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Top 100 websites targeted by hackers
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-01-21 05:23:01
Ever wondered if that big name website is hosting malicious content or will redirect you to a site that is? Probably not, but in light of a new report out today perhaps you should.
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2009-01-21 05:23:01
Ever wondered if that big name website is hosting malicious content or will redirect you to a site that is? Probably not, but in light of a new report out today perhaps you should.
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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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AVG acquires indentity theft prevention security company
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals and Wheels - Mergers & Acquisitions
2009-01-17 23:51:55
Anti-virus and internet security software provider, AVG Technologies, has acquired Sana Security, a California-based security company and developer of identity theft prevention software.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Technology Industry
Category: Deals and Wheels - Mergers & Acquisitions
2009-01-17 23:51:55
Anti-virus and internet security software provider, AVG Technologies, has acquired Sana Security, a California-based security company and developer of identity theft prevention software.
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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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Old worm up to new tricks
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Anti-Virus
2009-01-15 02:23:27
A worm first discovered in November last year has resurfaced and is using a new way to spread. The Wimn32.Worm.Downadup, which installs rogue security software on infected computers, exploits the MS08-067 vulnerability to spread in local area networks. However, it is now also using physical "sneakernet" to spread.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Anti-Virus
2009-01-15 02:23:27
A worm first discovered in November last year has resurfaced and is using a new way to spread. The Wimn32.Worm.Downadup, which installs rogue security software on infected computers, exploits the MS08-067 vulnerability to spread in local area networks. However, it is now also using physical "sneakernet" to spread.
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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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Microsoft IE vulnerability to receive urgent fix Wednesday
Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-12-16 21:09:26
Tomorrow, the 18th of December at 5am (Australian Eastern Standard Time), the 0-day security vulnerability that has embarrassed Microsoft into action will receive the urgently needed patch that will restore balance to the force and (temporarily) shut Linux zealots up.
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Written By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Section: Fuzzy Logic
Category: The gadget blog
2008-12-16 21:09:26
Tomorrow, the 18th of December at 5am (Australian Eastern Standard Time), the 0-day security vulnerability that has embarrassed Microsoft into action will receive the urgently needed patch that will restore balance to the force and (temporarily) shut Linux zealots up.
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Australian PCs cleaner than average
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-12-10 23:09:16
The incidence of malware on Australian computers is below the worldwide average, but there are signs that things may be getting worse.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-12-10 23:09:16
The incidence of malware on Australian computers is below the worldwide average, but there are signs that things may be getting worse.
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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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Koobface slips past antivirus defences
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-12-07 19:48:55
If you've been wondering why Koobface seems to be infecting so many computers, it could be because a majority of antivirus packages have been unable to detect it.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-12-07 19:48:55
If you've been wondering why Koobface seems to be infecting so many computers, it could be because a majority of antivirus packages have been unable to detect it.
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Koobface faces off with Facebook users
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-12-06 18:39:05
As anti-virus vendors have been warning, notorious social networking worm Koobface has resurfaced, this time to catch hordes of unsuspecting users of Facebook. Unfortunate Facebook users who happen to be caught out may well find themselves victims of identity theft.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-12-06 18:39:05
As anti-virus vendors have been warning, notorious social networking worm Koobface has resurfaced, this time to catch hordes of unsuspecting users of Facebook. Unfortunate Facebook users who happen to be caught out may well find themselves victims of identity theft.
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Secunia Personal Software Inspector version 1.0 released
Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-12-04 03:31:06
HTML clipboard The first official version of the Secunia Personal Software Inspector (PSI) , a
software vulnerability scanner has just been released. This is a top-rating
Windows security tool that's free for home users.
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Written By: Tony Austin
Section: A Meaningful Look
Category: Personal and Enterprise Computing
2008-12-04 03:31:06
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Beware of Koobface the social worm
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-12-03 21:15:33
No, it's not the villain in the latest slasher movie - Koobface is a social networking worm affecting MySpace and Facebook. But like Jason and Freddie, Koobface refuses to die.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Security
2008-12-03 21:15:33
No, it's not the villain in the latest slasher movie - Koobface is a social networking worm affecting MySpace and Facebook. But like Jason and Freddie, Koobface refuses to die.
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New commercial spyware puts Mac OS X users at risk
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-12-03 16:26:21
A Russian company has released a commercial keystroke logger for Mac OS X, putting users' passwords and other private information at risk.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-12-03 16:26:21
A Russian company has released a commercial keystroke logger for Mac OS X, putting users' passwords and other private information at risk.
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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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