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When your system has been compromised, it’s safe to assume the worst. Here’s what the bad guys have in mind Written by Roger A. Grimes / Courtesy of InfoWorld In the good old days, most hacking was performed by young males looking to boost their self-esteem. Nowadays, almost all hacking and malware is carried out with criminal intent. Yet for some reason, people who get hacked or are...
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Apple ships Java update, malware scrubber after confirming attacks on own Macs And touts security moves that didn’t prevent Java exploits from hijacking engineers’ machines Written By Gregg Keizer / Courtesy of ComputerWorld.com Computerworld – The day it acknowledged company-owned Macs had been hacked using a “drive-by” Java exploit, Apple on Tuesday patched the...
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Oracle releases patch for Java after U.S. government warning Written by Hayley Tsukayama / Courtesy of The Washington Post Oracle said Sunday that it has released a patch for its Java software after a bug in the program opened users to malicious hacking. Security researchers first drew attention to the vulnerability last week, and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security told its employees to...
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Written by Singyin Lee / Courtesy of Honkiat.com In today’s technology-powered world, everything from our emails, social networking sites to our Internet banking details is protected by invisible walls built on code, accessible by us with a string of characters, also known as the password. As technology continues to better (and plague) our lives, it has become inevitable that our information...
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Written by Valli Meenakshi Ramanathan / Courtesy of IBTimes.com A new study conducted by Microsoft dubbed Operation b70, from August 2011, shows that several computers carry malware installed in the factory, BBC News reported. As part of efforts to determine security in its supply chain, the company undertook a study, when its employees brought 10 laptops and 10 desktops from stores located at...
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Security experts warn users to expect more exploits of the Java zero-day. Written By Tony Bradley / Courtesy of PCWorld Java is under attack again. A zero-day vulnerability in Java is being actively exploited in the wild. The current attacks seem to be targeted, but security experts warn that more widespread attacks could be imminent. Next to Adobe Reader and Adobe Flash, Java is probably one of...
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FBI actions mean 350,000 computers – all infected with the “DNSchanger” malware – will be cut off from the Internet on July 9, 2012. Does this sound like science fiction at best or a scam at worst? Well, it’s neither. Keep reading to hear the crazy story behind the FBI and the DNSChanger trojan, and what you can do to make sure your Internet will keep working. Once upon a time, a...
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Article written by Kim Zetter / Courtesy of Wired.com It’s a scenario security researchers have long worried about, a man-in-the-middle attack that allows someone to impersonate Microsoft Update to deliver malware — disguised as legitimate Microsoft code — to unsuspecting users. And that’s exactly what turns out to have occurred with the recent Flame cyberespionage tool that has been...
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By Christina Bonnington / Courtesy of Wired.com Mac users were once relatively insulated from malware attacks, if only because their OS platform didn’t attract the attention of criminals. But now a spike in security threats is making it clear that the bad guys are no longer ignoring Apple’s OS X. The latest Mac security threat, a variant of the “LuckyCat” attack, takes advantage of an...
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An infographic dissecting the nature and ramifications of Stuxnet, the first weapon made entirely out of code. This was produced for Australian TV program HungryBeast on Australia’s ABC1. Video courtesy of Patrick Clair Direction and Motion Graphics: Patrick Clair patrickclair.com Written by: Scott Mitchell Production Company: Zapruder’s Other...
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The Kill Switch Comes to the PC A feature common in phones will let Microsoft remotely disable malware By Jordan Robertson / Bloomberg Business Week Janne Kytömäki, a Finnish software developer, was cruising Google’s (GOOG) Android Market for smartphone apps last year when he noticed something strange. Dozens of best-selling applications suddenly listed the same wrong publisher. It was...
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Check out this informative & entertaining video regarding malware, featured on the BBC’s program “Click”: Criminal hackers have found a way round the latest generation of online banking security devices given out by banks, the BBC has learned. Experts say customers should follow banks’ official advice, use up-to-date anti-virus software and be vigilant. Spencer Kelly...
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One of our favorite security blogs, F-Secure, recently posted the following informative article regarding some new malicious methods of Facebook spammers. Firefox and Chrome are used as avenues to further spread the scam via Facebook by use of a fraudulent YouTube browser plugin. A fake Facebook page displays a plugin installation if visited from either of those two browsers. Facebook is recently...
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Here is a great video of Mikko Hypponen from F-Secure.com at a recent Ted Talk discussing ways to “defend the net.” This video is filled with fascinating and important information to keep your computer safe from external threats. He even shows the audience the effects of some of the very first computer viruses upon...
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Courtesy of F-Secure.com: Brod, a researcher on the Threat Research team over at F-Secure.com has been tasked with tracking emerging Mac based threats. Microsoft Excel is one of the tools he uses to chart variants. From April to December 2011, there have been several dozen new Mac threats. Well, that’s nothing when compared to Windows malware — but it’s definitely something when...
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