Conficker Worm Hiding on Millions of PCs Around the World, How to Tell if...
With the release of the new book, Worm: The First Digital World War, the Conficker worm (also known, depending on which variant you have, as Conficker A, Conficker B, Conficker C, Conficker D,...
View ArticleStuxnet Worm that Struck Iran Nuke Site May be on the Move Again
The worm that infected an Iranian nuclear site, Stuxnet, or something very much like it, may be getting ready to strike again, say researchers. A recently discovered malware dubbed Duqu (for the prefix...
View ArticleFirst Serious Mac Infection: Flashback Trojan
Up until now Mac owners have been relatively safe (and smug) when it came to the infectability of their computers. Worms, trojans, viruses, and other malware were considered to be primarily the domain...
View ArticleFake Kindle E-Book Order Confirmations Lead to Malicious Sites
Starting early this morning, a rash of fake Kindle ebook orders hit the Internet. Sent out as part of the Sakura exploit malware, the email is designed to alarm the recipients into thinking that their...
View ArticleCyber Attack Unleashes Most Brutal Attack Yet on Iranian Nuclear Plant: AC/DC
There are few things as comforting to hear as, "Our nuclear program has been compromised again" from an Iranian nuclear facility, but it appears that someone behind a cyber attack, or possibly some...
View ArticleStudy Reveals that as Many as 16% of All Visits to Websites are from Bots,...
Bots generate at least 10% of all online traffic, according to data released today by Solve Media, a company that provides security authentication solutions through CAPTCHA-based advertising...
View ArticleComputer Users Urged to Disable Java Because of Security Flaws
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security alerted users of Java to a serious and urgent security risk, recommending that users disable Java until a suitable fix has been released. In the statement, the...
View ArticleWindows XP Users Can’t Connect to Internet After Latest Kaspersky Anti-Virus...
If you are a Windows XP user running Kaspersky anti-virus and you can't connect to the internet from your computer, you are not alone. The latest update to the AV software is preventing many users from...
View ArticleNew Malware Spam Thanks You for Purchasing and Shopping with Them
In the last 24 hours some malicious agent has sent out a massive spam run with a malware payload behind a link to "open your invoice", "download details" or "open your payment details". The emails seem...
View ArticleNew iWorm Worm Specifically Targets OS X – How to Know if Your Mac is Infected
Security researchers have discovered a new worm that specifically targets OS X on Macs, and which controls them through Reddit.com. Dubbed the "iWorm", or the "Mac.BackDoor.iWorm", the iWorm was first...
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