items tagged with Malware
Euro 2008 ticket site hacked
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-03-27 21:14:42
A security company has found malware on to a prominent website selling tickets for the Euro 2008 football tournament.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Internet
2008-03-27 21:14:42
A security company has found malware on to a prominent website selling tickets for the Euro 2008 football tournament.
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Apple ‘forcing’ Safari on XP iTunes users - ‘choice’ or click trickery?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-03-22 04:57:07
If you’ve got iTunes installed on your Windows XP computer, you’ve also got the ‘Apple Software Updater’ installed. It’s there to ensure you’re always informed of the latest iTunes update, but now it will also have Safari 3.1 ‘ticked’ by default, ready to download and install when you click the ‘install’ button. Is this right - or wrong?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-03-22 04:57:07
If you’ve got iTunes installed on your Windows XP computer, you’ve also got the ‘Apple Software Updater’ installed. It’s there to ensure you’re always informed of the latest iTunes update, but now it will also have Safari 3.1 ‘ticked’ by default, ready to download and install when you click the ‘install’ button. Is this right - or wrong?
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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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Australian site under IFRAME attack, along with Wired and History.com
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-03-10 22:02:36
The University of Melbourne is suffering an IFRAME attack, along with a military site, other .edu sites, a couple of torrent sites and two big sites: Wired.com and History.com, with the Russian Business Network showing no signs of going out of business.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-03-10 22:02:36
The University of Melbourne is suffering an IFRAME attack, along with a military site, other .edu sites, a couple of torrent sites and two big sites: Wired.com and History.com, with the Russian Business Network showing no signs of going out of business.
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CNET stops IFRAME site attacks - who's next?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-03-10 03:59:11
Dancho Danchev, security expert, has uncovered more sites under IFRAME attack, although this time the sites in question have been quick to fix the vulnerabilities to protect their users.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-03-10 03:59:11
Dancho Danchev, security expert, has uncovered more sites under IFRAME attack, although this time the sites in question have been quick to fix the vulnerabilities to protect their users.
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Avast! Here lies a booty of 50m registered anti-virus users
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-03-09 23:59:24
Anti-virus and anti-malware makers ALWIL Software, well known for the avast! line of software for consumers, business and enterprise, have reported a treasure trove of 50 million users being protected by avast! Antivirus.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-03-09 23:59:24
Anti-virus and anti-malware makers ALWIL Software, well known for the avast! line of software for consumers, business and enterprise, have reported a treasure trove of 50 million users being protected by avast! Antivirus.
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ZDNet Asia under iFRAME hack attack?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-03-05 05:46:36
F-Secure’s Security Response Team Manager, Wing Fei Chia, has posted an entry at F-Secure’s blog claiming that ZDNet Asia has a problem with their search engine and could be sending users to sites laden with malware and worse.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-03-05 05:46:36
F-Secure’s Security Response Team Manager, Wing Fei Chia, has posted an entry at F-Secure’s blog claiming that ZDNet Asia has a problem with their search engine and could be sending users to sites laden with malware and worse.
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AVG 8.0 spotlights web threats
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-02-27 01:15:22
A key feature of AVG Internet Security 8.0 is realtime protection against dodgy or compromised web sites. The new security package is due to be released today and has some key advantages over its competitors according to its developers.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-02-27 01:15:22
A key feature of AVG Internet Security 8.0 is realtime protection against dodgy or compromised web sites. The new security package is due to be released today and has some key advantages over its competitors according to its developers.
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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 horrified at Microsoft notion of a ‘good worm’
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-17 17:20:21
Computer viruses and worms are incredibly good at spreading themselves across the Internet, merrily infecting PCs with their dastardly payloads. But what if that payload was beneficial, rather than harmful? A Microsoft Research paper suggests these ‘friendly worms’ could be helpful – but Sophos says this is pure ‘nonsense’ – and on this we heartily agree!
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-17 17:20:21
Computer viruses and worms are incredibly good at spreading themselves across the Internet, merrily infecting PCs with their dastardly payloads. But what if that payload was beneficial, rather than harmful? A Microsoft Research paper suggests these ‘friendly worms’ could be helpful – but Sophos says this is pure ‘nonsense’ – and on this we heartily agree!
