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Article | 7/03/2013 Kaspersky Internet Security 2013 bug can lead to system freeze
Kaspersky Lab's Internet Security 2013 product contains a bug that can be exploited remotely, especially on local networks, to completely freeze the O...
Article | 15/02/2013 Facebook targeted by hackers, says no user data compromised
Facebook said Friday it had been the target of a sophisticated hacking attack but that it had no evidence any user data had been compromised.
Article | 12/02/2013 DaVinci surveillance malware distributed via zero-day Flash Player exploit, researchers say
Political activists from the Middle East were targeted in attacks that exploited a previously unknown Flash Player vulnerability to install a so-calle...
Article | 5/02/2013 Bad Kaspersky antivirus update prevents business and home users from accessing websites
A faulty antivirus update issued by Kaspersky Lab on Monday left many of its home and business customers unable to access any websites on their comput...
Article | 4/12/2012 Orange to install Lookout security software on Android devices
Mobile network operator Orange will install Lookout's Mobile Security application on some of the Android-based tablets and smartphones it distributes ...
Article | 9/11/2012 Cisco recommends McAfee switch for IronPort customers hit by Sophos flaws
Cisco Systems has warned customers about critical vulnerabilities in the Sophos antivirus engine included in its Cisco IronPort email and Web security...
Article | 6/11/2012 Researcher finds critical vulnerabilities in Sophos antivirus product
Security researcher Tavis Ormandy discovered critical vulnerabilities in the antivirus product developed by U.K.-based security firm Sophos and advise...
Article | 21/12/2011 Antivirus software sales expected to show strong growth in 2012
The prevalence with which hackers are handing out headaches to IT security pros will have a big upside for vendors in the coming year, according to ne...
Article | 3/11/2011 Facebook easily infiltrated by data-harvesting bots, researchers find
Facebook's fake account detection mechanisms can be defeated 80 percent of the time with the help of automated tools, researchers from the University ...
Article | 13/10/2011 Peer-to-peer update to Zeus Trojan confers resistance to take-downs
The Zeus financial malware has been updated with P-to-P (peer-to-peer) functionality that makes it much more resilient to take-down efforts and gives ...
Article | 12/10/2011 German officials admit to deploying intercept software
Officials in a number of German state governments have owned up to using the Quellen-TKÜ Trojan Horse software in criminal investigations to intercept...
Article | 6/10/2011 Webroot claims the fastest, lightest, most powerful anti-virus software yet with SecureAnywhere
Security and antivirus software vendor Webroot has thrown the proverbial gauntlet down to its competitors with the launch of its new consumer-level pr...
Article | 5/10/2011 Firefox advises users to disable McAfee plugin
It's the last thing McAfee would want users to hear about one of its products, but the Firefox browser is advising users to disable McAfee's ScriptSca...
Article | 30/07/2011 Malwarebytes preps enterprise edition of PC-cleaning software
Malwarebytes this fall expects to release an enterprise-grade anti-malware platform that it says doesn't compete directly with traditional antivirus s...
Article | 16/07/2011 Google building Postini features into Apps
Google has started to move e-mail security features from its Postini service directly into its Google Apps collaboration and communication suite.