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10 Critical Requirements for Cloud Applications
Check out this white paper to learn the ten critical requirements for cloud applications. Not only that, discover how these goals are achievable. Don't rush with a so-so application, get it right...
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With or without McColo, spam volume increasing again
It was only a matter of time for spam volume to sky rocket again, despite McColo's shutdown in November. Two weeks after the cybercrime-friendly ISP got disconnected from the Internet, spam...
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Microsoft serves subpoenas on Google to disrupt criminal botnet
New details have emerged in a massive lawsuit by Microsoft and the banking industry to take down a global botnet based on the Zeus Trojan. Ironically, the leak occurred when Google exercised its...
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iRobot's military bots get smarter and more agile (photos)
A look inside iRobot's workshop to build robots able to get home on their own, establish a mesh network, and pick up things without destroying them.
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Mac botnet generated $10,000 a day for Flashback gang
Flashback was robbing Google of advertising dollars by redirecting clicks from infected Mac OS X machines and stealing the ad revenue.
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New data shows older OS X versions more susceptible to malware
New details about the extent of the Mac-specific Flashback malware epidemic emerged today. The Russian security firm that has been actively investigating infected Macs found older versions of OS X...
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Russian security firm says Flashback infection rates still high
Last week's reports of a sharp decline in infections by the Flashback malware may have been premature. A new report by Dr. Web says 566,000 Macs are still infected, with new infections appearing...
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America's cyber czar speaks
Howard Schmidt, the man in charge of modernizing and guarding the nation's cyberspace, talks shop at Bloomberg's 2012 Cybersecurity Conference.
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Second source confirms: 1 in 100 Macs are infected by Flashback
A second source has now confirmed previously reported research: at least 600,000 Macs worldwide are infected with the Flashback malware downloader. That's a staggering number, representing about...
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Microsoft vs. botnets: Vendors as CSI could become weird
Does Microsoft's public-private approach to taking down botnets scale? And if so what's the role of tech vendors?
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Sex Tech: That's What She Said, EHarmony and Sex Offenders
Pakistan blocks American sex ed site, dating sites screen for sex offenders, health officials want to use social networks to track STDs, and more.
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Nascar driver plots revenge for Twitter account hack
What do you do when a hacker changes your name on Twitter to his own? You take his name and flaunt it. At least, that's what Nascar driver Mark Martin plans to do next weekend.
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Cutwail botnet resurrects, launches massive malware campaigns using HTML attachments
Security researchers from M86Security, are contributing the increase in malicious malware campaigns using HTML attachments, to the resurrection of the Cutwail botnet, responsible for spamvertising...
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Millions caught up in Android botnet
More malware found lurking in the official Google Android market.
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Microsoft: 'Kelihos' botnet master worked for AV vendor
Microsoft pinpoints a Russian software developer who is being accused of creating, operating and growing the notorious Kelihos botnet.
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News to know: Russian election botnet; Twitter's role in UK riots, Spy tech
News to know -- December 5-9: A look back at the news from London, the UK and wider Europe, on all the bits that were missed during the week's coverage.
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The best robots of 2011 (video)
From laundry-folding bots to light-saber-dueling bots, they’re all here.
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Facebook Immune System checks 25 billion actions every day
Do you ever wonder how Facebook fights spam? The company has released some details about the Facebook Immune System (FIS), which processes 650,000 actions every second.
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Cautionary tale: Do you know where your customer database is?
Social Security numbers, credit card information, and more indexed in Google because of careless human error. Read my first-hand account of finding an entire database comprised of this type of...
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Microsoft kills botnet that hosted MacDefender scareware
The botnet contained about 41,000 computers worldwide and was capable of sending 3.8 billion spam e-mails per day.
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DIY botnet kit spotted in the wild
Security researchers from GData, have spotted a DIY (do it yourself) botnet kit, available for sale at selected underground communities.
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