items tagged with Trojans
Valentine’s viruses vandalise victim’s PCs
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-15 00:11:24
Ongoing virus and malware threats won’t stop anytime soon, with Valentine’s Day proving to be the latest opportunity for malware writers to wreak havoc on PC users – but shouldn’t PC users be well aware of the threats by now?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-15 00:11:24
Ongoing virus and malware threats won’t stop anytime soon, with Valentine’s Day proving to be the latest opportunity for malware writers to wreak havoc on PC users – but shouldn’t PC users be well aware of the threats by now?
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Unpatched computers hit hard by attacks in January 2009, reports Fortinet
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-05 05:17:11
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature
Category: Enterprise
2009-02-05 05:17:11
There’s yet another internet threats report released today, this time by Fortinet, a provider of unified threat management (UTM) solutions.
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iWork Trojan reappears in Photoshop CS4 crack
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-01-26 14:08:54
A variant of the iWorkServices Trojan for Mac OS X that appeared last week is now circulating with an unauthorised copy of Adobe Photoshop CS4.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-01-26 14:08:54
A variant of the iWorkServices Trojan for Mac OS X that appeared last week is now circulating with an unauthorised copy of Adobe Photoshop CS4.
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Beware: iWork '09 torrent is a Trojan
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-01-22 15:40:26
Trojans are still the flavour of the month when it comes to getting malware onto Macs. Recent examples have posed as codecs required to view seedy videos, but the latest attack hides behind Apple's iWork application suite.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2009-01-22 15:40:26
Trojans are still the flavour of the month when it comes to getting malware onto Macs. Recent examples have posed as codecs required to view seedy videos, but the latest attack hides behind Apple's iWork application suite.
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Kaspersky’s Anti-Virus for Windows 7 released as “prototype”
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-01-21 02:40:33
So far, there are three “official” anti-virus partners for the Windows 7 beta – AVG, Symantec (with Norton 360 3.0 beta) and Kaspersky Lab, with the latter announcing the release of its Windows 7 solution as a “technical prototype”.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-01-21 02:40:33
So far, there are three “official” anti-virus partners for the Windows 7 beta – AVG, Symantec (with Norton 360 3.0 beta) and Kaspersky Lab, with the latter announcing the release of its Windows 7 solution as a “technical prototype”.
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Newest Mac anti-virus/malware software turns 1.0 (and 1.3)
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2009-01-19 22:56:34
Although many Mac users are of the opinion they don’t need anti-virus protection, security companies keep on delivering it, with PC Tools marking two important milestones: version 1.0 of its iAntiVirus software for Mac, after a successful beta process, and a very nice $0 price for home users - although business users are expected to pay.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2009-01-19 22:56:34
Although many Mac users are of the opinion they don’t need anti-virus protection, security companies keep on delivering it, with PC Tools marking two important milestones: version 1.0 of its iAntiVirus software for Mac, after a successful beta process, and a very nice $0 price for home users - although business users are expected to pay.
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Paris Hilton’s website hosts drive-by-download malware
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2009-01-15 20:34:55
Online criminals are continuing to target high profile websites by hacking them to host drive-by-download malware, with the latest belonging to well-known socialite Paris Hilton.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2009-01-15 20:34:55
Online criminals are continuing to target high profile websites by hacking them to host drive-by-download malware, with the latest belonging to well-known socialite Paris Hilton.
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TrustDefender highlights danger of updated Torpig rootkit and variants
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-01-13 09:22:00
Rootkits are the not-so-secret, yet increasingly sophisticated weapon of online criminals targeting Windows users even before their computer boots up, with the Mebroot / Sinowal / Torpig rootkit potentially the worst of the bunch, completely invisible to traditional AV programs – but not to TrustDefender.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-01-13 09:22:00
Rootkits are the not-so-secret, yet increasingly sophisticated weapon of online criminals targeting Windows users even before their computer boots up, with the Mebroot / Sinowal / Torpig rootkit potentially the worst of the bunch, completely invisible to traditional AV programs – but not to TrustDefender.
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Clam anti-virus on Ubuntu
Written By: Hamish Taylor
Section: Apexing the Linux learning curve
Category: Linux for Learners
2009-01-05 23:26:06
There are quite a few anti-virus packages that work with Linux, such as ClamAV, AVG, Avast!, Panda, NOD32, Avira, F-Prot, Kaspersky, eScan and Sophos. I got these names from a quick Google search and it may not be an exhaustive list. Most of those packages are proprietary, some are free and open source. Many of them charge licence fees. However, this article is about ClamAV, so lets get on with it!
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Written By: Hamish Taylor
Section: Apexing the Linux learning curve
Category: Linux for Learners
2009-01-05 23:26:06
There are quite a few anti-virus packages that work with Linux, such as ClamAV, AVG, Avast!, Panda, NOD32, Avira, F-Prot, Kaspersky, eScan and Sophos. I got these names from a quick Google search and it may not be an exhaustive list. Most of those packages are proprietary, some are free and open source. Many of them charge licence fees. However, this article is about ClamAV, so lets get on with it!