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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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Should I put Windows XP on my ASUS Eee PC?
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-11 00:28:59
The ASUS Eee PC comes pre-loaded with Xandros Linux, an operating system far less susceptible to viruses, spyware, malware and the other nasties that are almost of biblical proportions in the Windows world. So, even though ASUS makes a Windows XP driver disc to allow the easy installation of XP, and is due to start selling the Eee with XP pre-loaded, is XP worth the worry?
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-02-11 00:28:59
The ASUS Eee PC comes pre-loaded with Xandros Linux, an operating system far less susceptible to viruses, spyware, malware and the other nasties that are almost of biblical proportions in the Windows world. So, even though ASUS makes a Windows XP driver disc to allow the easy installation of XP, and is due to start selling the Eee with XP pre-loaded, is XP worth the worry?
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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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Enterprise-grade Linux: Five network security FOSS apps
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-01-23 07:42:14
The old adage, you get what you pay for, doesn’t have to apply. In fact, for a small business the high price tag of “threat management” software can often mean a company will just go without to its detriment. Here’s some high quality free and open source software to help, at a price any CFO will love.
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Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery
Category: The Linux user and switcher blog
2008-01-23 07:42:14
The old adage, you get what you pay for, doesn’t have to apply. In fact, for a small business the high price tag of “threat management” software can often mean a company will just go without to its detriment. Here’s some high quality free and open source software to help, at a price any CFO will love.
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Cybercriminals moving beyond Microsoft to Apple and Linux
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-01-22 21:45:38
A new report reveals that in 2007 organised criminal gangs for the first time started attacking Internet connected Apple products with the intention of stealing money. The report issues a chilling warning that the increased popularity of Mac computers and the enthusiastic take-up of net connected products such as iPhone and iPod Touch has its down side.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-01-22 21:45:38
A new report reveals that in 2007 organised criminal gangs for the first time started attacking Internet connected Apple products with the intention of stealing money. The report issues a chilling warning that the increased popularity of Mac computers and the enthusiastic take-up of net connected products such as iPhone and iPod Touch has its down side.
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If you buy it, they will come
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-01-22 16:11:55
Mac shipments were up in 2007, and the year also saw the arrival of financially-motivated malware targeting the platform. Coincidence?
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-01-22 16:11:55
Mac shipments were up in 2007, and the year also saw the arrival of financially-motivated malware targeting the platform. Coincidence?
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Blowing up a Storm for Valentine's Day
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-01-17 00:06:00
Security vendors are warning of a fresh outbreak of the Storm (Dorf) Trojan using romantic themes ahead of Valentine's Day.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-01-17 00:06:00
Security vendors are warning of a fresh outbreak of the Storm (Dorf) Trojan using romantic themes ahead of Valentine's Day.
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Alarm raised over fake iPhone 1.1.3 update
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-01-07 11:22:57
Warning: a fake ‘update’ to prepare iPhones for the upcoming 1.1.3 firmware instead works as a Trojan horse when uninstalled. While seemingly relatively harmless, the age of malicious third party iPhone software has arrived.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Technology feature
Category: iPhone
2008-01-07 11:22:57
Warning: a fake ‘update’ to prepare iPhones for the upcoming 1.1.3 firmware instead works as a Trojan horse when uninstalled. While seemingly relatively harmless, the age of malicious third party iPhone software has arrived.
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Flirty bot passes for human
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2007-12-10 19:41:15
New software designed to conduct flirtatious conversations is good enough to fool people into thinking they are chatting with a human, a security company has warned.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2007-12-10 19:41:15
New software designed to conduct flirtatious conversations is good enough to fool people into thinking they are chatting with a human, a security company has warned.
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Capital injection for BitDefender
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Listed Techs
Category: Financial News
2007-12-10 18:26:51
Security software vendor BitDefender has received a capital injection of $US7 million from a group of Romanian and American private investors in a deal that values the company at over $US100 million.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Listed Techs
Category: Financial News
2007-12-10 18:26:51
Security software vendor BitDefender has received a capital injection of $US7 million from a group of Romanian and American private investors in a deal that values the company at over $US100 million.
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