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Article | 10/02/2011 Microsoft update offers an easier way to turn off autoruns
Microsoft's latest round of patches released on Tuesday includes an optional update that will shut off the "autorun" capability for users of older Win...
Article | 8/02/2011 Android Market's Web Store: Convenient, risk of malware
For Android phone users, the newfound convenience of installing apps remotely from the Android Market Website also opens up a security hole for malwar...
Article | 3/02/2011 Next generation banking malware emerges after Zeus
The rumored combination of two pieces of advanced online banking malware appears to be fully underway after several months of speculation.
Article | 3/02/2011 Waledac botnet poised for a rebound with stolen credentials
The Waledac botnet, crippled by legal action from Microsoft and covert infiltration by security researchers just a year ago, appears poised for a big ...
Article | 1/02/2011 Seven hints to stay safe online
There have been a number of attacks recently against high-profile social networking accounts -- French President Sarkozy, teen pop star Selena Gomez, ...
Article | 1/02/2011 Five new online security threats to avoid
I don't spend a lot of time on Facebook, so when I got an e-mail from the social networking site telling me "you haven't been back to Facebook recentl...
Article | 28/01/2011 Stuxnet could have caused "new Chernobyl," Russian ambassador says
The Stuxnet worm attack known to have struck computers at the Russian-built Iranian Bushehr nuclear plant in Iran has serious implications and could h...
Article | 27/01/2011 Hackers turn back the clock with Telnet attacks
A new report from Akamai Technologies shows that hackers appear to be increasingly using the Telnet remote access protocol to attack corporate servers...
Article | 25/01/2011 Appliance automates malware detection
Security firm NetWitness today announced Spectrum, an appliance for enabling automated malware analysis that works in conjunction with the company's t...
Article | 25/01/2011 Carberp banking malware upgrades itself
A piece of banking malware that researchers have been keeping an eye on is adding more sophisticated capabilities to stay hidden on victims' PCs, acco...
Article | 21/01/2011 Soundminer Android malware listens, then steals, phone data
Researchers have developed a low-profile Trojan horse program for Google's Android mobile OS that steals data in a way that is unlikely to be detected...
Article | 20/01/2011 Experts weigh in on cyber war report
Until recently, "cyber war" has been reserved for science fiction thrillers -- like something you might expect from William Gibson. In the past few ye...
Article | 20/01/2011 Can Facebook learn from Apple?
Facebook should overhaul its third-party developer program and require every app on the social network to go through an approval process, security fir...
Article | 19/01/2011 The PC virus turns 25
Happy anniversary Basit and Amjad! Twenty-five years ago this month, the Alvi brothers of Lahore, Pakistan, gave the world the Brain Virus, the first ...
Article | 13/01/2011 Spam Traffic Returns after Holiday Break
Spammers are people too...apparently. They have families and want to take a vacation to spend quality time with them over the traditional holiday brea...