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TrustDefender and the Trojan Vundo story
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-12-20 10:18:47
Even with anti-virus protection, this is the story of Vundo Trojan infecting a protected computer anyway. A different anti-virus product removed the Trojan, but it kept coming back, so here’s how the Trojan was removed, and how TrustDefender would have kept that user protected – despite being infected.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-12-20 10:18:47
Even with anti-virus protection, this is the story of Vundo Trojan infecting a protected computer anyway. A different anti-virus product removed the Trojan, but it kept coming back, so here’s how the Trojan was removed, and how TrustDefender would have kept that user protected – despite being infected.
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Watch out crims: AFP and Telstra to fight hi-tech crime
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-12-10 00:32:32
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) says it is engaging in a new partnership with Australian telco Telstra to “strengthen its world-leading capability in countering new technology-enabled crime”.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Telecommunications
Category: News
2008-12-10 00:32:32
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) says it is engaging in a new partnership with Australian telco Telstra to “strengthen its world-leading capability in countering new technology-enabled crime”.
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TrustDefender takes closer look at Firefox “Plugin” malware
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-12-07 22:40:40
Despite the fact that Firefox is seen as a safer browser than Internet Explorer, the emergence of the latest Firefox malware Plugin shows that a browser alone is not enough protection in a world of evil banking Trojans, botnets, rootkits and crimeware.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-12-07 22:40:40
Despite the fact that Firefox is seen as a safer browser than Internet Explorer, the emergence of the latest Firefox malware Plugin shows that a browser alone is not enough protection in a world of evil banking Trojans, botnets, rootkits and crimeware.
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Beware of rogue DHCP servers, warns Symantec
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-12-07 19:52:36
Computers on a LAN may be pharmed by rogue DHCP servers created by malware, leading to Internet traffic being diverted to bogus or otherwise malicious sites. A security vendor says attack code is in the wild.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-12-07 19:52:36
Computers on a LAN may be pharmed by rogue DHCP servers created by malware, leading to Internet traffic being diverted to bogus or otherwise malicious sites. A security vendor says attack code is in the wild.
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Apple peels antivirus advice from its support site
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-12-03 02:00:55
Apple recently revised a support article that recommended the use of antivirus software on Macs - and now the article has been pulled completely! What's going on?
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-12-03 02:00:55
Apple recently revised a support article that recommended the use of antivirus software on Macs - and now the article has been pulled completely! What's going on?
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IDC: Symantec leader in ANZ Secure Content Management Market
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-11-26 20:06:05
Computer security behemoth Symantec has had its leadership position in the Australian and New Zealand “secure content management market” confirmed by analyst firm IDC, which says Symantec’s market share was 41.4% in 2007.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-11-26 20:06:05
Computer security behemoth Symantec has had its leadership position in the Australian and New Zealand “secure content management market” confirmed by analyst firm IDC, which says Symantec’s market share was 41.4% in 2007.
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E-gads... AVG warns of 500 million strong e-card threat
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-26 19:21:49
E-eek! That nice Christmas e-card could be an e-threat, says AVG, and while the danger of e-cards is theoretically well known, the e-conomic crisis (and e-co climate concerns) is forcing some to consider sending e-cards instead of the real thing. As this means some e-cards you receive could be real, amongst plenty of fakes, caution is re-quired!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-26 19:21:49
E-eek! That nice Christmas e-card could be an e-threat, says AVG, and while the danger of e-cards is theoretically well known, the e-conomic crisis (and e-co climate concerns) is forcing some to consider sending e-cards instead of the real thing. As this means some e-cards you receive could be real, amongst plenty of fakes, caution is re-quired!
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TrustDefender looks deep into banking trojan’s soul
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-11-24 22:49:46
Banking trojans, such as the reviled “SilentBanker” trojan that is capturing unsuspecting and even anti-virus protected users by surprise and ripping money out of bank accounts, are digital curses upon not only users but the financial industry as a whole. Security experts TrustDefender take it apart in their latest blog entry.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-11-24 22:49:46
Banking trojans, such as the reviled “SilentBanker” trojan that is capturing unsuspecting and even anti-virus protected users by surprise and ripping money out of bank accounts, are digital curses upon not only users but the financial industry as a whole. Security experts TrustDefender take it apart in their latest blog entry.
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Does crime pay? Online crims enjoy massive boom
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-11-24 21:08:24
Symantec’s latest report on the “underground economy” shows that online criminals are enjoying their biggest ever boom, just as the world is experiencing economic turmoil. Never before has online crime been so big or so bad – but there definitely are things you can do to protect yourself!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-11-24 21:08:24
Symantec’s latest report on the “underground economy” shows that online criminals are enjoying their biggest ever boom, just as the world is experiencing economic turmoil. Never before has online crime been so big or so bad – but there definitely are things you can do to protect yourself!
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Is Microsoft's Morro, due mid-to-late 2009, a great ad for Linux?!
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-20 04:09:23
Microsoft will launch a leaner version of an Internet security package to protect users from malware, viruses, rootkits, spyware and trojans, but for some weird reason is waiting until the second half of 2009. Wake up Microsoft – just make OneCare free, today!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-11-20 04:09:23
Microsoft will launch a leaner version of an Internet security package to protect users from malware, viruses, rootkits, spyware and trojans, but for some weird reason is waiting until the second half of 2009. Wake up Microsoft – just make OneCare free, today!
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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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