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Article | 25/10/2010 Iranian Cyber Army moves into botnets
A group of malicious hackers who attacked Twitter and the Chinese search engine Baidu are also apparently running a for-rent botnet, according to new ...
Article | 23/10/2010 Beware fake Microsoft security essentials
Microsoft Security Essentials is fake. Well, it is and it isn't. Microsoft Security Essentials is a free antimalware protection program from Microsoft...
Article | 21/10/2010 Microsoft warns of spike in Java attacks
In the course of researching and preparing volume 9 of the Security Intelligence Report, Microsoft analysts discovered an interesting trend. According...
Article | 21/10/2010 Does Mac OS X need malware protection?
Everyone knows that the Mac OS X operating system is just inherently secure. Any Apple loyalist will gladly explain to you everything that is wrong wi...
Article | 18/10/2010 New malware technique targets intrusion-prevention systems
A recently discovered category of malware -- advanced evasion techniques -- can sneak through most intrusion-prevention systems to deliver even well-k...
Article | 16/10/2010 Microsoft exposes scope of botnet threat
Microsoft this week unveiled the ninth volume of its Security Intelligence Report (SIR). The semi-annual assessment of the state of computer and Inter...
Article | 15/10/2010 Google adds phishing URL alerts into network tool
Google has added notification for phishing URLs to its service that lets administrators know if their networks have been compromised.
Article | 14/10/2010 Microsoft will look to courts for botnet takedowns
Microsoft has seen a dramatic drop in the number of computers infected with Waledac, a piece of malicious software affiliated with a botnet that was o...
Article | 13/10/2010 AVG Launches New Security Tools for SMBs
AVG may not have the brand recognition of McAfee or Symantec, but with two decades of experience and over 110 million customers it's no slouch in secu...
Article | 10/10/2010 Zeus hackers could steal corporate secrets too
Criminals who use the Zeus banking crimeware may be working on an new angle: corporate espionage.
Article | 6/10/2010 Mobile malware exploits on the way, experts say
Smartphone exploits are coming, as cybercriminals start to figure out how to make money by hacking mobile devices, two mobile security experts said Tu...
Article | 2/10/2010 Zeus botnet thriving despite arrests in the US, UK
The Zeus botnet remains a robust network that is difficult to destroy despite an international sting operation that saw dozens arrested this week for ...
Article | 1/10/2010 Feds hit Zeus group, but the brains remain overseas
U.S. authorities dealt a significant blow to the most successful computer crime organization this week, but it's unclear whether the masterminds behin...
Article | 1/10/2010 Santander bank to use Zeus-blocking browser plug-in
Santander has become the latest online bank to start using Trusteer's Rapport browser plug-in, one of the few security tools that guarantees to succes...
Article | 30/09/2010 Zeus botnet bank thieves were careless with own security
Suspects charged with stealing more than US$9.4 million from U.K. banks using the Zeus botnet apparently spent more time figuring out the logistics of...