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Australian malware infection rates drop
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Security

2009-11-17 01:42:40
Australia’s malware infection rate is significantly lower than the worldwide average, with estimates by Microsoft that 3.9 systems in Australia are infected for every one thousand systems on which the company’s malicious software removal tool is executed, compared to the worldwide average of 8.7 systems per one thousand executed, or more than double Australia’s infection rate. 




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Adware trojan most widespread e-threat
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Security

2009-10-06 21:00:33
The Clicker adware trojan is the most widespread threat on the Web right now possibly due to it regaining popularity as an infection tool of choice.


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Trojan authors take advantage of Michael Moore
Written By: Sam Varghese
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2009-09-16 20:29:16
Trojaned files which claim to be copies of the latest film made by American documentary film maker Michael Moore have flooded torrent sites over the last few days, reliable sources say.
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Dubious Australian honour as top 10 phishing attack host
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Phishing

2009-09-02 03:59:01
Australia is still one of the top 10 countries to host phishing attacks, according to a new security fraud report out today,  while six countries -  the US, U.K, Italy, Canada, Spain and South Africa – have consistently suffered  the most phishing attacks.


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AVG false alarm tags iTunes as Trojan
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Anti-Virus

2009-08-23 18:39:51
A false positive detection by the AVG anti-virus software has put many iTunes users in a spin.


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Trojans on the march, Conficker still stalking
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature

Category: Virtualisation

2009-08-02 00:57:44
Trojans continue to dominate e-threats for the second month in a row, with the infamous Conficker also still prevalent, with threats from the worm – otherwise known as Downadup.Gen - increasing from 3.33 percent in June to 4.15 percent of all infections during July.      



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Gaming threat most prevalent as Web threats surge
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Security

2009-07-09 03:45:16
There was significant growth in Web threat traffic in June with increased volumes of malware, and an online gaming Trojan the most active bit of malware circulating around the Internet.


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Riding the Net risks drive-by malware download attack
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Security

2009-07-06 21:08:04
Drive-by download malware is still the most often downloaded nasty by Internet users, with vulnerabilities in Adobe and Microsoft products often the stalking horse of the trojans spreading infection around the Web.


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Kapersky integration with Juniper
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature

Category: Virtualisation

2009-06-17 00:55:11
Kapersky Lab’s antivirus technologies have been integrated into Juniper Networks SRX series services gateways and J series services routers.


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More Mac Malware
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump

Category: Apple and anything else

2009-06-11 02:23:17
A new variant of the Tored malware and yet another bogus codec pose a vague threat to Mac OS X users.


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Clever infection techniques top e-threats list
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Security

2009-06-03 08:26:59
Those naughty, malicious little malware writers are becoming increasingly clever and creative in the way they go about spreading infections and misery across the Internet.


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AVG releases malware solution for Linux
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Security

2009-05-10 23:36:20
AVG has released a new anti-malware solution for Linux which combines email and file server protection in a single distribution package.
 


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Trojans remain the biggest e-threat
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Security

2009-05-06 23:29:27
Trojans continue their proliferation and spread across the Internet, still dominating the list of the most pernicious threats facing Internet users, according to BitDefender in its April survey released today.


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China hardest hit as malware attacks increase
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Security

2009-05-05 06:04:29
China received the brunt of a rise in malware attacks around the world in April, doubling its share of attacks from the previous month as the lucrative online gaming market attracted hits from cybercriminals.


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ATM malware may help snatch your cash
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Security

2009-03-17 22:07:32
A prominent security vendor has come across malware targeting ATMs and implementing a virtual card skimmer.


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Essential Linux tools for the PC technician
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery

Category: The Linux user and switcher blog

2009-03-15 01:52:00
Recently, I blogged that every good IT technician really needs Linux in their toolkit – even if you're strictly a Windows shop. Here are more good reasons why a bootable Linux CD can really save your bacon including indispensable tools you must have.


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Forget the drive-by-shooting, it’s the drive-by-download to watch out for!
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Security

2009-03-03 04:28:47

So-called drive-by download components dominated the latest security threats to our computers during February as cybercriminals attempted to compromise the security of users’ systems.


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Symantec warning on Adobe vulnerability, but so far attacks not widespread
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature

Category: Enterprise

2009-02-22 20:14:54

Symantec has issued a new security alert warning of a vulnerability in Adobe and with early reports of targeted rather than widespread attacks.


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Time for an online banking security revolution
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic

Category: The gadget blog

2009-02-19 16:39:24
With 2008 showing just how big the “underground economy” has become, and with numerous examples of banking Trojans and malware reaching new heights of nefariousness, 2009 is a do-or-die year for the banking industry – especially in the midst of the global financial crisis.


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Web-based e-threats continued to dominate the first month of 2009, according to BitDefender.
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature

Category: Enterprise

2009-02-17 07:19:03

Trojan.Clicker.CM returned to the leading position of the top 10 E-Threats with 5.40 percent, according to a report just released by BitDefender.


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