent, especially if they’re also running Windows via Boot Camp or other virtualization software. To those ends, Intego has released VirusBarrier X6 Dual Protection, which offers all the features of its X6 product for both Mac and Windows operating systems running on your machine.

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