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Choosing a Server: Know the Options
Knowing which server to buy can be tough. Either way, you'll have to live with your decision. So get informed about the different options out there. Learn more about server offerings from IBM in...
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Hackers pounce on just-patched Windows Media vulnerability
The end result is a malicious Trojan with rootkit capabilities. The attack happens silently in the background and all the user sees is a blank WMP application playing a file.
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T-Mobile VP sounds off on Carrier IQ, AT&T, BlackBerry, iPhone, and eGov (exclusive interview)
In this video, a T-Mobile VP gives us an exclusive look into the strategic thinking of a major mobile carrier.
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Check your Android handset for Carrier IQ rootkit
See what's going on inside your Android handset.
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A carrier insider talks about Carrier IQ
A network engineer from a major UK operator speaks under condition of anonymity and spills the beans on Carrier IQ.
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Finding and cleaning out your smartphone's Carrier IQ poison
Millions of iPhones, Android and other smartphones have the Carrier IQ spyware rootkit in them. Here's how to find it and try to zap it.
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Senator demands answers over Carrier IQ mobile phone tracking
Sen. Al Franken, who was instrumental in bringing location privacy legislation after this year's "Locationgate" scandal, is seeking answers after mobile phone software was used to track users'...
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7 questions that Carrier IQ needs to address immediately
According to Carrier IQ's website, the rootkit is deployed on over 140 million handsets.
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So, there's a rootkit hidden in millions of cellphones
Rootkit found in Android, Symbian and even iOS handsets ... but not Windows Phone handsets.
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Why do Linux fanatics want to make Windows 8 less secure?
Windows 8 isn't even in beta yet, and already the FUD is flying fast and furious. A small group of activists are whipping up controversy over the UEFI secure boot feature even as they admit the...
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Study: Rootkits target pirated copies of Windows XP
During the six month study, researchers from Avast have sampled 630, 000 Windows rootkits, to find out that 74% of infections originated from illegal copies of Windows XP.
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5 outrageous hacks perpetrated by the FTC's new Chief Technologist
The idea that this guy is going to be going to Washington is just awesome.
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Spy rootkit targets key Indian, Iranian systems
Sophisticated malicious software which infects critical infrastructure systems is spreading in the wild, according to security companies.
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Researchers to demo rootkit on Android phone
Security researchers plan to demonstrate a rootkit running on an Android-based smartphone that could give an intruder full access to all the functions of the device.
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Microsoft patches fail on infected Windows
April security fixes for Windows will not install if the user's machine is infected with the Alureon rootkit.
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10 obscure antivirus tools worth a look
You know about the big players in the AV field — but a number of lesser-known tools may serve your needs as well (or even better). Jack Wallen runs through some of your choices.
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News to know: Apple-HTC; Novell; RSA; IBM; TiVo; Steve Ballmer;
Apple's lawsuit against HTC and the opening of RSA top today's headlines.
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Microsoft resumes XP patch distribution; says rootkit remover coming soon
In mid-February, Microsoft halted automatic distribution of one of its Windows patches, blaming the interaction of the patch with already-present malware on users' systems for a rash of...
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News to know: Microsoft-Yahoo; Dell; National Broadband Plan; Apple; Backflip
The regulatory approval of the Microsoft-Yahoo search deal and Dell's earnings top today's headlines.
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Microsoft readies new rootkit detection tool in light of Windows XP patching problems
Microsoft is working on a new tool for tecting and removing the Alureon rootkit from Windows' users systems after the company found that Alureon seems to be behind blue-screen problems experienced...
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Hackers "fix" XP BSoD rootkit
An update released by Microsoft this month (MS10-015) broke XP machines that were infected with the TDL3 rootkit (also known as TDSS and Tidserv and many other names).
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