items tagged with Trojan Horse
Microsoft to drop OneCare and launch free security software
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-11-18 19:01:54
Microsoft is preparing to phase out Windows Live OneCare in favour of a new, free-of-charge consumer security product.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-11-18 19:01:54
Microsoft is preparing to phase out Windows Live OneCare in favour of a new, free-of-charge consumer security product.
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AVG 8 and the case of the deleterious DLL deletion
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-12 00:20:44
Grisoft’s AVG 8 free and paid edition anti-virus software had an update on the weekend that caused some Windows XP machines to delete a vital file and stop XP from booting – and locking users out of their computers! The problem’s now fixed and a repair is available, but it’s the one “oops” you never want your anti-virus software to make!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-12 00:20:44
Grisoft’s AVG 8 free and paid edition anti-virus software had an update on the weekend that caused some Windows XP machines to delete a vital file and stop XP from booting – and locking users out of their computers! The problem’s now fixed and a repair is available, but it’s the one “oops” you never want your anti-virus software to make!
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Google Readers at risk from unsocial Facebook worm
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-10-29 06:42:04
Facebook worms are, sadly, not that uncommon. However, they do all tend to share a common tactic of using a non-existent video requiring a Trojan disguised as a new codec download to work. Now one enterprising scumbag is using Google to leverage trust amongst Facebook victims.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-10-29 06:42:04
Facebook worms are, sadly, not that uncommon. However, they do all tend to share a common tactic of using a non-existent video requiring a Trojan disguised as a new codec download to work. Now one enterprising scumbag is using Google to leverage trust amongst Facebook victims.
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Watch out for fake Microsoft “Security Update” email
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-12 23:24:37
Online criminals are once again trying to fool computer users into loading malware onto their computers, this time using an email with a “security update” attached, purporting to be from Microsoft.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-12 23:24:37
Online criminals are once again trying to fool computer users into loading malware onto their computers, this time using an email with a “security update” attached, purporting to be from Microsoft.
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YouTube “malware” sites threaten web users
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-10 02:02:33
A warning has gone out that fake YouTube pages are loading malware onto users’ computers - how can you protect yourself?!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-10 02:02:33
A warning has gone out that fake YouTube pages are loading malware onto users’ computers - how can you protect yourself?!
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Australia prime ID fraud target - $4b stolen!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-02 00:24:04
With all the financial turmoil and US banks melting down, Australia is a very big target for the world’s online criminals, what with our strong commodities-based economy and AA rated banks with billions in profit each year. How can you outsmart the crims?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-10-02 00:24:04
With all the financial turmoil and US banks melting down, Australia is a very big target for the world’s online criminals, what with our strong commodities-based economy and AA rated banks with billions in profit each year. How can you outsmart the crims?
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Norton Internet Security 2009 – the “whoa!” rewrite
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-09-01 02:38:51
Pilloried over the past few years for being “Norton Internet Bloatware”, the developers at Symantec have listened, completely re-engineering its venerable Internet Security software, transforming it into a lean, mean malware fightin’ machine. It’s seriously impressive!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-09-01 02:38:51
Pilloried over the past few years for being “Norton Internet Bloatware”, the developers at Symantec have listened, completely re-engineering its venerable Internet Security software, transforming it into a lean, mean malware fightin’ machine. It’s seriously impressive!
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FUD Alert: should fanboys be worried about the great Mac Hack Attack?
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-07-24 09:26:14
Mac malware vulnerabilities have become more criminally minded, Mac malware is not just proof of concept, Mac malware will shake Mac users of impenetrable computing misconceptions and Mac malware feeds off Mac users who do not learn from their mistakes. Hard hitting comments that warn of an impending wave of Mac attacks, but does reality match the hyperbole?
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-07-24 09:26:14
Mac malware vulnerabilities have become more criminally minded, Mac malware is not just proof of concept, Mac malware will shake Mac users of impenetrable computing misconceptions and Mac malware feeds off Mac users who do not learn from their mistakes. Hard hitting comments that warn of an impending wave of Mac attacks, but does reality match the hyperbole?
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iPhone antivirus: do we need it?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-07-18 02:30:05
Security software company Intego is bragging that its VirusBarrier X5 10.5.3 is the first antivirus package that can scan the iPhone or iPod touch for malware. But is it just hype?
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-07-18 02:30:05
Security software company Intego is bragging that its VirusBarrier X5 10.5.3 is the first antivirus package that can scan the iPhone or iPod touch for malware. But is it just hype?
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Official Sony PlayStation site hacked as gamers get targeted by Trojans
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Consoles
2008-07-03 08:59:21
This week Sophos has been warning visitors to the Sony PlayStation website to watch out as they are at risk from a malware infection. It discovered that a number of pages at the official US PlayStation site have been compromised by hackers.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Technology Lifestyle
Category: Consoles
2008-07-03 08:59:21
This week Sophos has been warning visitors to the Sony PlayStation website to watch out as they are at risk from a malware infection. It discovered that a number of pages at the official US PlayStation site have been compromised by hackers.
