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Articles on Security, Malware

Windows 7 default user account control worries experts

Crave Corporate IT departments should be pleased with new security measures in Windows 7, but consumers are still at risk of getting hit by malware despite changes in the User Account Control ... Read story »

iPhone gets Cisco security app

Crave The Cisco SIO To Go iPhone app offers information about the safety of particular Web sites. Cisco is offering a free iPhone app that will allow people to get customized alerts ... Read story »

How Microsoft Security Essentials will change the security landscape

Blogs Microsoft recently announced its new no-cost, anti-malware service that will help protect consumers against viruses, spyware and other malicious software. It's called Microsoft Security Essentials. This will be available for Windows ... Read story »

Two new Mac attacks surface

Crave This is the message visitors to the porn site get which tricks them into installing an ActiveX object to watch a video but instead downloads a Trojan. This screenshot shows a ... Read story »

SMS vulnerabilities for iPhone, Android and Windows Mobile found

Blogs Security experts at the Black Hat conference revealed that phones running Android and Windows Mobile can be compromised by sending SMS messages. This vulnerability also extends to the Apple iPhone. Charlie ... Read story »

Symbian Foundation admits Trojan slip-up

Crave The Symbian Foundation has acknowledged that its process for keeping malicious applications off Symbian OS-based phones needs improvement, after a Trojan horse program passed a security test. The botnet-building Trojan, which ... Read story »

Microsoft to launch free Morro antivirus software soon

Blogs After announcing its latest search engine Bing to the market, Microsoft is preparing to launch its latest security offering called Morro. The new antivirus software will be out in the market ... Read story »

Pirated Windows 7 PCs build botnet

Crave A pirated version of Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) infected with a Trojan horse has created a botnet with tens of thousands of bots under its control, according to researchers at ... Read story »

Beware of swine flu-related spam and malware

Blogs While the world is scrambling for a solution in determining how to control or totally stop the proliferation of the so-called "swine flu", spammers are taking advantage of the situation by ... Read story »

Obama-related malware out in the wild

Blogs I really have to give it to the cybercriminals. Imagine hours after the announcement that Barack Obama had won the US Presidential election, malware containing the name of Obama is delivered to users ... Read story »

New tool creates fake YouTube pages for spreading malware

Crave Cybercriminals are getting more and more business-like. The latest examples involve a tool that automates the creation of fake YouTube Web sites that can be used to deliver malware and password-cracking ... Read story »

Ads--the new malware delivery format

Crave On his blog Input & Output, Seven Scale CEO Troy Davis offers an analysis of the scareware ad that appeared on NYTimes.com. Instead of hacking into major online sites to ... Read story »

Part of Ghostnet

Blogs A while back, the results of a 10-month investigation by Information Warfare Monitor were released revealing the existence of a malware-based cyber espionage network dubbed GhostNet. The report included Brunei's Ministry ... Read story »

The problems with shortened URLs on Twitter

Blogs The need to say everything in 140 characters has spurred the growth of shortened URL services. These services are great and come with some additional addon services like tracking click-throughs, etc. ... Read story »

Google launches URL-shortening service Goo.gl

Crave Google ventured into new territory on Monday with the launch of a new URL-shortening service it's calling Goo.gl. Unlike some existing and high-profile shorteners such as TinyURL and Bit.ly, Goo.gl is ... Read story »

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