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Archive for January, 2008


28
Jan

CIA Says Hackers Have Cut Power Grid

Criminals have been able to hack into computer systems via the Internet and cut power to several cities, a U.S. Central Intelligence Agency analyst said this week.
It is very disturbing that hackers are able to do this kind of cyber crime, and the authorities like the CIA was not able to trace the culprits? Security […]


11
Jan

IPhone Upgrade Hides Malware

Beware of upgrading your iPhone to version 1.1.3, supposedly to add new hip features, but it hiddenly contains a malware that could potentially erase all applications.
“This Trojan claims to be a tool used to prepare the device for an upgrade to firmware version 1.1.3,” the US-CERT advisory warned. “When a user installs the Trojan, other […]


05
Jan

Malware Evolving Too Fast for Antivirus Apps

Bad guys use sophisticated testing to create malware that can evade even the best security programs.
Most really bad malware does its utmost to stay under the radar. It either makes your PC become a BOT, capable upon request from the BOT master to send spam e-mail to hundreds of other PCs. Or it just sits […]

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