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Drive-by downloads danger from new Mac Trojan: Symantec
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-06-23 20:55:57
A new Trojan targeting Mac OS X poses a drive-by download threat to users, according to a senior manager at security vendor Symantec. Two new Trojans that could compromise the security of Mac OS X were reported yesterday and more information on one of them has come to light.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-06-23 20:55:57
A new Trojan targeting Mac OS X poses a drive-by download threat to users, according to a senior manager at security vendor Symantec. Two new Trojans that could compromise the security of Mac OS X were reported yesterday and more information on one of them has come to light.
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Dastardly duo of Mac OS X Trojan threats on the loose in the wild
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-06-22 21:26:46
Mac users beware: a dastardly duo of Trojans is seeking to suck secrets from your computers, and both have been spotted in the wild. With a little help from an incautious user both Trojans are capable of getting around the Mac's defences and executing code with administrator or root privileges.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-06-22 21:26:46
Mac users beware: a dastardly duo of Trojans is seeking to suck secrets from your computers, and both have been spotted in the wild. With a little help from an incautious user both Trojans are capable of getting around the Mac's defences and executing code with administrator or root privileges.
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The world must unite to fight malware, says OECD
Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-06-02 06:59:06
The OECD has called for the setting up of a global partnership to combat malware and for Internet service providers and domain name registrars to develop common codes of national and international practice.
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Written By: Stuart Corner
Section: Telecommunications
Category: Policy & Regulation
2008-06-02 06:59:06
The OECD has called for the setting up of a global partnership to combat malware and for Internet service providers and domain name registrars to develop common codes of national and international practice.
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Watch out for the “Free 101 Mini-Articles” email scam
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-29 03:13:18
Spammers sending messages laden with malware, be it spyware, viruses or programs to trap our computers in nefarious botnets are getting trickier and trickier in their attempts to get us to not only click on an email, but open the attachment. The latest one is as evil as ever, and could fool plenty of people into clicking.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-04-29 03:13:18
Spammers sending messages laden with malware, be it spyware, viruses or programs to trap our computers in nefarious botnets are getting trickier and trickier in their attempts to get us to not only click on an email, but open the attachment. The latest one is as evil as ever, and could fool plenty of people into clicking.
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SubRosaSoft has me stumped
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-03-13 22:10:44
As Stuart Corner pointed out, SubRosaSoft's MacForensicsLab recently published a white paper describing the history of malware and recommending some changes that Apple could make to improve Mac OS X security. But would those changes really help?
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-03-13 22:10:44
As Stuart Corner pointed out, SubRosaSoft's MacForensicsLab recently published a white paper describing the history of malware and recommending some changes that Apple could make to improve Mac OS X security. But would those changes really help?
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Trojan steals Gmail passwords – and charges for it
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-03-12 06:19:57
Nobody wants to lose their e-mail. So, for Gmail users, G-Archiver seemed like a great buy. For $US 29.95 this shareware app will make a duplicate of your Gmail account on your hard disk, for as many accounts as you like. What its users didn't count on was that G-Archiver's authors helped themselves to your Gmail username and password too.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-03-12 06:19:57
Nobody wants to lose their e-mail. So, for Gmail users, G-Archiver seemed like a great buy. For $US 29.95 this shareware app will make a duplicate of your Gmail account on your hard disk, for as many accounts as you like. What its users didn't count on was that G-Archiver's authors helped themselves to your Gmail username and password too.
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Yahoo! "most abused" web mail service
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-03-07 00:05:26
Yahoo! Mail is the source of almost nine out of ten spams coming from web mail services, a security provider has claimed.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Spam
2008-03-07 00:05:26
Yahoo! Mail is the source of almost nine out of ten spams coming from web mail services, a security provider has claimed.
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Latest malware threats go local say McAfee
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-24 07:52:02
Malware threats aren’t using the scattergun approach any longer, with criminals targeting users in their own languages in ever increasingly sophisticated attempts to become more successful at ripping us all off.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-24 07:52:02
Malware threats aren’t using the scattergun approach any longer, with criminals targeting users in their own languages in ever increasingly sophisticated attempts to become more successful at ripping us all off.
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Sophos: Mac invulnerability bubble to pop in 2008?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-16 23:19:06
An online poll of 355 computer users by security firm Sophos shows that 93% believe Mac is set to become a big target for hackers and malware writers, sending shivers up the spine of any Mac user that still believes they’re invulnerable to the security threats that plague Windows PCs.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-16 23:19:06
An online poll of 355 computer users by security firm Sophos shows that 93% believe Mac is set to become a big target for hackers and malware writers, sending shivers up the spine of any Mac user that still believes they’re invulnerable to the security threats that plague Windows PCs.
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TrustDefender launches new Vista version and ‘Kernel Forensics Engine’
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-05 07:50:48
Online transaction security software, TrustDefender, has launched a beta version designed for Windows Vista, while launching a new ‘Kernel Forensics Engine’ in the current XP version to help users detect, protect and secure all online transactions – and provide exclusive protection against the nasty ‘Silentbanker Trojan’ and MBR Virus.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-05 07:50:48
Online transaction security software, TrustDefender, has launched a beta version designed for Windows Vista, while launching a new ‘Kernel Forensics Engine’ in the current XP version to help users detect, protect and secure all online transactions – and provide exclusive protection against the nasty ‘Silentbanker Trojan’ and MBR Virus.
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