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Live Webcast: Fast and Efficient Business Security Strategies
Check out this webcast to learn more about fast and efficient business security strategies. You're in the midst of an arms race, make sure you win it.
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Google: Fake antivirus makes up 15 percent of all malware
A rise in fake antivirus offerings on Web sites around the globe shows that scammers are increasingly turning to social engineering to get malware on computers rather than exploiting holes in...
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iPad users on Windows targeted with malware
Scammers are distributing e-mails designed to trick iPad owners into downloading software that they think is an iTunes update.
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Anti-fraud tips and tools for tax season
As April 15 approaches, U.S. citizens preparing to file their taxes are susceptible to online scams. Here is a roundup of tips for how people can protect themselves.
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Windows 7 less vulnerable without admin rights
Ninety percent of critical Microsoft Windows 7 vulnerabilities can be mitigated by configuring the operating system for standard user rather than administrator, according to a new report.
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Traffic from major sites redirected to China
Workers at Internet network operation centers around the world are trying to figure out why traffic to sites such as YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook was redirected to servers in China this week.
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Taxpayer data at risk from IRS security flaws
The Internal Revenue Service's failure to use basic security precautions makes the system vulnerable to insider threats and attacks from outside, a new government report concludes.
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Malware delivered by Yahoo, Fox, Google ads
Malware that exploits holes in popular applications is being delivered by big ad delivery platforms including those run by Yahoo, Fox, and Google.
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Report: Memory card exposed 3,000 phones to virus
Vodafone has discovered that malware found on several HTC Magic phones it distributed came from the memory cards.
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Beware the new Facebook password reset scam
If you get an e-mail that appears to be from Facebook saying the company reset your password and urging you to open an attachment, it is a scam. Repeat, it is a scam.
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Drudge Report, TechCrunch hit by ad malware
Matt Drudge and Michael Arrington found themselves in an unpleasant position last week when visitors to their sites were targeted by malware that appeared to have come from ads.
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Twitter aims to filter out malicious links
Twitter is launching a new service designed to stop users of the social-media site from getting duped by phishing links that steal their login credentials and other attacks.
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Drudge Report accused of serving malware
For the second time in less than six months, visitors to the Drudge Report say they got malware in addition to the Web site's usual sensational headlines.
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Three arrested over 12.7m PC botnet
Authorities in Spain have arrested three men accused of operating a massive botnet which stole credit card and bank log-in data and infected computers in half the Fortune 1,000 companies.
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Zeus Trojan infects 74,000 PCs in global botnet
More than 74,000 PCs at nearly 2,500 organizations around the world were compromised over the past year-and-a-half, in a botnet infestation designed to steal login credentials to bank sites,...
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Adobe warns of new Reader, Flash holes
Adobe Systems warned of new critical holes in Reader and Flash Player, released a security update for the Flash hole, and said a patch for Reader would come next week.
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Windows patch causes blue screen of death for some
Some Windows users reported on Thursday that they were getting the blue screen of death on their computers when they installed Microsoft's latest security updates released two days earlier.
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Gmail blocked in Iran ahead of protests?
Gmail appeared to be unavailable to some users in Iran on Wednesday, the day before a government crackdown on anti-regime demonstrations.
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Critics call Google bug bounty 'insulting'
In an effort to entice security researchers to look for holes in the Chrome browser, Google has announced it will pay $500 for bugs found in the code.
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U.S. House passes cybersecurity research bill
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a cybersecurity bill that calls for beefing up training, research, and coordination against cyberattacks.
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Botnet sends fake SSL pings to CIA, PayPal, others
In attempt to hide the location of its command-and-control server, the Pushdo botnet has been instructing its infected zombie computers to send fake SSL connections to major Web sites.
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