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Do You Know How to Download PS3 Games Safely? Posted By : Jack Bush
February 6th, 2010 |
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Nov. 10, 1983: Computer ‘Virus’ Is Born
November 10th, 2009 |
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1983: Fred Cohen, a University of Southern California graduate student, gives a prescient peek at the digital future when he demonstrates a computer virus during a security seminar at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. A quarter-century later, computer viruses have become a pandemic for which there’s no inoculation.
Cohen inserted his proof-of-concept code into a Unix command, [...]
Windows 7 UAC Is Ineffective Security Solution for Malware, Sophos Says
November 4th, 2009 |
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A researcher at Sophos reports putting Windows 7′s User Account Control feature to the test and finding the technology failed to block numerous pieces of malware. Microsoft, however, stresses that UAC is only one part of Windows 7′s security.
– A researcher at Sophos called the UAC feature in Windows 7
ineffective after numerous pieces of malware snuck by the technology in a test.
Microsoft first introduced User
Account Control in Windows Vista to improve security. After some users
complained the number of alerts it generated were an…
Facebook Password Spam Conceals Malware Attack
October 28th, 2009 |
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Researchers at several security firms have uncovered a spam campaign targeting Facebook users. The e-mails, which pose as communications from Facebook about password resets, contain a nasty downloader that ultimately makes users part of a notorious botnet.
– Researchers at several security firms have tied the Bredolab Trojan to a spam campaign targeting Facebook users.
The malware is being blasted out by spammers in e-mails claiming to come from “The Facebook Team. quot; Inside the e-mails is a message that the recipient’s Facebook password has been c…
Get Rid Malware Posted By : Reyna Flor Nadera
October 15th, 2009 |
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Computer users frequently happen upon sites with malicious intentions and ensnaring links, and most have no idea until symptoms of existing malware occur. One day, such a user might open their internet browser only to be plagued by a continuous and periodic stream of pop-up ads, and of course, a slowness in performance, all of which can be extremely frustrating. This article discusses methods useful to get rid of malware.
Malware Defensive Techniques Will Evolve as Security Arms Race Continues
September 19th, 2009 |
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For security researchers, beating attackers means keeping an eye on what is happening while paying attention for signs of what lies ahead.
– When
it comes to fighting malware, researchers have to both keep their eyes on the
present and foresee what the future may hold before the next threat is on their
doorstep.
While
the majority of malware attacks stick to tried-and-true methods, malware
authors are getting better at being steal…
Symantec: Google Groups Used to Send Commands to Malware
September 11th, 2009 |
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Symantec researchers have uncovered a Trojan using a private newsgroup within Google Groups as a command and control server. The move follows an attempt to use Twitter as a C C earlier this year.
– Symantec has uncovered a
scheme to use a Google Groups newsgroup to sneak commands to malware
on compromised computers.
The move is another
example of attackers looking for covert ways to communicate to their bots.
Earlier this year, attackers were found using Twitter
as a command and contr…
Symantec Norton 2010 Pushes Reputation Technology in Malware Battle
September 9th, 2009 |
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Symantec releases Norton Internet Security 2010 and Norton AntiVirus 2010 and touts the products’ anti-malware use of reputation technology. This exemplifies a trend among security vendors in recent years of moving beyond traditional signature-based approaches to fighting malware.
– It is no secret that the anti-virus market has been
struggling to keep up with threats.
For that reason, many security vendors have been moving away from a strictly
signature-based approach in favor of other types of malware protection using techniques
like whitelisting and behavioral-based det…
3 Easy Ways To Eliminate Dangerous Malware From Your Computer
August 4th, 2009 |
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Malware is essentially a portmanteau from the words malicious and software. It is a highly dangerous form of virus because it is designed to do significant damage on a computer system without informed consent. This means a computer may crash unknowingly, without any warning whatsoever. Further, malware comes in many different forms such as the [...]
Erin Andrews Torrents
July 23rd, 2009 |
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By now you’ve certainly heard of the Erin Andrews peephole video. For many obvious reasons the video’s not going to be available through any legitimate or even semi-legitimate outlet leading many to start searching torrents and going to shady file download sites.
Our advice: don’t. In a not at all surprising turn of events spammers and [...]