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10
Aug

Windows Vista security ‘rendered useless’ by researchers

Two security researchers have developed a new technique that essentially bypasses all of the memory protection safeguards in the Windows Vista operating system, an advance that many in the security community say will have far-reaching implications not only for Microsoft, but also on how the entire technology industry thinks about attacks.
In a presentation at the […]


01
Aug

FBI Warns of Storm Worm Virus

The FBI and its partner, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), have received reports of recent spam e-mails spreading the Storm Worm malicious software, known as malware. These e-mails, which contain the phrase “F.B.I. vs. facebook,” direct e-mail recipients to click on a link to view an article about the FBI and Facebook, a popular […]


27
Jul

Hackers Attack Businesses, Blogs and Web 2.0 Sites

Cybercrime gangs enlist the help of Blogspot, Facebook and Angelina Jolie in first half of 2008.
IT security and control firm Sophos has published new research into the first six months of cybercrime in 2008. The Sophos Security Threat Report examines existing and emerging security trends and has identified that criminals are increasingly using creative new […]


17
Jul

Report: cybercrime groups starting to operate like the Mafia

By Emil Protalinski
Cybercrime is evolving. The lone hacker who steals and resells credit card numbers is being replaced by a well-structured business model. The game is no longer simply about hacking for fame, but rather about creating a business where you have frequent customers who buy your stolen product. The latest research report from […]


13
Jul

Virusheat Does More Than Heat Up Your Computer

It never fails. When you think we’ve covered every nasty rogue anti-spyware program there is out there, another one rears its ugly head. This time it is in the form of Virusheat and it is one of the newest ones infecting computers world wide. Getting rid of this nasty little program takes a lot patience […]


09
Jul

Major Internet Security Flaw Exposed

by Deborah Gage
A security researcher Tuesday revealed a flaw that makes it possible for someone to take control of the Internet.
The flaw is in the design of the Internet’s Domain Name System, a fundamental feature of the Internet that makes it possible for computers to find Web sites. DNS works like a phone book–computers […]

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