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24th November Could Be Malware's Black Monday
The spread of malware content and viruses are anticipated to reach a peak this year on November 24, with hackers attempting to take control of computers, a study from PC Tools revealed
Microsoft Pushes Emergency Security Patch To Solve Remote Execution Vulnerability
Microsoft has released an “out of band” security patch, aimed at fixing a critical vulnerability in almost all versions of Windows and Windows Server
Online Criminals Come Up with Malware Infested Fake Youtube Page Generator
PandaLabs, Panda Security's laboratory for detecting and analyzing malware, has detected YTFakeCreator, a program used by cyber-crooks to create fake YouTube pages to infect users with malware
Antivirus XP 2008 causes more than a few problems
I was interested to read over on The Register that Globalsign has revoked the digital certificate of the Web site selling Antivirus XP 2008, as reports are coming in that the IT security software is allegedly being sold using underhand methods.
Beware of Facebook's Jester Malware Warns Security Firm
Users of popular social networking website Facebook are facing yet another malware attack as security firm Sophos exposed video downloads message as potential vectors of infection
Twitter Attracts Trojan-Flogging Criminals
Any services that attract a fairly big audience is likely to attract criminals; so it is not surprising that Twitter is now getting some attention from online criminals
SQL Injection Technique is Hacker's Best Friend, Says Security Firm
While some are still evaluating the threat caused by SQL injection technique, security firm Sophos released a security threat report that underlines the fact that this technique is currently the favourite method used by hackers to infect computers
Super Malware Asprox Takes UK By Storm, Targets Government Websites
The last few weeks have seen a resurgence in the number of attacks based on the Asprox malware and coming from East European countries, something that was highlighted by GSS back in May 2008
Barclays Bundles Free Security Package For Its Online Customers
Barclays Bank has decided to offer a new comprehensive security application for its online customers
McAfee Spam-A-Thon Finds That Fraudsters Prefer UK
Security Firm McAfee Launched An Experiment Called S.P.A.M (Spammed Persistently All Month) in back in April 2008 and results just released show that UK citizens are a particularly targeted species, especially amongst Nigerian gangs
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